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Old 06-30-2008, 02:23 PM   #40
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How about some 30's screwball comedies? Topper, Bringing Up Baby, or Ball Of Fire. Or Carry On Up the Kyhber? Great Entertainment....
To that list I would add these 1930s movies to my all time favorite movies: The Thin Man series with Myrna Loy and William Powell (and Asta, of course ). The onscreen relationship between Loy and Powell is magnificient.

A 1960s movie that was not well received but is a good classic adventure is Sean Connery and Michael Caine's version of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King.

And for minimalist movies -- that is minimalist in terms of actors and stages, not in terms of power and quality -- #1 in my book is Twelve Angry Men starring Lee J. Cobb and Henry Fonda, as well as other either top stars or soon to be top stars. I think this movie, along with To Kill a Mockingbird, should be required viewing by every American and every wannabe American at least once every 5 years. Every time I am called for jury duty (much as I hate being called because it really disrupts my business) I watch Twelve Angry Men before my first day. It reminds me of the importance of our jury system and the power that jurors have and need to exercise responsibly.

I made my children both read an watch To Kill a Mockingbird several times over the years as they were growing up. Its message is important and universal.
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