You've never watched Gone with the Wind?

Nope... I never watched Gone with the Wind. As I said... I am fairly new to anything before 1980. I actually had this one in my collection for 5 years now... but I kept putting it off because of it';s length. It is a little hard to get in the mood for a movie that is about 4hrs long.

may have to! 

I like comedies... for some reason I just don't have many of the older ones yet. And thanks for the suggestions!

I must also admit that my experience with the earlier years of cinema is a bit sparse, but it's also been the source of some of my favourite movies, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) and King Kong (1933) both being in my Top 3.

Here are some titles not on your list:

Frankenstein (1910)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) *colour scene* (I prefer this to the 1959 version)
Faust (1926)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Metropolis (1927)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Fritz Lang's M (1931)
King Kong (1933)
Cleopatra  (1934)
Things to Come (1936)

Münchhausen (1943) *colour*

1984 (1954) (teleplay)
1984 (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956) *colour*
Godzilla (1954)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The King and I (1956) *colour*
Quo Vadis (1951) *colour*

Also worth checking out are the movie serials from the 1930s and 40s. There were three Flash Gordon serials, one Buck Rogers serial and two Batman serials (among others); and the Quatermass Experiment TV serials (The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass II, Quatermass and the Pit), written by the great Nigel Kneale.

Kino, and Eureka's Masters of Cinema series, can also be a pretty failsafe way of finding quality movies.

Here are a few more movies you may find of interest.  A little variety -- some adventure, mystery, noir, comedy, musicals, and several Hitchcock movies.

1930's
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Black Camel (1931)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Stagecoach (1939)
Swing Time (1936)
The Thin Man (1934)
Top Hat (1935)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

1940's
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Gaslight (1944)
Hangover Square (1945)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
The Killers (1946)
Laura (1944)
The Lodger (1944)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Notorious (1946)
Rebecca (1940)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Spellbound (1945)
The Third Man (1949)
The Woman in the Window (1944)

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Quoting W0m6at:

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I must also admit that my experience with the earlier years of cinema is a bit sparse, but it's also been the source of some of my favourite movies, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) and King Kong (1933) both being in my Top 3.

Have you ever seen Mamoulian's version from 1931 with Frederic March as the doctor? As much as I like Barrymore, March's performance is the best of the three versions I've seen.

Title: Rear Window: Collector's Edition
Year: 1954
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 114 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
James Stewart
Grace Kelly
Wendell Corey
Thelma Ritter
Raymond Burr
Judith Evelyn

Plot:
None of Hitchcock's films has ever given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than Rear Window. When professional photographer J.B "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events...Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Content

My Thoughts:
This is the second time I watched this movie within the 9 months that I owned it. Before buying it  I have never seen it before. Since I knew the ending this time I was afraid I wouldn't like it as much the second time around... but that just wasn't the case. I enjoyed this awesome movie just as much this time as last... if not more so. So I will just repeat here what I said the last time.

Being fairly new to the classics I am not too familiar with any of the people involved in making this movie. But from what I have seen so far I do enjoy the work of Alfred Hitchcock as well as Jimmy Stewert. But I am almost embarrassed to say that this is the first thing I ever seen Grace Kelly in. After watching it the first thing I want to say is Wow! that Grace Kelly was more then adorable. She was one gorgeous (and at least going by this movie talented) lady. Rear Window is a fantastic movie. It had me glued to my seat for the entire movie. Sure there was some scenes in it that was a little on the slow side... but you know... it worked for this movie. It may have had some slow scenes... but they were still interesting. I have seen this story told over and over again in different movies and TV show episodes. But this is the first (now second) time I ever seen the original movie. And I must say... I can see why it gets so much homage. The story is great... everyone involved did a wonderful job... this movie deserves the right to be called a true classic. If there is anyone else like me here that has never seen this movie before I highly recommend it.

My Rating: 5/5