Okay, I'm hoping for a little help on this one. johnart and I have had our own little, "Oh, my gawd - that movie's so faaaaabulous" club going for quite a while now. So I thought I should get out the and spill the contents.

Here we go, in no particular order:

Imitation of Life - both the 1934 version (Claudette Colbert) and the Douglas Sirk from the 50s.

Pretty much anything by Douglas Sirk, actually - The aforementioned Imitation of Life, plus Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows, for starters. (Rock Hudson - need I say more?) All That Heaven Allows is the movie that Far From Heaven (Julianne Moore) is based on.

Elizabeth Taylor films - Butterfield 8, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Last Time I Saw Paris. Suddenly Last Summer and A Place in the Sun (both with Montgomery Clift).

Bringing Up Baby. Cary Grant in a maribou-trimmed peignoir, yelling, "I just suddenly went GAY all of a sudden."

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane - Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Ask johnart about this one - it's one of his faves.

Grey Gardens - the documentary. Although the HBO movie is pretty fab, too.


That's just a start. Feel free to add - but remember, we're talking classic films. And there must be an element of fab.

Beautiful Thing

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Women

Some Like It Hot

Torch Song

Red River

Sunset Boulevard

I rewatched A Streetcar Named Desire the other day. What a fantastic film and what a wonderful character Blanche Dubois is.

I think Vivien Leigh overacts a bit but I still love her performance. And Marlon Brando, who makes a loathsome character like Stanley seem less so due to his incredible hotness.

Genesia said:

Was this inspired also by Casablanca?

I agree esp. with Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and omg Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...

Also, All About Eve -> Todo Sobre Mi Madre + other Almodóvar like ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (not def. classics yes.. )

lazycrockett said:

Excellent adds!

Oh! Dinner at Eight - Jean Harlow and pretty much every big star signed to MGM at the time.

Mushanga said:

Ooh! And Ms Audrey Hepburn.

garganta said:

One of my FAVS!!

Mushanga said:

Yeah, we were kind of wandering on that thread.

lazycrockett said:

You read my mind.
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whats the one where the crazy woman lives with her mom?

garganta said:

If you want incredible Brando hotness, be sure to check out The Wild One and On the Waterfront, too.

A Star is Born - both the 1954 with Judy Garland and the 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.

Of Human Bondage - Bette Davis kicking the crap out of that wuss Leslie Howard.

Mildred Pierce - Joan Crawford in one of her best.

Genesia said:

oh, i do know both films, hehe. brando, in his heyday of course, was just too hot for words.

Johnny Guitar

Bring It On

Clueless
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garganta said:

So true!

Okay, this is from a different genre altogether, but I'm going to say My Fair Lady. As Will Truman said of Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, "Two confirmed bachelors in their late fifties whose idea of a good time is dressing Audrey Hepburn in fabulous Edith Head outfits? Oh, they were gay, my friend. They were gay."

lazycrockett said:

Spirit fingers!

Oh lets just make it easy for the gheys.

http://joemygod.blogspot....e%20Movies

What? No All About Eve?

Snappy, sassy, witty and some of the most dramatic entrances/exits happend in that film

Ok, my list:

Morroco

I'm No Angel

42nd Street(And damn eeeeevery Busby Berkeley film)

Carmen Jones

Camille

Designing Woman

Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

ANY George Cukor film, I don't care take your pick.

"But Darling I'm Your Auntie Mame."

Ziegfeld Girl

Lana Turner (who glamorously dies down a grand staircase of what appears to be just a bad case of drunkassness ), Judy Garland and Hedy Lamarr .








Need I say anything else???
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Harlepolis said:

I beat ya!!

Suddenly Last Summer, and anything else with Katharine Hepburn

12 Angry Men, the original with Henry Fonda

I've seen just over 1000 movies (short by some standards). I'm slowly adding old movies to my list.

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I finally watched, for the first time ever, Lawrence of Arabia. Checked that off my list.

Thanks for the suggestion about Drums Along The Mohawk. I live in upstate New York. The Mohawk river runs through the city, and the local quick trip chain, Stewarts (which is also a dairy) has an ice cream flavor called Crumbs Along The Mohawk. SO good! I hope the movie matches that. hahaha
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johnart said:

How pre-Sue Ellen of her, omg...

That sounds like something I should do before I die.

lazycrockett said:

That's the one I was thinking about. The one with Rosalind Russell.

Genesia said:

I'm not good at this. I've only seen 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.'
I tend toward the testosterone set - action films, crime drama etc

Genesia said:

Hotter in 'The Wild One.' 'On the Waterfront' he's hot but not overtly. That' a good not great movie.

lazycrockett said:

Saw the last two. Own the last one, I'll admit.

johnart said:

Oh, my gawd - yes! Heddy Lamarr...

Funny Face...Audrey Hepburn in the original ANTM. johnny...it's fashion...



And let's not forget Breakfast at Tiffany's. Audrey, gorgeous George Peppard...from a book by Truman Capote...with faaaaabulous wardrobe by Givenchy and Pauline Trigére.

Genesia said:

That is amazingly weird. I started to hear about Grey Gardens through Rosie O'Donnell going on about it. I knew it was a play, then almost immediately found out it was based on a true story. Then I found out about the documentary, and downloaded it. I watched the HBO movie within a few days. AMAZING performances in the HBO movie by Drew and Jessica. Just amazing. They're a couple of staunch women.

S-T-A-U-N-C-H.

Staunch!

SUPRMAN said:

On the Waterfront - not great? Yeah, they always give eight Oscars (including Best Picture) to the "not great" films.