But as I haven't started really watching those movies until a few years ago, I have only now started to dive into the extravaganza of titles the classic Hollywood era contains. Which again means there are so many treasures yet to be discovered!
But I thought, why not discover some of them together?
Thus I'm dedicating the first days of November to celebrating Classic Hollywood.
Now, the obvious way to do so, is to review a lot of movies of the time, and that is where I need your help, lovely readers:)
Would you like to share some of your favourite classic movies with the blogosphere? Then this is the chance to do so!
According to Wikipedia the Classic Hollywood era is described as movies made in the years 1917-1960, but I'm a little more liberal, so I will say any movie from before 1970 is eligible to be reviewed in this celebration.
If you want to participate and already now know which movie(s) you will be reviewing, do tell me in a comment and I'll add it to the list I'm starting below. It is completely all right to have several reviews of the same movie, but it's also nice to get as big a variety as possible;)
Movie Reviews To Look Forward To:
The Thin Man (1934) by Rose
State Fair (1945) by Rose
To Catch A Thief (1955) by Rose
National Velvet (1944) by MovieCritic
An American In Paris (1951) by MovieCritic
Destry Rides Again (1939) by Hamlette
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) by Meredith
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) by Meredith
Cape Fear (1962) by Quiggy
The Night Of The Hunter by (1955) Quiggy
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) by Livia Rachelle
A Friendly Persuasion (1956) by Livia Rachelle
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) by Cordy
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) by Rilla Blythe
An Affair To Remember (1957) by The Elf
Last, but certainly not least, I have made a couple of buttons!! Feel free to take one of them to display on your blog, and let's get the word out to as many film enthusiasts as possible:)
ROSE! What a great idea!! I'll be back later after I've thought of what movies to share. For now, I just had to comment to tell you how excited I am!
ReplyDelete~Cordy
P.S. Great buttons. :D It was hard to choose just one!
So glad you liek the idea:) Take your time deciding - that's almost the hardest part;)
DeleteAlright, I wish I could do more but I think I'm going to be squeezed for time. However, I think I can do, "Billy Rose's Jumbo" (1962). Thank you for hosting this, Rose!! I can't wait!
DeleteI'm so glad you found time for this:) I'll look forward to your review.
Delete1. Yay!!! Great idea! May I take part? 2. Yay!! You are going to review State Fair and the Thin Man!! 3. :D You have gotten me all excited!!!
ReplyDeleteI could do National Velvet or An American in Paris.
DeleteBoth ideas sound absolutely lovely!! Shall I write you up for them both or just one of them?
DeleteBoth I guess. :-)
DeleteI've watched several old movies recently. I LOVE How to Steal a Million, but I already have my post scheduled for this month. I would love to review some not as famous favorites of my family: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and A Friendly Persuasion.
ReplyDeleteHow To Steal A Million is one of my favourites as well! Now you've got me excited for your review;)
DeleteThose 2 movies sound lovely, shall I write you up for reviews of both of them?
Yes, I can those. This is going to be fun. I have been trying to watch more old movies recently, since I've hardly watched any.
DeleteThis sounds like a marvelous idea, Rose! If I were better at writing reviews I'd commit to writing one right now...but well, I'm not. So I hesitate. Still, I think I might try to write one...
ReplyDeleteWe'll see how it goes. :P
And yay! Buttons! I'll be most happy to take one. :D Thanks, Rose! This should be fun! There are SO many good films from that era.
~Miss March
I completely understand the sentiment, Miss March!
DeleteSo no pressure at all - beside that I would really love to hear your opinion of classic movies:)
Ooh, ooh! May I participate? Like Cordy, you'd need to give me a bit to decide which movie(s), but I'd definitely like to join if that's okay!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll even get a chance to watch some new-to-me Classic Hollywood movies before November 1st to widen my range of reviewing options. :)
Of course you can!! The entire purpose of this post was to get people to participate;)
DeleteJust take your time deciding, I know how hard that can be;) But I'm so glad you're aboard:)
Okay, I think I'll do It's A Wonderful Life and The Wizard of Oz. Both are movies I've watched since I was very little. Plus the former is likely the movie I've seen more times than any other. :) This will be fun!
DeleteGreat choices, Meredith! :)
DeleteThis looks like so much fun! Old movies are the best, are they not?;) I look forward to this! On the subject of old movies, have you seen Magnificent Obsession? (Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson) I just watched it, and was wondering if you had as well.:) (You can watch it on Dailymotion)
ReplyDelete~Rilla Blythe
I must admit I have never heard of Magnificent Obsession, but looked it up, and it sounds really good. Another movie to add to my "to watch" list:)
DeleteI'm glad you approve:) On that subject, I was actually wondering if you would be interested in writing a guest post review for that week? I know it's a lot to ask, and I completely understand if you don't want to/ don't have the time.
