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Classic Romantic Poll A (Patreon)

Published:
2024-01-20 00:44:48
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

Classic Romantic Poll A

  • Look Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 215
  • Love Story (1970) 74
  • Key Largo (1948) 85
  • From Here to Eternity (1953) 111
  • An Affair to Remember (1957) 107
  • Philadelphia Story (1940) 148
  • Singing in the Rain (1952) 419
  • Charade (1963) 137
  • 2024-01-20
  • —2024-01-22
  • multiple choice
  • 1296 votes
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Content

Who is ready for some classic romance? ME! Two hands up! Most of these I have heard of referenced as famous classic love stories in other movies or books and excited to go back to the good old days for a bit of LOVE in February! These are all classic romances (pre 1970) 

This is poll A, go vote on POLL B as well and then the top 2 from each will showdown in a final poll!

Thanks for your suggestions <3 

Comments

Walter Crockett

It’s Guess who’s coming to Dinner…not Look who…easy mistake

GomezAddams

Throw The Goodbye Girl into the mix. 😃

Patrick Egan

Singin’ In The Rain would be a perfect choice for both the Popcorn sisters!

AC5555

So excited we’re back to some classic old films.!

Jake McNulty

Great, we get more than one pick! That makes this whole lot easier! Charade, Singing in the Rain and From Here to Eternity can all get my vote.

Daryl

Omg, these movies came out nearly 100 years ago!

Julie

Wow! I’m super excited for this! Forget the poll and just watch them all! Or at least the top 3 from each. Haha. My #1 from here must be Guess who’s coming to dinner. Great cast and I love Sidney Poitier ❤️

Matt Rose

Again, all of these are great. You'd love any of them. That said, I opted for CHARADE and PHILADELPHIA STORY as I think you'd like them best.

China Andronicus

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is an amazing film with some of the greatest actors in it. I also second the vote above to add the Goodbye Girl to one of these polls.

sarCC

The Philadelphia Story is wonderful, and has one of the very best Jimmy Stewart performances.

AC5555

Singing in the Rain is a must watch in general!

Kyle Smith

Philadelphia story for certain

Rose

Yes!! Singin’ in the Rain ☔️

Matt Rose

What happened with Poll B? It was there and I voted on it...now it's a 404 error.

YodatheHobbit

Voted for one of the two I've ever heard of.

Katie Jackson

Gotta say An Affair To Remember is probably the Dirty Dancing of the time. Also how amazing is Singing In The Rain. Such a classic with Debbie Reynolds(Princess Leia's Mom)(Carrie Fisher)

Celeste McAllister

'Singin in the Rain' wait til you get a load of the music and Gene Kelly's immaculate dancing..

Bill Maurer

"An Affair to Remember" .... that's it. Bring two boxes of tissues and enjoy

Neill Shaughness

For some reason I'm not able to vote on these

Sunkrish Bala

It’s actually called “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and I hope it wins!

Matt Rose
>>127444771

don't click on the checkbox, click on the title itself. It'll accept your vote.

Brian McGovern

I think Guess Who”s Coming to Dinner should be the winner. The girls will love it.

Ike

[Edit] Oh, wait a minute. I think that’s “GUESS Who’s Coming to Dinner” which is my first choice. Followed by “Singing… [Original Post] I have to go with “Singing in the Rain” even though there are scenes in “The Philadelphia Story” that I think are hilariously worth a reaction (lol, laughing just thinking about it)

Phil Stubblefield
>>127444740

Sorry, but watching _An Affair to Remember_ was one of the bigger disappointments in my cinematic experience! I was excited after it was referenced heavily in _Sleepless in Seattle_, only to discover a tale of selfishness masquerading as "selfless" sacrifice: "I'll make this crucial decision for both of us without giving you a voice." 😡

DAVID COSTELLO

Charade all the way! Hepburn and Grant are unbelievable!

Phil Stubblefield

C'mon, people: _Philadelpha Story_ is the obvious choice! Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, *and* Jimmy Stewart! How can you get any better than that?!?

Danny (Icarus)

All of them are winners, but my vote goes to Love Story. I've suggested this one often, happy it's even being considered ! Ryan O' Neal and Ali McGraw are wonderful together. RIP Ryan 'O Neal.

