Movies of the 30's and 40's

[mtravellerh]

Just downloaded Topper.
For June, I want some classical western or mystery movie, though!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

Just downloaded Topper.
For June, I want some classical western or mystery movie, though!

we've already got quite a list of brilliant mysteries !! i second the idea of mystery for june.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

we've already got quite a list of brilliant mysteries !! i second the idea of mystery for june.

Can we get the list shown here?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Can we get the list shown here?

well, they're mostly mentioned in the thread already, but you're right, it would be a good idea to group them all together. here are two to start us off :

the thin man (comedy AND mystery ! it's actually a series, and i think all are worth watching at least once but the quality does diminish as you go along, and the last one is pretty terrible)
the big sleep (bogart and bacall)

there is also the list that was linked previously ; all the genres are mixed together but there are several in there.

[Wetdogeared]

May I also suggest Rebecca by Daphné Du Maurier (Mystery/Thriller)
Move: 1940 Starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

WDE. (Except I can't seem to find a free version of an eBook to go with the movie)

[zelda_pinwheel]

y'all know we'll have to do this list all over again in the nomination thread, right ?

[Greg Anos]

Let's add The Maltese Falcon and Murder My Sweet to the considerations...

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

y'all know we'll have to do this list all over again in the nomination thread, right ?

But Zelda, if we list things here, we can set up a poll for the nominations to select from...

[Moejoe]

Double Indemnity and the Postman Always Rings Twice must be on any mystery list of 40's films. Especially Double Indemnity

[zelda_pinwheel]

oh ! oh ! north by northwest ! does that count as mystery ? (cary grant again, hmmm....)

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh ! oh ! north by northwest ! does that count as mystery ? (cary grant again, hmmm....)

Ooh another Cary Grant classic, well a couple we might have overlooked - Arsenic and Old Lace, and the Bishop's Wife.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Ooh another Cary Grant classic, well a couple we might have overlooked - Arsenic and Old Lace, and the Bishop's Wife.

let's save the Bishop's Wife for December...

[zelda_pinwheel]

arg, my dvd of "arsenic and old lace" is missing, i bet i know exactly where it is (with about a dozen other ones i "lent" to a friend about a year ago and may never see again, grrr... ), let's save that one until after i manage to get it back...

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

let's save the Bishop's Wife for December...

Think I might add that to my X-Mas Trilogy

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

arg, my dvd of "arsenic and old lace" is missing, i bet i know exactly where it is (with about a dozen other ones i "lent" to a friend about a year ago and may never see again, grrr... ), let's save that one until after i manage to get it back...

Before DivX took down Stage6 you could watch all these films on there, including Arsenic and Old Lace. That film was made 65 years ago. It should not, by any reasonable person's standards, be still under Copyright. Oh well.