Comments | khelekwen: My Top Ten Favorite Movies of 1934

khelekwen

My Top Ten Favorite Movies of 1934

Mar 10, 2010 17:37

( My Top Ten Favorite Movies of 1934 )

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paperanatomy March 11 2010, 02:15:50 UTC

yesss. it happened one night! LOVE that movie. havent' seen the others, but I will check them out. I adore Ginger Rogers. I'm excited she's TCM's star of the month <3

khelekwen March 11 2010, 05:18:55 UTC

Thanks for commenting! I also adore Ginger Rogers, which is why so many of her movies are on my list. I'm really glad that she's star of the month; this will give me an opportunity to see more of her movies.

paperanatomy March 22 2010, 23:55:14 UTC

Yeah seriously. TCM has been my life this month haha.

dfordoom March 11 2010, 06:59:32 UTC

I've only seen a handful of the Fred and Ginger movies, but I adored The Gay Divorcee. And Manhattan Melodrama, It Happened One Night and The Thin Man are both great movies.

I haven't seen the other six films on your list! I need to track down more pre-code movies.

khelekwen March 11 2010, 20:52:40 UTC

You should! Pre-code movies are such fun. All the ones on my list I saw on TCM, so they should show them again.

dfordoom March 11 2010, 23:40:45 UTC

All the ones on my list I saw on TCM, so they should show them again.

Unfortunately the Australian version of TCM is very much inferior to the US version, and they rarely show pre-code movies. They seem to have a library of about two dozen films and they just endlessly recycle them. I think they've screened Mrs Miniver four times a week every week for the past ten years!

And there are virtually no pre-code movies available on DVD here. None of the pre-code boxed sets has ever been released here. The idea of region coding seems to be to make sure nobody outside the US gets to watch movies other than summer blockbusters.

khelekwen March 12 2010, 02:28:19 UTC

Aw, that sucks. I can't imagine what my life would be like without TCM. Maybe some of these movies are on the internet?

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erehwesle March 11 2010, 15:05:51 UTC

Great list! I adore numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5 and would love to see 9, 7, and 6. "Bright Eyes" may be my favorite Shirley Temple movie. I have a soft spot for her, even though I typically prefer less saccharine kids. ;-)

khelekwen March 11 2010, 20:53:49 UTC

I think that everyone has a soft spot for Shirley!

sondheimfreak91 March 11 2010, 19:05:09 UTC

Okay for some reason I actually really like "let's knock knees". I don't know why, it's just so random, has no exposition or segue whatsoever, but is so entertaining.

khelekwen March 11 2010, 21:10:59 UTC

Wow, you're the first person I've ever talked to that actually likes that number. As far as I'm concerned, the only good thing about that scene is Betty Grable.

sondheimfreak91 March 11 2010, 21:14:45 UTC

I dunno, it's just so awkwardly hilarious to me.

khelekwen March 12 2010, 02:29:41 UTC

I suppose it is funny, in that out of the blue, what-the-heck-is-this sort of way.