Poll: Dusting Off Celluloid: Which old movie would you like to see?

Results of 596 votes:

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   The Black Cat (1934)

    

   Nominated by The-Social-Introvert, who describes this as "a great movie for Lugosi and Karloff to face off against each other for the first time. The film in genuinely creepy and atmospheric, and…
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   Captain Blood (1935)

    

   Nominated by jamesh5: "Director Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) brings us a tale of slavery, piracy and war!" Nominated for five Oscars, including best picture.
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   Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

    

   Nominated by pbn, who recommended "One of the most famous early documentaries, documenting everyday life and the filmmaking process in an extraordinary style."
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   Holiday (1938)

    

   Nominated by cocoken: "Lovely film, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn at their very best. Cary Grant even doing a couple tumbling acts and antics, once even with Kate Hepburn!"
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   Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

    

   Nominated by jalapenoman
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   The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

    

   Nominated by cocoken, who describes this film as "a charming early animation of an Arabian Nights style fairy tale, made with incredibly intricate cut out silhouettes, which are moved bit by bit …
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   A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)

    

   Nominated by ElMaruecan82: This film "left me with two certitudes: Chaplin is the greatest film-maker who ever lived, and the film, had it not been 'sold' as a Chaplin film, would probably stand …
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   The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    

   Nominated by Dweezer: "Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. A great gangster/romance film featuring my favorite…
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   Fury (1936)

    

   Suggested by cartman_1337: "A wrongfully accused man miraculously escapes alive after a lynching mob convinced of his guilt takes the law into their own hands. With the help of his brothers he th…
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    The Cocoanuts (1929)

     

    Nominated by TheMovieSmith: "Marx Brothers film set during the Florida land boom and bust of the late twenties. Plenty of Marx brothers hallmarks and laugh out loud moments throughout."
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    Spies (1928)

     

    Nominated by pencho15
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    People on Sunday (1930)

     

    Nominated by albstein: "A half-documentary story of how several "ordinary" people spend their only free day of the week."
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    The Music Box (1932)

     

    Suggested by dan_dassow, who describes this film as "a classic Laurel and Hardy short. Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seeming…
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    Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

     

    Nominated by misspaddylee: "A charmer starring Charles Laughton as an English valet whose life is changed forever when his employer loses his services to wealthy Americans in an ill-considered po…
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    Hallelujah (1929)

     

    Nominated by rubyfruit76: "This film, whose director was nominated for an Oscar, was the first sound movie to have an all black cast. It is worth seeing just to experience the performance of the …
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    The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

     

    Nominated by brien1951: "Here's one of those rare films that I like where there are no villains, just a nice, old-fashioned story with good people. Of all the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films, I …
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    Le Million (1931)

     

    Nominated by TsarStepan, who explained that "Le Million is a lighthearted musical comedy of errors that revolves around an artist, his wife, a misplaced coat, and a lost winning lottery ticket.&q…