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I'm taking a bit of a break from my usual Friday Linkups to try something a little different. I'm in a list making kind of mood so I thought I'd start making random five lists. Sometimes they'll be bookish other weeks not so much. This week is a not so much as I'm thinking about 5 of my favorite classic movies. I love classic movies and used to watch them all the time when I was visiting my grandfather. When he died in 2019 that kind of paused my watching and then when Will was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2020 and it's like my attention span just completely left and I haven't been able to watch a movie since then! I've been starting to miss movie watching which has gotten me thinking about 5 of my favorite classic movies.
1. Mrs. Miniver - Words cannot express how much I love this movie. Walter Pidgeon is perfection and Greer Garson just glows. This is a regular family living during World War II in England and there are so many scenes that just hit home so much for me. This movie makes me laugh and cry and hold my breath and go on desperate online searches for a stunning Wedgwood Jasperware coffee pot that appears early on in the movie (and I still haven't found it!).
2. Rear Window - I'm not always the biggest Hitchcock fan but this one featuring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly is one of my favorites. Grace Kelly is a bit different from her usual icy sophisticated character which I love and Jimmy Stewart does such a fantastic job portraying his frustration and helplessness.
3. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House - Cary Grant is one of my all time favorite actors. He's genius at both comedic and suspenseful roles. This is a comedy and if you have ever built a house or done any kind of renovation you absolutely must watch this movie!
4. Casablanca - Every time I watch this movie a different scene sticks with me and the scene in the nightclub where they are signing the French anthem never fails to make me tear up.
5. Arsenic and Old Lace - Other Cary Grant comedy and one that I always enjoy. Watching Grant go from the suave polished gentleman to completely disheveled and out of his depth is genius and the rest of the movie is darkly hysterical.
What are some of your favorite classic movies?
I absolutely love Casablanca. We watch it at least once a year. Old movies are fun.
ReplyDeleteThere are many old movies I enjoy. I've seen Casablanca and Rear Window. I tend to love the musicals for their songs and dance the most though.
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That's a great list of the classics. I'm not sure I've watched any of them in their entirety. I think I've seen bits and pieces over the years.
ReplyDeleteRear Window is a favorite of mine, too. I do love Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. I love Cary Grant movies. Fun list! :D
ReplyDeleteYes, I love all of these movies you have listed! I'd add The Wizard of Oz, all Bette Davis movies, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Heidi, The Secret Garden, To Kill a Mockingbird, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and all the Shirley Temple movies. 🤗 Oops I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Godzilla movies! Ha ha. 😁
ReplyDeleteI love Arsenic and Old Lace, and Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House! This was fun!
ReplyDeleteOops, I hardly watch movies, yet alone classics, but I can see the beauty of it, and especially when shared with your granddad.
ReplyDeleteClassic movies can be so relaxing! I need to watch Rear Window- I love Hitchcock.
ReplyDeleteRear Window and Casablanca are the only two I've seen. But I loved both of them!
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