The 'Golden Age of Hollywood' Movie Rankdown

Welcome back sports fans. And welcome to a whole raft of newly joined fans from Australia.

It's time to pick up on our monthly Movie Rankdown.

And while there are still a few genres that have not been covered yet, after the response to tho 2010's Rankdown, thought it would be cool to stick with that sort of theme for now, and take a trip back to a different era.

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For this Rankdown, we will be exploring and celebrating the movies that were released pre-1970.

This includes any film that was released, irrespective of genre or origin. So it doesn't matter if it was Hollywood or anywhere else in the world. So long as it was released prior to January 1, 1970.

And yes, I know that technically the 'Golden Age' ended in 1963 (or '66 depending on source), but for the purpose of this, am rounding it up to include the entire 1960s as well.

Silent, Film Noir, Foreign, Murder, Comedy, neo-realism, musical, pre-Hays Code, you name it.

So, as always this first week will be all about nominating your favourite films of any genre that fit the criteria.

Then once the nominations have been compiled, people will then be invited to vote/submit rankings based on all the films that have been nominated.

Nominations close Sunday 5pm @ 15 August.

The window for Rankings then will open when the compiled Nominations have been posted.

Ranking Window will then close on Sunday 22 August.

To recap:

• Any film, regardless of origin or genre, released prior to 1970.
• Between now and Sunday 15 August, nominate as many films as you like that fit the criteria.
  
• Please be aware that often there have been numerous remakes of films/movies with the same/similiar title, so please specify which if necessary.

Will tag some of the usual suspects in this thread, but as always this is open to all and everyone is welcome to contribute and have their 2 pence worth.

Will tag the usual suspects and some others as well shortly.

 

Toy Story

 

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

 

So get in your favourite Marilyn Munroe, Judy Garland and Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Liz Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, Mary Pickford, Vivien Leigh, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis... and anyone else.

@cfcturbo @FCBarca @Mr Shelby @Gabriel @seanm @We named the dog Indiana

 

Bring on Errol Flynn, John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart, Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck, James Cagney, Clark Gable and Henry Fonda. Bring on Danny Kaye, Bela Lugosi, Alec Guinness, Marlon Brando and David Niven. Bring 'em all on!

@MJ9 @Moore @StevieBhoooy! @The Prof @The Dude

 

Bring on Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa, John Huston, Douglas Sirk, Walt Disney, John Ford, Sergio Leone, Frederico Fellini, Fritz Lang and anyone else who fits the criteria.
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@McGrory1888 @charlietully @oh bhoy @trackebhoy @Big els

 

No matter the genre, so long as it was released before 1970.

@auldbertie @greengrocer @Gerry1972 @scuzzy @packybhoy @JC Anton @carraigbhoy

 

Plenty of time to get your nominations in between now and Sunday. Just list as many in this thread as you like.

@jocksteinupper @ticketyboo0 @Marie @Drakhan @Gioventu @blackfish @apevrak @MickeyyyMack

 

Bring on The Three Stooges, Abbot & Costello, Laurel & Hardy or Fred & Ginger. Bring on the 'Carry On...'s & 'Road to...'s...

@Garrymac1888 @FATLAZYBHOY @Slaw @dbhoy72 @KRS-1888 @Doogs. @Jacob knows @Al Bootyerbaws

 

Westerns, Film Noir, Pre-Hays Code, Horror, War, Comedies, Epics, Musicals, Animation & everything else

@Lupis @Keano88 @Sean Daleer @cidermaster @Scotia @AndyMac7 @BathBhoy @Brian Dunphy @johnboy19

 

Loads of time to get all your classic favourites, so long as they were released prior to 1970.

@TheHappyLoss @jimbobers @Bonobhoy @\o/ @seamus1967 @Officer Doofy @Harry Caray @belfastcelt

 

And doesn't have to be from Hollywood. It was included in the title just because, lol. So can be from UK, or anywhere else in the world for that matter, so long as it was released prior to 1970.

@elbhoydo @bagforlife @paulie walnuts @dalbeth3 @Sydneysider @Forestbhoy66 @nudge1086 @scootz

 

Nominations are open between now and 5pm Sunday. Just nominate as many as you like in this thread.

The actual voting/ranking will be next week, as per usual.

@Tim-Time 1888 @Marty McFly @jj81 @Jo-Jo-Buffon @honda @Zanderama @Ozzie Hoop @STEPHWHUFC

 

Always welcome to include new folk on here as well as the usual suspects

@AussieAnge @AussieGreek @OziBeerMan @Mr Cleansheets @Cena @Hope N Ur Heart @stew37 @Xatraps

 

@KG-Henrik @jimbobers @CheGuevara @Gyp Rosetti @Dallas Cowbhoys @Fontaine @Hammy89

...and anyone else who wants to contribute are most welcome to join in.

 

Hmmm, need to see what I can drag up here, a few come to mind, not that they would enter with my fav movies of all time that are over that period, as I never really did movies and haven't went back and watched and be honest to say probably don't recollect much of the movies now.

 

Might be a bit of a struggle , but will check when iam back from my Staycation for the missus's 40th

 

The hustler
Meet me in st Louis
Moonlight bay
Silvery moon
White christmas

Some just off the top of my head

 

Geez this may be a struggle for me but I’ll come up with something. Do we get a year or 2 leeway. Because straight up I nominate the original * Wonka movie of 1971.

 

Hang 'em High
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
A fistfull of Dollars