Movie Rack

NOTE:
At the request of my colleagues, below is a list of vintage American movies and TV shows that I like. My favorites are in BOLD.

These are generally organized by actor or genre, of course some fall into multiple categories.

TV shows

• The Dick Van Dyke Show - a classic with many realistic fun and clashes in a marriage
• Hogan’s Hero’s - a comedy “prisoner of war camp” spies in WWII
• Black Sheep Squadron - real airplanes, no CGI
• I Love Lucy
• McHale’s Navy - another WWII comedy
• Leave it to Beaver
• MASH - the humor grows on you
• The Andy Griffith Show - a classic comedy, Don Knotts is one of a kind
• Mister Rogers - while Rogers intended his show for children, I have learned a lot as a father. Most importantly… be kind, be kind, be kind.

Movies

Abbot and Costello

• Buck Privates (1941) - Abbot and Costello
• In the Navy (1941) - Abbot and Costello

Audie Murphy

• The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) - Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Hope Emerson
• Gunsmoke (1953) - Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Paul Kelly
• Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) - Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot
• Tumbleweed (1953) - Audie Murphy, Lee Van Cleef

Audrey Hepburn

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) - Audrey Hepburn
• Funny Face (1957) - Audrey Hepburn
• Love in the Afternoon (1957) - Audrey Hepburn
• My Fair Lady (1964) - Audrey Hepburn
• Roman Holiday (1953) - Audrey Hepburn
• Sabrina (1954) - Audrey Hepburn

Bing Crosby

• Anything Goes (1956) - Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor
• Here come the WAVES (1944) - Bing Crosby
• Holiday Inn (1942) - Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
• The Bells of St Mary’s (1945) - Bing Crosby

Bob Hope

• Give Me A Sailor (1938) - Bob Hope, Betty Grable
• Let’s Face It (1943) - Bob Hope, Betty Hutton
• Military Policemen (a.k.a. Off Limits) (1953) - Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney
• My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Bob Hope
• Road to Bali (1952) - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
• Road to Morocco (1942) - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
• Road to Singapore (1940) - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
• Road to Utopia (1946) - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
• Road to Zanzibar (1941) - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
• College Swing (1938) - Bob Hope
• Where There’s Life (1947) - Bob Hope

Cary Grant

• Affair to Remember (1957) - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr
• Charade (1963) - Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant
• Indiscreet (1958) - Cary Grant
• Kiss and Make Up (1934) - Cary Grant
• Monkey Business (1952) - Cary Grant
• Mr Lucky (1943) - Cary Grant
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - Cary Grant, Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas
• Penny Serenade (1941) - Cary Grant, Irene Dunne
• People Will Talk (1951) - Cary Grant
• The Amazing Adventure (1936) - Cary Grant
• Walk Don’t Run (1966) - Cary Grant
• Operation Petticoat (1956) - Cary Grant, Tony Curtis
• Houseboat (1958) - Cary Grant, Sophia Loren

Christmas

• A Christmas Carol (1938) - Reginald Owen
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
• It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) - Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan
• White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen

Comedy

• A Bride for Henry (1937) - Anne Nagel
• Disorder in the Court (1936) - The Three Stooges Show
• Dreamboat (1952) - Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers
• Duffy’s Tavern (1945) - Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Bing Crosby (camoe)
• Father Was a Fullback (1949) - Fred MacMurray, Maureen O’Hara
• Father’s Little Dividend (1951) - Elizabeth Taylor
• Francis Joins the WACS (1954) - Donald O’Connor, Julie Adams
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) - Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest
• Katie Did It (1951) - Ann Blyth, Mark Stevens, Cecil Kellaway
• My Dear Secretary (1948) - Kirk Douglas
• The Perfect Furlough (1958) - Tony Curtis
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) - Lionel Barrymore
• Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) - Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson
• Borderline (1950) - Fred MacMurray

Don Knotts

• The Ghost and Mr Chicken (1966) - Don Knotts
• The Love God (1969) - Don Knotts
• The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) - Don Knotts
• The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) - Don Knotts

