Pre 1970 Comedy Movies

[bt4421]

Ooh, i forgot:
Topper — Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, and
My Favorite Wife — Cary Grant and Irene Dunne

Cary Grant and anybody is my happy playou would get along with my wife qiote well

Ooh, i forgot:
Topper — Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, and
My Favorite Wife — Cary Grant and Irene Dunne

Cary Grant and anybody is my happy place.

You would get along with my wife very well I also enjoy his movies very much. Mr Blandings builds a house i don't think has been mentioned. Very funny movie.

 

[bt4421]

Some of these posts made me think of another. Mr Hobbs take a vacation !
"No. Barn swallows..."

 

[kuethstheman]

Barbarella
Dr. Strangelove

 

[Noexcuse]

Some of these posts made me think of another. Mr Hobbs take a vacation !

Which in turn reminded me of another

Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (my favorite of Jacques Tati’s films).

 

[bt4421]

I can't believe I didn't state this one yet since it's one of our classic favorites. "The egg and I". And then all the spinoff ma and pa kettle movies!

 

[Day2]

Late 60's-first three I thought of. All classics.

1) The Graduate
2) The Odd Couple
3) Barefoot in the Park.

I would consider a Woody Allen movie also. Not sure what was pre-1970. I acquired a taste for his stuff. I know not everyone has. Also The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers and pretty much any Cary Grant movie that would be considered a comedy, but especially Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer and Father Goose, although both are entertaining but neither one I would consider sophisticated humor. But that's a lot of Cary Grant.

Also the original The Front Page. Goes way back but it's actually on my extended list of channel stopping movies.

What’s Up, Tiger Lily? and Take the Money and Run. That’s the list. And they’re both pretty funny.

He was also in Casino Royale in 1967.

 

[Day2]

Some Like It Hot.

The Apartment

 

[Chip]

You old people are adorable.

I'm not young, but pre-1970s movies is a bit before my time.

FWIW, I've seen every episode of The Honeymooners a few times over. It was my favorite. Back in the WPIX 11 pm syndication days.

 

[bt4421]

You old people are adorable.

I'm not young, but pre-1970s movies is a bit before my time.

FWIW, I've seen every episode of The Honeymooners a few times over. It was my favorite. Back in the WPIX 11 pm syndication days.

I get a kick out of how some people, shall we say younger than me, can't bring themselves to watch B&W movies or shows. We raised three children who are all now at least 30. We watched a lot of the older movies as a family and they buck that trend. Especially the youngest. She actually prefers them!

 

[bozophobe]

What’s Up, Tiger Lily? and Take the Money and Run. That’s the list. And they’re both pretty funny.

He was also in Casino Royale in 1967.

You beat me to those, heh. Fave gag in Lily was the group of disheveled transients patiently waiting for a spot to open up on the map. And in Take the Money and Run - write very clearly if you are going to rob a bank.

 

[OttoMets]

The Apartment

Everything Billy Wilder touched.

 

[Cusester]

 

[maxxyz]

I completely missed this thread in April. Lots of likes to be given!

 

[Zelda Zonk]

You old people are adorable.

I'm not young, but pre-1970s movies is a bit before my time.

FWIW, I've seen every episode of The Honeymooners a few times over. It was my favorite. Back in the WPIX 11 pm syndication days.

Two of my favorite movies are from 1939. That’s 30-ish years “before my time.” Not sure why you’d want to ignore movies just because they were made before you were born. What about paintings/art? Modigliani and Rembrandt were before your time. What about Hemingway and Fitzgerald and cummings. What about the bible/Torah/Qur’an/et al?

How do you say pre-1970s films are before your time but you’ve already watched and liked The Honeymooners? I don’t understand the whole post!

It is interesting how different eras perceive time and vintage and their associated values. The younger the viewer, more likely the more ‘content‘ of that person’s era there was to consume. So, people who are 15 today have always had internet and YouTube and cable/satellite/streaming. Thats a lot of contemporary media to go through and they may not see value in ‘going back’ to primitive content (4:3, black and white, simple/practical FX).

But, when I was a kid, we had three main tv channels and fuzzy UFH, and the stuff we watched after school was ‘old‘ and ‘before our time’—Tom and Jerry, The Three Stooges, Ultraman…. I watched The Stooges so much that the 1930s were as familiar to me as the 70s. And even though I didn’t think about it then, now I appreciate the beauty of that aesthetic. The pre-plastics I call it….

 

[Chip]

Two of my favorite movies are from 1939. That’s 30-ish years “before my time.” Not sure why you’d want to ignore movies just because they were made before you were born. What about paintings/art? Modigliani and Rembrandt were before your time. What about Hemingway and Fitzgerald and cummings. What about the bible/Torah/Qur’an/et al?

How do you say pre-1970s films are before your time but you’ve already watched and liked The Honeymooners? I don’t understand the whole post!

It is interesting how different eras perceive time and vintage and their associated values. The younger the viewer, more likely the more ‘content‘ of that person’s era there was to consume. So, people who are 15 today have always had internet and YouTube and cable/satellite/streaming. Thats a lot of contemporary media to go through and they may not see value in ‘going back’ to primitive content (4:3, black and white, simple/practical FX).

But, when I was a kid, we had three main tv channels and fuzzy UFH, and the stuff we watched after school was ‘old‘ and ‘before our time’—Tom and Jerry, The Three Stooges, Ultraman…. I watched The Stooges so much that the 1930s were as familiar to me as the 70s. And even though I didn’t think about it then, now I appreciate the beauty of that aesthetic. The pre-plastics I call it….

Movie-wise, I really haven't seen much. I guess the Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life of course, who hasn't seen those. Twelve Angry Men I remember watching in school. But I feel like most of what I've seen was post 1970.

Honeymooners was the 11:30 pm WPIX sitcom, so I used to watch that all the time.

And yes, I was an after school Tom & Jerry addict, as well as The Stooges, some Little Rascals. Even Leave it to Beaver. Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters. I remember TV shows much more.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Movie-wise, I really haven't seen much. I guess the Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life of course, who hasn't seen those. Twelve Angry Men I remember watching in school. But I feel like most of what I've seen was post 1970.

Honeymooners was the 11:30 pm WPIX sitcom, so I used to watch that all the time.

And yes, I was an after school Tom & Jerry addict, as well as The Stooges, some Little Rascals. Even Leave it to Beaver. Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters. I remember TV shows much more.

Oh, man. I could put together a list of movies for you to see…. Might change your life.

Fun fact: I have never seen It’s a Wonderful Life.

 

[Chip]

Fun fact: I have never seen It’s a Wonderful Life.

I hadn't either.

Then I got married.

Don't watch it. Uncle Billy will be your least favorite character in anything. I spend most of my Christmas season complaining about him.

 

[tbonezone]

Turner Classic Movies showed a film this week which i now consider to be one of the worst cinematic experiences i've ever witnessed. so bad i just couldn't look away.
i submit for your consideration to Worst Movies of ALL TIME...