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1940s movie suggestions!

🕑 Added 2025-05-20 21:27:54 +0000 UTC

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Verowak

You didn't miss it I didn't do one yet, I didn't think there would be enough movies to be recommended 😅 I need to think of a different way to do these first though

JAKH

Did I miss a poll for the 1930's or did you not do one?

Joe M

Gaslight (1944)

JAKH

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) *True Story* based on a book of the same name written by one of the survivors of the 1942 Doolittle Raid. Surviving Doolittle Raiders served as technical advisors for the movie.

Verowak

Most movies made in the 1960s or earlier are not on streaming services in Canada. I usually have to rent them, search amazon for a copy, or look at my library.

Verowak

Yeah, this is why I need to find a different way of doing this. I was worried about that, but the last time I did a post like this, there were no repeated movies, so I thought it would be fine haha. I'm always proven wrong 🤣

fire12wife

On the Town (1949) Three sailors wreaking havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind, 24 hour leave, in New York City! - starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Betty Garrett

Mannygogou

since my suggestion has very little chance of winning 🙂 and that's okay with me... but then I can make the point that gamers can easily see the exploits (some gamer types). For example if the same movie has 4 repeated entries with 4 votes each one... You cannot tell if a total of 4 people like the movie or 7 people or 16 people or 20 people. These are the min to max number of possible votes for the same movie. Why gamers? If a gamer picks up loot, let's say a new sword with different stats, the good gamer tries to figure out how the stats combine to decide the best one. Also if farming gems that you get as reward from quests, it stands to reason that more quests equal more gems or votes.

fire12wife

Anchors Aweigh (1945) A pair of sailors, on leave, try to help a movie extra become a singing star! - starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly.

thebeefmaster

Even the cat's in on it!

thebeefmaster

I was told that this is a good movie. I said "Listen, the last man that said that to me was Archie Leach just a week before he cut his throat."

thebeefmaster

When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.

thebeefmaster

My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.

thebeefmaster

The stuff dreams are made of.

thebeefmaster

What a riotous romp!

thebeefmaster

Amazing movie

David Martin

Oh, what a great film. I voted for The Maltese Falcon, so I can't add my vote here, but Barbara Stanwyck is one of my all time favorite actresses.

Satan inside

The Third Man (1949)

silverarrow06

"The Great Dictator" (1940) Charlie Chaplins best and most important movie. A timeless classic...🤩

thebeefmaster

His Girl Friday (1940)

Octoburn

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Raiford Hodges

The Maltese Falcon

John Zelinka

Mrs Miniver

Cason

well its actually 1930 but Howard Hughes "hells angels" its great

Mannygogou

we should also guess which will win the YT poll 😁 actually It's A Wonderful Life would be best bet but you've done that one already...

Mannygogou

The Lady Eve (1941)... one of my favorites.

Chris Gronau

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) This is hard. There are so many great choices, it's hard to narrow it down to one. Normally, I'd go with either Rebecca (1940) (Alfred Hitchcock's only movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture) or Spellbound (1945) (Alfred Hitchcock + Salvidor Dali = one wild movie) but I can't choose either of those movies because both of them are hard to find on streaming services.

Chris Gronau

Which version? The Big Sleep (1946) is a great choice, but it comes in two (very) different cuts, commonly referred to as the Pre-Release and Theatrical cuts. To make the Theatrical release, they cut 20 minutes from the Pre-Release and added 22 minutes of new footage. So, while they have similar run-times (114 minutes vs. 116 minutes), they're quite a bit different....

Mike McLaughlin

Yankee Doodle Dandy..

Middohio

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Verowak

Choosing a movie to have an excuse to watch it makes perfect sense! That's what I would do too haha

Verowak

I honestly didn't know how many 1930s movies would be recommended 😅

Mikeljoe

Notorious, Carey Grant, Ingrid Bergman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Cliff Adams

You watched my favorite when I won the Marble race, so I must add Citizen Kane (1941)

SaRahRahWA

His Girl Friday (1940), Comedy/Romance, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

John Danziger

Citizen Kane (1941)

Miles E Coburn

Since you've already done "Casablanca" (1942), I'll second Scott Melton's suggestion, "The Big Sleep" (1946). But if I get another choice because I agreed with Scott, there's "Key Largo" (1948). Again with Bogey and Bacall. But also with Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, and Claire Trevor (who won an Oscar for her role).

Razor Bikini

This is tough because I have a massive blind spot when it comes to older movies, so this is more of a “which classic 40s movie do I want an excuse to finally watch” poll… So with that said I’m gonna go with David Lean’s ‘Brief Encounter’ (1945) … because it was apparently a major inspiration for Todd Haynes when he made one of my favourite films, 2015’s Carol.