But if you want to, it would bring the celebration to a new level:)
Yay! I would love to know your thoughts on it if ever you have the chance.:)
DeleteOh my goodness Rose I feel very flattered. I would love to, but could you explain to me how it would work? I don't have a blog so I'm a total newbie about these things.:) But oh my goodness I am quite excited.
~Rilla Blythe
I am so glad you want to do it!!! Just about made my day:)
DeleteIt's actually a quite easy proccess: you just pick a movie to review (obviously), write the post and then mail it to me (you can insert the post in the mail or just add the file).
My mail is rosephin90@gmail.com
Aww,thank you Rose! Okay, so I have decided to review "The Reluctant Debutante" which was made in 1958. I've never written a review before--I hope it'll be okay.:) Can I add screen caps to the post? Also, please let me know by what date you need to receive it.:)
Delete~Rilla Blythe
Just from the title that movie sounds like one I would enjoy. Good choice:) You can add as many pictures as you want, just include them in the e-mail (maybe with instructions on where in the post you want them placed).
DeleteIf I have it by October 30th it will be fine.
Can't wait to read your review, Rilla:)
Thanks so much Rose! So I will send it soon, but will probably attach the pictures and instructions in a separate email. Is that okay?
Delete~Rilla Blythe
Ok never mind my last comment my email will now let me attach both review and pictures in the same email. Sorry about that.:)
Delete~Rilla Blythe
I want to join!!! Put me down to review Destry Rides Again (1939).
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Welcome to the fun Hamlette:)
DeleteI propse a double feature to give you nightmares of Robert Mitchum in your bedroom. Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing/reading such amazing reviews of "Night of the Hunter." But... I actually quite like Bob Mitchum and have been avoiding watching it because I want to keep liking him :-o
DeleteThat sounds awesome, Quiggy!
DeleteI have never watched a Robert Mitchum movie, so it will be fun to learn something new:)
Just a note, Rose. You, of course, can list it anyway you want, but when I say "double feature" I mean both will be in the same review post. I've started to get sidetracked too often on my original format for my blog (I.e. a double feature like the old drive-in theaters used to show). Also to Hamlette, if you have seen "Cape Fear" and still like Mitchum, I don't think "Night of the Hunter" is going to scare you off.
DeleteQuiggy, I don't even *want* to watch Cape Fear. Night of the Hunter does interest me, at least.
DeleteThey used to show 2 movies in a night at drive-ins? That must have been some night!
DeleteIf the reviews are 1 or 2 posts doesn't matter for the list, it merely shows which movies will be reviewed.
The average movie actually made for drive-in showing back in the day didn't run much over an hour and a half. Given a 20 minute break between features that was still less than 3½ hours. you'd be home by midnight if the movies started at dusk. Now the movies i review can be longer. And I may be stretching a point if I had say, The Longest Day and Patton on my fictional drive in (thats almost 6 hours of movies, not including any "coming attractions" before said fictional double feature)
DeleteI'm not really very good at reviews, but I qould like to suggest some movies if that's all right!
ReplyDeleteIf you like Gary Cooper (LOVE him) 'High Noon', 'Meet John Doe', 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town', and 'Sergeant York' are wonderful classics!
Jimmy Stewart is also a favorite of mine, and 'You Can't Take It With You' is a wondeful warm film of his.
His Alfred Hitckock ones are interesting, too, and I really enjoyed, 'The Man Who Knew Too Much.'
:) I've got loads more, but don't want to clutter up yourblog with my comment... ;)
Oh, I love getting suggestions!
DeleteI don't think I've ever seen anything with Gary Cooper, but will have to look tose movies up.
I really enjoyed James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much - but I generally love Hitchcock's movies.
Thank you so much for commenting - and don't worry about the length - I love long commetns;)
I'm late - very late - to this but I have to sign up as my childhood was basically Old Hollywood. I'm frantically Nanowrimo-ing at the moment but I can absolutely spare some time for this :D
ReplyDeleteAddit to previous comment - I plan to review 7 Brides for 7 Brothers :)
ReplyDeleteArgh Rose re-reading everyone else's choices properly, I just realised someone else picked 7 Brides for 7 Brothers! Scrub that choice from my list and pretty please put my name down for An Affair to Remember :) Many thanks
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to have you aboard!
DeleteI'll look forward to your review:)