Dramas

• A Stranger In Town (1943) - Frank Morgan
• And Then There Were None (1945) - Agatha Christie
• Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
• Dick Tracy (1945)
• Dishonored Lady (1947) - Hedy Lamarr
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944) - Phyllis Calvert
• Four’s A Crowd (1938) - Errol Flynn, Rosalind Russell.
• Government Girl (1943) - Olivia de Havilland, Agnes Moorehead
• The Italian Job (1969) - Michael Caine
• Lassie, The Painted Hills (1951) - Lassie
• Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Gene Tierney
• Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) - Lucille Ball, William Holden
• My Man Godfrey (1936) - William Powell, Carole Lombard
• Ring Around the Moon (1936) - Donald Cook, Erin O’Brien-Moore and Ann Doran
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
• Suddenly It’s Spring (1947) - Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey
• The Big Bluff (1955) - John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton
• The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor
• The Long Night (1947) - Vincent Price, Henry Fonda
• The Luck Of The Irish (1948) - Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Lee J. Cobb, Cecil Kellaway
• The Madonna’s Secret (1946) - Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Edward Ashley
• The Mating Season (1951) - Thelma Ritter, Gene Tierney
• Under Eighteen (1931) - Marian Marsh, Warren William

Fred Astaire

• Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire, Jane Powell
• Second Chorus (1940) - Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard
• Swing Time (1936) - Fred Astaire
• Holiday Inn (1942) - Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire - Let’s Dance (1949) - Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton
• Blue Skies (1946) - Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby
• Shall We Dance (1937) - Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
• Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron - Funny Face (1957) - Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn

Gary Cooper

• A Farewell to Arms (1932) - Gary Cooper
• Love in the Afternoon (1957) - Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn
• Task Force (1949) - Gary Cooper
• Unconquered (1947) - Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard

Gene Kelly

• Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson
• An American in Paris (1951) - Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
• Brigadoon (1954) - Gene Kelly
• On the Town (1949) - Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra
• Singin’ in the Rain (1952) - Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) - Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams

Gregory Peck

• Captain Newman Army Psychiatrist M D (1963) - Gregory Peck and Tony Curtis
• David and Bathsheba (1951) - Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward
• Mirage (1965) - Gregory Peck, Diane Baker
• On the Beach (1959) - Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner
• The Bravados (1959) - Gregory Peck
• The Gunfighter (1950) - Gregory Peck
• The Million Pound Note (1954) - Gregory Peck
• The Sea Wolves (1980) - Gregory Peck, Roger Moore & David Niven
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Gregory Peck
• Yellow Sky (1948) - Gregory Peck Richard Widmark Anne Baxter
• Only The Valiant (1950) - Gregory Peck
• The Keys Of The Kingdom (1944) - Gregory Peck

Humphrey Bogart

• Beat the Devil (1953) - Humphrey Bogart
• Racket Busters (1938) - Humphrey Bogart
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

Jack Lemmon

• Mr Roberts (1955) - Jack Lemmon
• Operation Mad Ball (1957) - Jack Lemmon

James Cagney

• Johnny Come Lately (1943) - James Cagney

James Stewart

• Made for Each Other (1939) - James Stewart, Carole Lombard
• Magic Town (1947) - James Stewart
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - James Stewart
• Pot o’ Gold (1941) - James Stewart
• Seventh Heaven (1937) - James Stewart
• The Mountain Road (1960) - James Stewart, Harry Morgan
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - James Stewart, Frank Morgan
• The Spirit of Saint Louis (1960) - James Stewart

Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin

• You’re Never Too Young (1955) - Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
• Hollywood or Bust (1956) Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin

John Wayne

• Back to Bataan (1945) - John Wayne
• Big Jake (1971) - John Wayne
• Dark Command (1940) - John Wayne
• Flying Leathernecks (1951) - John Wayne
• Fort Apache (1948) - John Wayne
• Hondo (1953) - John Wayne
• In Old California (1942) - John Wayne
• McLintock (1963) - John Wayne
• North To Alaska (1960) - John Wayne
• Red River (1948) - John Wayne
• Rio Lobo (1970) - John Wayne
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - John Wayne
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - John Wayne
• Stagecoach (1939) - John Wayne
• Tall in the Saddle (1944) - John Wayne
• The Green Berets (1968) - John Wayne
• The Longest Day (1962) - John Wayne
• The Trail Beyond (1934) - John Wayne
• The War Wagon (1967) - John Wayne

