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My Classics Movie Theater Last weekend, and for the first time in my life, I
watched the classic movie Gone with the Wind. I now "get" a
lifetime of satire spawned from the story, especially that skit on
the Carol Burnette show involving a dress with a curtain rod sewn
in the shoulders.
Since my high school film class I've developed quite a liking for
old movies. We viewed a handful of classics including Psycho, The
Graduate, and the once-banned The Manchurian Candidate. I
believe that my liking for Simon and Garfunkel songs began at the
same time ("Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson...").
Old Movies
"Old" is defined as any movie before the 70s, and especially
black and white classics. My favorites include anything by Alfred
Hitchcock, and those featuring Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren
Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy. I also enjoy films
produced in the late 50s and 60s for their Technicolor and quirkiness
(Desk Set) and for the ever popular black thick-framed glasses.
I also find watching technology grow and change through the years
fascinating. How did they get along in business without computers?
On my list of unfulfilled "Great Ideas and Inventions" is
the notion of opening my own classic movie theater. How cool it would
be to offer a place for classic movie lovers to view their favorites
on the big screen, with stadium seating and the latest theater digs,
and free popcorn.
So cool I thought this idea was that I conducted an informal poll
on a discussion board populated by women of various ages around the
globe. My poll had two parts, a question about Gone with the
Wind, and a query about which movies the viewers would like
to see in my classics theater.
The Results:
Out of twenty votes, five people (25%) had not seen Gone With
the Wind in its entirety.
Requested Movies in Alphabetical Order:
An Affair to Remember
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Backstreet
Best Years of Our Lives, The
Bicycle Thief, The
Blue Angel
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bridge on the River Kwai
Brief Encounter
Bringing Up Baby
Bye Bye Birdie
Calamity Jane
Captain Courageous
Casablanca
Charade
Citizen Kane
Dark Victory
Dr.Zhivago
Gaslight
Goodbye, Mr.Chips
Graduate, The
Great Escape, The
Guns of Navarrone
Heidi
It's a Wonderful Life
Jane Eyre
Laura
Miracle Worker, The
My Foolish Heart
Magnificent Seven, The
North by Northwest
Oklahoma
Pandora's Box
Philadelphia Story, The
Picture of Dorian Gray
Roman Holiday
Searchers, The
Singing in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
Sound of Music, The
South Pacific
Stagecoach
Stalag 17
Ten Commandments, The
To Kill A Mockingbird
Vertigo
Wizard of Oz, The
Women, The
Yearling, The
400 Blows, The
Well, here's a great start to my classic theater movie list. The
best thing is that I still have a lifetime to catch up on the past. Here's
looking at you, kid. •
On the Web
Classic
Films at About.com
An extensive resource devoted to old classic movies.
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