Favorite Films (lists up to participating site members)

[GUT]

Charles Laughton:

1) The Private Life of Henry the VIII*
2) Rembrandt*
3) I Claudius*
4) Witness for the Prosecution*
5) Spartacus
6) Advise and Consent
7) The Suspect*
8) It Started With Eve*
9) The Man From Down Under
10) Tales of Manhattan
11) The Big Clock*
12) O Henry's Full House
13) Hobson's Choice*
14) The Bribe (another film for Vincent Price too)
15) The Beachcomber*
16) The Island of Lost Souls*
17) The Old, Dark House
18) Young Bess (reprise of his Henry VIII roled at the start)
19) The Strange Door
20) Ruggles of Red Gap*

[*Best performances]

There are others for Laughton, of course Robert - I just thought of his choice cameo in Lubitsch's "If I Had a Million" giving a boss what all of us want to give a boss.

Jeff

Don't know why, but I liked The Man From Downunder.

[Mayerling]

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

Charles Laughton:

1) The Private Life of Henry the VIII*
2) Rembrandt*
3) I Claudius*
4) Witness for the Prosecution*
5) Spartacus
6) Advise and Consent
7) The Suspect*
8) It Started With Eve*
9) The Man From Down Under
10) Tales of Manhattan
11) The Big Clock*
12) O Henry's Full House
13) Hobson's Choice*
14) The Bribe (another film for Vincent Price too)
15) The Beachcomber*
16) The Island of Lost Souls*
17) The Old, Dark House
18) Young Bess (reprise of his Henry VIII roled at the start)
19) The Strange Door
20) Ruggles of Red Gap*

[*Best performances]

There are others for Laughton, of course Robert - I just thought of his choice cameo in Lubitsch's "If I Had a Million" giving a boss what all of us want to give a boss.

Jeff

[Steadmund Brand]

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

I think his bit in The Black Widow (Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare) was better than his Thriller ( and was first haha)

Steadmund Brand

[Steadmund Brand]

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

Oh the Story of Mankind...special place in my heart as the last film to have Groucho, Harpo and Chico (sadly not together... and sadder still is Chico's 3 seconds... he was very ill at the time) plus a young Dennis Hopper as Napoleon!! great stuff in a pretty bad film

Steadmund Brand

[Robert]

'The Tingler.'

"Ladies and gentlemen, the tingle is among you. Run, run for your lives."

[Robert St Devil]

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

[Mayerling]

Tower of London what a great pick...Karloff as Mord is one of my all time favorite roles of his....Rathbone is fantastic and of course a very early screen appearance by Vincent Price as the Duke of Clarence..

I say we start a new list.... favorite Vincent Price films.... as there are so many lets just go with 5 or 10 to start... of course these will be just off the top of the head so our lists can be changed i'll start

1-Champagne for Caesar-1950.. Price in a very comedic role..steals the movie.

2-House of wax-1953- a true classic- one of the few remakes possibly better than the original ( even though the original, Mystery of the Wax Museum, is amazing as well!!)

3-The Mad Magician-1954.. another 3D film...but darker than most

4-The Last Man on Earth-1964.. I think the creepiest version of this story....a bit campy at times but great over all vibe

5-Witchfinder General (Conqueror Worm)-1968... after so many camp Corman Poe films along came this quite sinister one.. excellent performance!

6-The Abominable Dr. Phibes- 1971..I wish I could put both Phibes films as one...just great fun.

7-While the City Sleeps-1956..a noir film by legendary Fritz Lang... not the biggest role for Vincent.. but a great film

8-The Pit and the Pendulum-1961.. Now this is a Corman/Poe classic!!

9-Confessions of an Opium Eater-1962.. I'll pick this for now because it is just SO DIFFERENT for Price...very physical film for him as well.

10-Theatre of Blood-1973..Possibly my favorite of all of his films...camp, terror, shock... everything you could want... and it really shows off the acting chops Price had...plus the scene where he is "Butch" the hairdresser in the orange Afro wig....one of the hardest laughs I ever had when I first saw it!!

well.. that's my list to start the ball rolling... please feel free to comment... add.. or make your own lists!!

Steadmund Brand

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

[Aldebaran]

Any list of mine would include'Tower of London',with Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff,also 'Witness for the Prosecution',Tyrone Power,Marlene Deitrich and Charles Laughton.

