Rosemary Murphy, G | A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. 15,892 Bruce Cabot, G $7.63M, Passed Judy Garland, Guides. | 100 min Martin Balsam, | Kim Hunter, When a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder. 123,116 97 min Comedy, Drama. Oscar Levant, Humphrey Bogart, | A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. | Stars: Dick York, Not Rated $8.72M, Not Rated Alfred Hitchcock Sal Mineo, Michael David, PG-13 Ingrid Bergman, | The film received lukewarm responses from the critics upon its release but is now regarded to be one of the greatest classic Hollyw… | Mystery, Thriller. | The films below range from the earliest defining silent films of Hollywood, to all the genre types (screwball comedies, westerns, etc. 111 min Cary Grant, 243,286 Stars: | | | Gross: | Elia Kazan In fact, today’s American films are not censored in the way they were during the classical studio system of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, where films faced a codified system of film censorship, a system that unraveled by the 1960s after the demise of Hollywood’s Motion Picture Production Code. 104 min Peter Bull, Votes: John Huston 13,528 Michael Curtiz Farley Granger, George Cukor | Charles Laughton, Delmer Daves The chemistry between Colbert and Gable positively sizzles. Nicholas Ray Gene Kelly, There was no classic Hollywood actress in the series until the fifth venture into the 007 namely Diamonds are forever, when Jill St John appeared opposite Connery as Tiffany Case. $8.00M, G Carroll Baker, Approved Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Clark Gable, Donna Reed, 167,269 Director: | Drama. | | Gross: $1.02M, PG Paulette Goddard, Elia Kazan 66 Results . 129 min Claude Rains, Scott Brady, Passed Stars: In WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Stars: | Betty Field, PG Felicia Farr, | | Joseph Calleia, Votes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. James Stewart, | Gross: Drama, Musical, Romance. Stars: Action, Crime, Drama. James Stewart, Janet Leigh, All rights reserved. Stars: Leo G. Carroll, Votes: Adventure, Drama, Western. | Stars: | | 126 min | William Holden, Director: 98,267 Director: I must confess. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. 110 min Stars: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. | The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) (1920), La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (1938), Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922), Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1956), The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) (1959), Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) (1928), Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1946). 120,249 Drama. $17.57M, Passed 98,884 97 min From the first talkie, theme songs in movies have found a treasured place in the popular consciousness, as these 50 best film … 124 min | Bette Davis, | Gross: Crime, Drama. Tony Curtis, Henry Travers, Not Rated | Bert Lahr, Votes: Features The 50 Best Film Theme Songs: A Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Edward Arnold, Votes: A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. It was a system that made sure that the biggest studios in Hollywood were in total control of the movies they made and that the movies would be distributed. Director: A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Anne Baxter, Best Classic Comedy Films These classic comedies are still hilarious decades after they were first released, and they're the perfect way to introduce your kids to older films and icons. Comedy, Drama, War. John Ridgely, | Alfred Hitchcock Elizabeth Taylor, Edmond O'Brien, Tiffany being a 'play on words' as in Breakfast at Tiffany's. These styles of motion picture production became standard and… | | Norman Taurog, Director: Vera Miles, Comedy. Stanley Kramer | Drama, Romance. Warren Beatty, Barbara Bel Geddes, Lauren Bacall, | Stars: Martha Vickers, Votes: A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. | 125 min | Gross: Currently my mission is to watch some great old Hollywood films from time to time – they don't make films like this anymore and that's a shame. | Macdonald Carey, Reginald Gardiner, Votes: 108 min 85 min 96 min | 128 min 128 min Walter Huston, Stars: Charles Chaplin Copyright © Fandango. Stars: A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman. In this study the authors performed formalist analysis on a random selection of 100 Hollywood films from 1917 to 1960. | $32.00M, Passed | The film borrows inspiration from a real event, the abduction of a girl by Comanche warriors in 1836. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. | Narration is shaping our experience through film style (Bordwell 1986, p. 26). 87 min Director: | Comedy, Musical. Robert Walker, $13.90M, Not Rated 86 min Barry Fitzgerald, Director: | Gross: Nancy Olson, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Director: Stars: | Natalie Wood, | William Wyler | Joan Crawford, Turner Classic Movies presents the greatest classic films of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. | Gross: Stars: Comedy, Drama. George Cukor, Billy Wilder Stars: | $0.02M, Not Rated | A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train. The story movement through time most often follows a straightforward line of episodic events. 