Mickey Rooney

• Quicksand (1950) - Mickey Rooney
• The Twinkle in God’s Eye (1955) - Mickey Rooney, Coleen Gray, Hugh O’Brian

Musicals

• Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - Betty Hutton, Howard Keel
• Kiss Me, Kate (1953) - Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel
• Oklahoma! (1955) - Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - Howard Keel
• Show Boat (1951) - Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel
• South Pacific (1958) - Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston
• State Fair (1945) - Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers
• The King and I (1956) - Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner
• The Sound of Music (1965) - Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

Randolph Scott

• Abilene Town (1946) - Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan
• Coroner Creek (1948) - Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready
• Frontier Marshal (1939) - Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, Nancy Kelly
• Man in the Saddle (1951) - Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew
• Ten Wanted Men (1955) - Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone
• The Walking Hills (1949) - Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop
• Western Union (1941) - Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore

Ronald Regan

• Juke Girl (1942) - Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan
• Law and Order (1953) -Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, Preston Foster
• Louisa (1950) - Ronald Regan
• The Last Outpost (1951) - Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming
• This Is the Army (1943) - Ronald Regan

Tony Curtis

• Johnny Dark (1954) - Tony Curtis

War Films

• Air Cadet (1951) - Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol and Richard Long
• Air Power (1950) - Lowell Thomas Lecture
• Airborne (1962) - Bobby Diamond
• Away All Boats (1950) Jeff Chandler, Clint Eastwood
• Battle Hell (1957) - Yangtze Incident
• Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) - Cliff Robertson and Gia Scala
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Laurence Olivier
• Breakthrough (1979) - Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum
• Cleopatra (1963) - Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) - James Mason
• Dr. Strangelove (1964) - Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
• Flat Top (1952) - Sterling Hayden
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) - James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine
• Go For Broke! (1940) - Van Johnson, Lane Nakano
• Hopscotch (1980) - Walter Matthau
• Imitation General (1949) - Glenn Ford
• Jet Attack (1958) John Agar, Audrey Totter
• Midway (1976) - Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda
• No Time For Sergeants (1958) - Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Don Knotts
• Operation Haylift (1950) - Bill Williams
• Private Buckaroo (1942) - The Andrews Sisters
• Private War of Major Benson (1955) - Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, Sal Mineo and Tim Hovey
• Sabre Jet (1953) - Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Julie Bishop
• Seven Were Saved (1947) - Richard Denning, Catherine Craig and Russell Hayden
• Sky Giant (1938) - Joan Fontaine, Richard Dix, Chester Morris
• Submarine Command (1951) - William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson
• Task Force (1949) - Gary Cooper
• Tender Comrade (1943) - Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan
• The Fighting Lady (1944) - Various
• The Flying Missile (1950) - Glenn Ford
• The Tanks Are Coming (1951) - Steve Cochran
• The Great Escape (1963) - James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, So Yamamura
• War and Peace (1956) - Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer
• X-15 (1961) - Charles Bronson, Mary Tyler Moore
• I Wanted Wings (1941) - Rock Hudson
• The Enemy Below (1957) - Robert Mitchum

Westerns

• Big Jessie (1967) - Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone
• Davey Crockett Indian Scout (1950) - George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Phillip Reed, Noah Beery Jr.
• Draw (1984) - Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo
• From Hell to Texas (1958) - Don Murray, Diane Varsi
• Gunsmoke (1953) Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Paul Kelly
• My Darling Clementine (1946) - Henry Fonda (dir. John Ford)
• Rawhide 3x17 (1967) - Clint Eastwood
• Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford
• The Lone Ranger _ S01 E51 _ The Whimsical Bandit
• The Outlaw (1943) - Jack Buetel, Jane Russell (dir. Howard Hughes)
• The Tall Men (1955) - Clark Gable, Jane Russell
• They Rode West (1954) - Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn
• Tomahawk Trail (1957) - Chuck Connors, John Smith
• Lone Ranger (1938) Chapter 1 - Hi-Yo Silver
• Man in the Saddle (1951) - Randolph Scott
• Petticoat Junction (1963)
• Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) - Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot
• Santa Fe Passage (1952) - John Payne
• Sitting Bull (1954) - Dale Robertson
• Something Big (1971) - Dean Martin
• Warlock (1959) - Henry Fonda
• Whistle Stop (1946) - Ava Gardner