Yes to both--they are among the movies I can watch over and over and enjoy them as much as I did the first time. Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes with the very enjoyable Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson is how I started to form a picture of Victorian or Edwardian London as a youngster in America. They showed those old pictures on television every day about the time I came home from school and they were something to relax to--yet were educational, as well. I began to learn the basics about how Scotland Yard worked and my interest evolved from there. I think even Hollywood was besotted with Victorian London. In my recollection, a lot of films seemed to have those foggy streets for a setting. One goofy thing happened, though. Hollywood could not leave Sherlock out of the events of WWII--and there was Basil still as a youngish man about forty years from the time Queen Victoria died.

[Steadmund Brand]

Tower of London what a great pick...Karloff as Mord is one of my all time favorite roles of his....Rathbone is fantastic and of course a very early screen appearance by Vincent Price as the Duke of Clarence..

I say we start a new list.... favorite Vincent Price films.... as there are so many lets just go with 5 or 10 to start... of course these will be just off the top of the head so our lists can be changed i'll start

1-Champagne for Caesar-1950.. Price in a very comedic role..steals the movie.

2-House of wax-1953- a true classic- one of the few remakes possibly better than the original ( even though the original, Mystery of the Wax Museum, is amazing as well!!)

3-The Mad Magician-1954.. another 3D film...but darker than most

4-The Last Man on Earth-1964.. I think the creepiest version of this story....a bit campy at times but great over all vibe

5-Witchfinder General (Conqueror Worm)-1968... after so many camp Corman Poe films along came this quite sinister one.. excellent performance!

6-The Abominable Dr. Phibes- 1971..I wish I could put both Phibes films as one...just great fun.

7-While the City Sleeps-1956..a noir film by legendary Fritz Lang... not the biggest role for Vincent.. but a great film

8-The Pit and the Pendulum-1961.. Now this is a Corman/Poe classic!!

9-Confessions of an Opium Eater-1962.. I'll pick this for now because it is just SO DIFFERENT for Price...very physical film for him as well.

10-Theatre of Blood-1973..Possibly my favorite of all of his films...camp, terror, shock... everything you could want... and it really shows off the acting chops Price had...plus the scene where he is "Butch" the hairdresser in the orange Afro wig....one of the hardest laughs I ever had when I first saw it!!

well.. that's my list to start the ball rolling... please feel free to comment... add.. or make your own lists!!

Steadmund Brand

[harry]

Any list of mine would include'Tower of London',with Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff,also 'Witness for the Prosecution',Tyrone Power,Marlene Deitrich and Charles Laughton.

[Mike M]

Zulu
the caretaker
Apocalypse now
Brighton rock
Monty python and the holy grail
Quadrophenia

[Aldebaran]

Okay, here is my own list of favorite films, although I will probably end up forgetting some:

Portrait of Jennie
A Kid For Two Farthings
Roman Holiday
Camille
Laura
Zulu
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lodger
Emma
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Any movie with Bette Davis or Claude Rains in it

[Mayerling]

Thanks Aldebaran for revitalizing the movie favorites checklist. It's sort of dormant for the last six months. If you want to put down a list for any particular film type, director, actor, or even class A producer, or music composer, just go ahead.

Jeff

[Aldebaran]

Welcome Aldebaran....and great list

couple questions... Which Cat and the Canary (or all versions).. I prefer the 1927 version... I wish a copy of The Cat Creeps would pop up one day!!...thanks for including the Corman films as well!!

and A Kid For Two Farthings... Is that the movie with the "Unicorn".. I think I saw that when I was a kid (no pun intended).. but hardly remember it.

Steadmund Brand

Hello and thanks. The list was not mine but originally that of "Robert", which I quoted. Several of his favorites are also mine, but I do not recall any "Cat and the Canary" [but that doesn't mean I never viewed a film by that name]. Yes, "A Kid For Two Farthings" features a quest for a unicorn in a London neighborhood. It is a magical movie. I think it is not really for children, though, and a child would not be able to appreciate it--especially the kids of today

[Steadmund Brand]

Welcome Aldebaran....and great list

couple questions... Which Cat and the Canary (or all versions).. I prefer the 1927 version... I wish a copy of The Cat Creeps would pop up one day!!...thanks for including the Corman films as well!!

and A Kid For Two Farthings... Is that the movie with the "Unicorn".. I think I saw that when I was a kid (no pun intended).. but hardly remember it.

Steadmund Brand