59,705 Director: Here are in my view one of the greatest Classical Hollywood cinema films everyone should watch. Vivien Leigh, | Dance, Girl, Dance Dorothy Arzner Quick … Glenn Ford, Biography, Drama. Gloria Swanson, A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. 133 min 130 min Stars: Stars: They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late. Director: Charles Chaplin, George Sanders, | Based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, The Searchers was directed by John Ford in 1956. Celeste Holm, Votes: Paul Newman, Van Heflin, 114 min Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. 123,576 Film-Noir, Mystery. George F. Marion, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. What is the truth, and will he win his case? | Gross: | | Crime, Drama, Mystery. Comedy, Drama, Romance. | Robert Cummings, After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Biography, Drama, War. | Gross: $9.45M, Passed Jack Carson, 118 min Crime, Drama, Mystery. | Anthony Perkins, 109 min Stars: The film Theeb, like other classical Hollywood narrative films, is governed by its appearance of being real and believable. Stars: 108,434 442,866 | Victor Fleming, | | 102 min Ray Bolger, Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime. Mervyn LeRoy, Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock Stars: Passed Director: $25.00M, Approved Humphrey Bogart, $0.29M, Not Rated | | As video games and online games gain prominence in the world of entertainment, more and more Hollywood directors and producers are being convinced to take on movie projects that do justice to original smash-hit video games. Considered one of the first and still greatest romantic comedies of all time, this Frank Capra joint stars Claudette Colbert as a feisty young heiress set to marry a man her father disapproves of and Clark Gable as the guy hired to help her get home. Director: Stars: Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Katharine Hepburn, A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Director: Director: A group of motorists hear about a crook's hidden stash of loot, and race against each other across the country to get to it. Director: | Horst Buchholz, By the end of this inaugural period of the motion picture industry, the Hollywood production style of silent films had several classical norms that reached a desired condition. Henry Fonda, 520,696 Marlon Brando, | Stanley Donen, Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him. The Birth of a Nation (1915): Though D.W. Griffith had already started to define the style of Classical Hollywood, The Birth of a Nation is considered the first film to gather all of the characteristics of this style. $9.60M, PG-13 90 min | James Stewart, Comedy, Music, Romance. | Gross: 92 min Jean Arthur, Sterling Hayden, Drama. Mary Astor, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood play the other important characters. $5.01M, Not Rated After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob. A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. James Stewart, Gladys George, | Nicholas Ray Drama, Thriller, Western. Karl Malden, Votes: Stars: | Gross: Director: Kim Novak, | Drama, Western. Lionel Barrymore, Stars: James Dean, Paulette Goddard, Mercedes McCambridge, Drama, Mystery, Romance. Director: A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities. Charles Bickford, Spencer Tracy, Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Jean Hagen, Votes: | Harry Myers, Votes: The first film made entirely in Hollywood was a short film … Richard Brooks | Gross: 154 min Orson Welles Tell us what you think about this feature. Louis Hayward, A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery. 121 min Robert Donat, Charles Ruggles, 141,699 | | Gross: Drama, Mystery, Romance. | Katharine Hepburn, Celia Johnson, John Gavin, Votes: | Director: A Classical Hollywood styles always hero, a goal, and an obstacle separating then and success in the end of the film. | 2,794 Gene Kelly Charles Bickford, Votes: The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960 | Gross: 238 min 104 min | | Burl Ives, | 30,472 | Gross: $1.01M, G | 17,762 Stars: The first film completed in Hollywood was 1908’s The Count of Monte Cristo, although production of the film began in Chicago. Judith Anderson, Votes: Classic Hollywood. | Gross: 127 min In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter. | $8.18M, PG Margaret Wycherly, Passed Stars: The attempt to convey realism is through its narration. Clarence Brown Director: Drama, Musical, Romance. | $5.45M, Approved Stars: 108 min John Megna, | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller. Audrey Christie, Votes: Charlton Heston, Sort Direction. Bette Davis, | A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence. Director: Director: Barbara O'Neil, Votes: Charles Chaplin 201 min George Brent, Groucho Marx, Teresa Wright, 78,647 Anne Bancroft, | Director: The Studio System was a big part of the success of Classic Hollywood. Directors: Thomas Mitchell, Passed | Gross: Stars: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. Janet Leigh, David Lean While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby. Walter Catlett, Approved | The biggest studios at that time were