Favorite older Hollywood films?
The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
That sweet sweet pre-code Hollywood.
Ernst Lubitsch is amazingly underrated. The Smiling Lieutenant is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
>>70549696
The restored version of Wings I watched was fantastic. It was easy to forget it was a silent film.
The 1938 Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer. I have a soft spot for older historical epics. Shame that they had to scrap plans for color.
>>70549821
Pre-code period is great
>>70550609
I kind of like films that were on the cusp of pre-code and code. Madame du Barry with Dolores del Rio was filmed before the crackdowns, but premiered after them--so a lot of scenes were forced on the cutting room floor. Yet surprisingly a scene where Louis XV educates Louis XVI on sex by having some barely clad women dance around him while he shows him the 18th century equivalent of a porn magazine still made it...
Either Samson & Delilah or Sign of the Cross, if they're old enough for this thread.
>>70550755
I think that even after it took effect many people in the industry still didn't take it seriously, and the Hays Office let some things slide because it was still new.
>>70549696
I got hard during the kissing scene near the end
>>70549696
>tfw both first Best Picture winners are still GOAT
>>70549696
Clara and Jobyna are my babies <33
I really like Metropolis unironically. The Magic Cloak of Oz is another favorite. I married A Witch and Bell Book and Candle too. Im not hard to please with classics though desu.
>>70552805
except tha this one is GREAT. wings is meh.
>>70553204
Eh, they exemplify the best of the extremes of popular-release filmmaking up to that time.
