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In 2011 I saw 96 movies I’d never seen before that would be considered
old movies, all before the year 2000. The oldest film was from 1902,
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A TRIP TO THE MOON). Many of the old movies I
saw fell between the years of the 1930’s to1980. Thanks to the New
Beverly and the Alamo Drafthouse 31 of those movies were on a big
screen, 39 of them via Netflix and 11 were on VHS.
Of those 96 movies I gave 10 of them a 5.0 on the 1-5 Horlick Scale
with 5 being the best.
Here are my top 10 Old Movies I saw for the first time:










A few runner-ups to add among my absolute favorites are:
1. Just Imagine (1930) – The 1930’s imagines what life would be like in the future of 1980’s while singing fun little ditties.
2. Hard Times (1975) – Walter Hill’s directorial debut. Charles Bronson street-fights during the depression.
3. The Big Heat (1953) – A Noir classic with Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. Ford is a good cop trying to bring down gangsters. It’s also got Lee Marvin and was directed by Fritz Lang!
4. Framed (1947) – More Noir with Glenn Ford, he falls for the wrong gal and gets mixed up on the wrong side of the law. Beware the Femme Fatale!
5. Hickey & Boggs (1972) – Written by Walter Hill, two privatedetectives, Robert Culp and Bill Cosby get mixed up in a new case thatcauses them more trouble then they ever expected. It’s got a great tagline too: “They hold their forty-four magnums with two hands and keep firing until they hit something ... anything.”
I really do enjoy watching these old films; they’re fresh, fun and inspire my imagination. They take their times with story and characters and that’s something these movies all have in common. They took me to a place I’d never been, proved that a great story is universal and it can mean just as much now as it did then. Movie watching means a lot to me and with each movie I see I know I just have to keep watching! Gotta see ‘em all! YUP!
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2 comments:
Wow... good list. HARD TIMES!!!!!!!
Bronson was the man.
Several longtime favorites on this list, none bigger than MY MAN GODFREY and PRIME CUT. I also finally saw ISLAND OF LOST SOULS this year, one of my new favorites as well.
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