divided in two groups. A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Jazz Singer (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931) and Shanghai Express (1932). Director: Leora Dana, Approved Katharine Hepburn, | Gross: Stars: Charles Chaplin, Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. | | Debbie Reynolds, Be blown away by the Golden age of Hollywood (between 1927 and 1963), since these days are long gone. Hollywood movies have a strong sense of movement, though Flashbacks or flash forwards may be used, but the overall linear direction is strongly maintained. Drama, Western. Tiny Sandford, Votes: 1 The Stranger (1946) Netflix. | Gross: | Gross: I recall another American actress in that film albeit in … $2.27M, Approved We define ‘classic’ as everything released up until the late-1960s, a tumultuous era that signaled a passing of the guard with national cultural revolutions, destruction of the Motion Picture Production Code, and the impending arrival of New Hollywood filmmakers. Raoul Walsh An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. Drama, Romance. Awards … Mystery, Romance, Thriller. 71,323 | Stars: Arthur Penn Trevor Howard, $4.36M, Passed Stars: Wendell Corey, | Director: Otto Preminger Spencer Tracy, Stars: Directors: Joyce Carey, PG 37,840 | Director: James Cagney, | Gross: Stars: Judy Garland, A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. $36.76M, Approved Victor Jory, Stars: Albert Dekker, Votes: Pamela Tiffin, Director: | 122 min | 105 min $11.90M, R | Henry Bergman, Sam Wood Marilyn Monroe, Guess whether they end up together? Director: View All. Stars: | Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Lumet | Currently my mission is to watch some great old Hollywood films from time to time – they don't make films like this anymore and that's a shame. Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at George Raft, Votes: Frank Capra | Gross: | Gross: $2.08M, Passed | Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. Marie Dressler, Votes: Stars: | | Peter Lorre, Votes: | Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Florence Lee, Director: Montgomery Clift, Alfred Hitchcock A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Stars: 114 min | Charles Chaplin | | | Gross: Thelma Ritter, Votes: Frank Capra George Sanders, Victor Heerman Director: Be blown away by the Golden age of Hollywood (between 1927 and 1963), since these days are long gone. 113,992 Howard Hawks Jack Carson, Approved King Vidor Editing is the most … Margaret Lindsay, PG Lee J. Cobb, Harpo Marx, ), and to the blockbusters and epics of today. Thomas Mitchell, $4.36M, Not Rated | Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. | Billy Wilder Leslie Caron, 687,305 | A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War. Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Milton Berle, $9.60M, Passed | 602,484 Claude Rains, Votes: Stars: Adventure, Family, Fantasy. 95 min Fritz Lang Drama, History, Romance. Joseph L. Mankiewicz Alfred Hitchcock 370,951 | 44,935 161 min | | | Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well. Drama, Film-Noir. Director: | $8.82M, Not Rated | Donald O'Connor, | Gross: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, 217,092 George Cukor, 106,709 Mark Robson | $6.54M, Passed Virginia Cherrill, Priscilla Lane, Ronald Reagan, | Gregory Peck, | *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 92 min Joseph L. Mankiewicz Marlene Dietrich, | A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. The stylistic norms fundamental to classical Hollywood silent filmmaking experienced significant growth and development between 1917 to 1928. Stars: Tim Holt, Marlon Brando, James Stewart, | Grace Kelly, Comedy, Family, Romance. Lee Remick, | Jim Backus, G | Howard Hawks Georges Guétary, Votes: 289,339 Robert Morley, Stars: Patty Duke, | | | Lloyd Bridges, Votes: Classical Hollywood Comedy applies the recent return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywod comedy, as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in the field. 106 min 103 min The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate. | Alfred Hitchcock Stars: Stars: 15,965 | | It may come as a surprise for some to know that the late great Stanley Kubrick cut … | Gross: Stars: Crime, Drama, Thriller. The Marx Brothers, Votes: John Huston Vivien Leigh, | Stars: | | Drama. Jack Oakie, Director: Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. $0.01M, PG | | Drama, Family, Fantasy. 92 min | 202,493 | Elsa Lanchester, Votes: Cult Classic (11) Escape (11) Friend (11) Hotel (11) Letter (11) Love Triangle (11) Mirror (11) Mistaken Identity (11) Photograph (11) Psychotronic Film (11) Satire (11) Widow (11) Arrest (10) Cynicism (10) Deception (10) Family Relationships (10) Famous Line (10) Gift (10) Love (10) Mother Daughter Relationship (10) Newspaper (10) Nurse (10) Photographer (10) Police Officer (10) Telephone (10) | | | Frank Morgan, Gene Kelly, James Cagney, Director: Get even more complicated when two of them has committed murder blown away by the Golden age Hollywood. Theeb, like other Classical Hollywood narrative films, is governed by its appearance of being real believable! Prison and leads his old gang in a railway station, a goal, police... 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