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oliver9184 · 11-28-2009, 10:06 AM

I here's what I recommend. I spent about an hour writing stuff to justify each choice only to lose it all by not being able to log back in properly. Anyway here's my top ten Golden Age films for a beginner.

The Strawberry Blonde (d. Raoul Walsh, Warner Bros, 1938)
starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth
The Adventures of Robin Hood (d. Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, Warner Bros 1938)
starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone
You Can't Take It With You (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1938)
starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur
It Happened One Night (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1934)
starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
Bringing Up Baby (d. Howard Hawks, RKO Radio 1938)
starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
Angels with Dirty Faces (d. Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros 1938)
starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and the Dead End Kids
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (d. John Huston, Warner Bros 1948)
starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston
The Invisible Man (d. James Whale, Universal 1933)
starring Claude Rains
I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (d. Mervyn LeRoy, Warner Bros 1932)
starring Paul Muni
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (d. Rouben Mamoulian, Paramount 1931)
starring Fredric March

Gone with the Wind (d. Victor Fleming, Selznick International 1939), It's a Wonderful Life (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1946) and Casablanca (d. Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros 1942) are also recommended but I figured most people know them already. I also recommend any film from this period directed by Frank Capra, and anything made by Warners and starring James Cagney.

A lot of films from this period can seem very tame and prudish for modern audiences. If you hold this view check out films made before 1933/34 - they're known as 'pre-code' and were not restricted by the Hayes Code which was a set of fairly strict industry-imposed guidelines.

11-28-2009, 10:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
oliver9184 Psycho	I here's what I recommend. I spent about an hour writing stuff to justify each choice only to lose it all by not being able to log back in properly. Anyway here's my top ten Golden Age films for a beginner. The Strawberry Blonde (d. Raoul Walsh, Warner Bros, 1938) starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth The Adventures of Robin Hood (d. Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, Warner Bros 1938) starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone You Can't Take It With You (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1938) starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur It Happened One Night (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1934) starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert Bringing Up Baby (d. Howard Hawks, RKO Radio 1938) starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn Angels with Dirty Faces (d. Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros 1938) starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and the Dead End Kids The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (d. John Huston, Warner Bros 1948) starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston The Invisible Man (d. James Whale, Universal 1933) starring Claude Rains I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (d. Mervyn LeRoy, Warner Bros 1932) starring Paul Muni Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (d. Rouben Mamoulian, Paramount 1931) starring Fredric March Gone with the Wind (d. Victor Fleming, Selznick International 1939), It's a Wonderful Life (d. Frank Capra, Columbia 1946) and Casablanca (d. Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros 1942) are also recommended but I figured most people know them already. I also recommend any film from this period directed by Frank Capra, and anything made by Warners and starring James Cagney. A lot of films from this period can seem very tame and prudish for modern audiences. If you hold this view check out films made before 1933/34 - they're known as 'pre-code' and were not restricted by the Hayes Code which was a set of fairly strict industry-imposed guidelines. Last edited by oliver9184; 11-29-2009 at 07:08 AM..