Posts by Sue D Nim

1960 here.

I Love Maureen O'Hara almost as much as I love the Duke himself, and watching them together is always sheer joy.

I remember watching a clip from an interview with her, where she made some comment about JW, and her beautiful face crumpled and she teared up. I bawled.

Okay, I cut it down to 10, and it was painful!

gone with the wind
Almost anything at all directed by Hitchcock (if you hold a gun to my head, I'll pick either Psycho, Rear Window or North by Northwest. If it's a BIG gun, I'll pick Rear Window)
it's a wonderful life (but NOT the colorized version! Blecch!)
singin in the rain
the african queen
the great escape (I found a very interesting site all about the true story behind the
movie: The Great Escape)
the philadelphia story
the sound of music
the wizard of oz
to kill a mockingbird

Re Gigot, I've seen that one too and I found it very sweet and enjoyable. But it was actually directed by Gene Kelly and not Jackie Gleason.
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Oops! Of course, you're absolutely right! How could I forget that! <g>

Me again. I just read the thread and thought of 2 things to add. No, I'm not adding to my list, I swear!!!

re: Jen's comment on Singin in the Rain: you summed up my feelings quite eloquently. I have only to add that I was watching TV the day they reported that Donald O'Connor had died, and they kept airing a little "in memoriam" filmclip on TCM or AMC. I sat there stunned and sad, and when they played his number "Make 'Em Laugh" from Singing in the Rain, I thought I might have to change the channel because I would be too sad to watch it. Well, I watched it anyway, and by the time he took his first pratfall I was smiling; by the time he got knocked off the sofa by the mannequin I was giggling, by the time he took that board slap in the face I was laughing through tears, and when he ran into the brick wall and couldn't get his nose straight, huge guffaws were echoing round my living room. I can't think of any better legacy from, or any better tribute, to an actor.

re: Gigo, which is probably the most obscure one on my list: It was written and directed by, and starred, Jackie Gleason, and if all you know of Jackie Gleason is The Honeymooners, you are missing a great treat. This film moves me with the best of them, and Jackie Gleason was one of the few actors who can move me from laughter to tears to laughter in about a minute and a half without uttering a single word. The man was a genius.

~~Sue

My Lord, my Lord, where do I start?!?! There are so many ......

I'll post first, then read the other replies. The short answer is, I love all kinds of movies, and I have so many favorites that I can't even narrow them down to a top 10 or 20. I started jotting them down and found I couldn't type as fast as I thought of them (and I type 80wpm), so I finally just made myself stop. Here are just a few of my all-time favorites, just off the top of my head (can you say "eclectic?").

an affair to remember (the one with Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr)
armageddon
beauty and the beast
blazing saddles
charade
dances with wolves
dave
fame
gigo
gone with the wind
halloween
Almost anything at all directed by Hitchcock
independence day
it's a wonderful life
jaws
lean on me
life with father
meet me in st louis
mr roberts
nosferatu
on golden pond
sense and sensibility (the Emma Thompson one)
seven brides for seven brothers
silverado
singin in the rain
star trek II and IV
the original star wars trilogy
summer stock
the african queen
the american president
the godfather trilogy
the great escape
the philadelphia story
the shawshank redemption
the sound of music
the trouble with angels
the wizard of oz
to kill a mockingbird
tombstone
twilight zone: the movie
young frankenstein

... and lately I've been watching old movies on AMC and TCM like the end of the world is coming, and have just recently fulfilled a goal of mine: to see all three major Zorro films: the Antonio Banderas one, the Tyron Power one, and the Douglas Fairbanks one. Fairbanks blew the others out of the water - and that's saying something.

This is getting too long, so ... singing off for now,

--- Sue
who just loves discussing movies, and who is even now watching The Undefeated on AMC again

EDIT: Oops. I didn't read the rules first. I don't know if I can get the list down to just 10, sinking ship or not. I'll give it some serious thought!