Stick Figure Studios

Some great films here (CHARADE, KEY LARGO, PHILADELPHIA STORY), but I gotta go with the single greatest musical to ever come out of Hollywood: SINGING IN THE RAIN! I've been pushing that one for a long, long time.

Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)

Classic love stories, I think are soooo much better than other movies that she watching currently.

Dan M

Love is in the air! Actually, there is a LOT of love in the air! So many good choices. But Singing in the Rain is my top choice. Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds dance so well together. “You Are My Lucky Star” is a beautiful song. I remember watching this movie with my mom whenever it was on tv. I haven’t seen it in awhile, so I would love to revisit it with Cassie and Carly.

Justin Samlal

Sinatra won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity. Was a big step in his career. The papers afterwards said: "Sinatra Straddles Showbusiness like Colossus!"

Brian Wood

I hope The ultimate romance is on the poll. You and Carley would love Gone With The Wind

AC5555
>>127445439

She needs to watch some Ryan films! Barry Lyndon, Love story and Paper Moon.

AC5555
>>127445389

“Cinderella’s slipper! It’s called champagne! Champagne is a great leveler! It makes you my equal!” 🥂

AC5555

You need to include The Apartment if you haven’t already seen it!

Above Average Dave

Anyone else think the musicals in both polls should be in a musicals-only poll?

Dan M
>>127444670

Sleepless in Seattle is a loose remake of An Affair to Remember, …and both movies are great. Yes, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. Tragic endings for 2 very talented people. I truly believe Debbie Reynolds died of a broken heart when she lost her daughter.

Celeste McAllister
>>127444675

'My Fair Lady' vs. 'Singin' in the Rain'..win win choice however,I hope Cassie will watch both finalists..two A-list Musicals in the same month!

John Liebling
>>127444675

I am hoping this will lead Cassie and Carly to try "On The Town" and "An American In Paris" and that will lead to trying 1930s, 1940s, and 1950 Fred Astair movies.

Mike LL

All the movies I wanted are in the two polls, and they will lose to the musical behemoths.

Bruce C Snell
>>127445389

Agreed. I watch Philadelphia Story at least once a year. When I feel like a change, I go with High Society -- not quite as good but the same story set to music so it's definitely worth the watch.

Astraeos

Time for the month that I check out lol, enjoy Rom-Com Month!

Walter

anyone who doesn't vote for Charade is wrong.

Stick Figure Studios
>>127446446

I've been pushing a classic musicals poll for a long time, so I actually agree that it's probably not fair that they are here, but if it gets them seen, I'm still in favor of them.

John Liebling

Maybe change the rules. Of course, it's up to Cassie. Maybe watch the top 3 in Poll A and another 3 from Poll B. Sorry for begin so greedy, since Cassie was nice enough to list so many terrific choices. It's going to be difficult watching so many great movies not make the cut. Worse, when we hope the Poll A winner goes against the Poll B winner, and both would be a great watch for Cassie and Carly. Patience is a virtue. It's not easy please so many new and old voice making over the months hundreds of choices. Cassie and her husband have done a great job turning PIB into a great place to subscribe and become a Patreon.

Mark Vaderr

"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" gets my vote.

Patreot
>>127446446

Agreed. This is a real shame, because we all know Cassie and Carly would LOVE “An Affair To Remember,”but put up against a giant like Singin In The Rain it doesn’t have a chance. Singin In The Rain and other musicals, though they have romance, aren’t representative of the proper Classic Romance film genre. Anyway, at least she’ll finally see Singin In The Rain, which is exciting. Hopefully, she’ll double back and watch some actual Classic Romance films at some point.

Jacob King
>>127447727

Audrey Hepburn’s skiing outfit is worth the price of admission. I do wish To Catch a Thief was on the poll.

Brian Harris

The Philadelphia Story is maybe my favorite romantic comedy of all time. I saw it when I was like fifteen, and I remember having the epiphany that as different as things were back then, that same story could be told today because human beings are more or less the same.

Katie Jackson
>>127444670

Yes, Sleepless In Seattle is great and actually got me to watch An Affair To Remember because I was so curious. Dirty Dancing is considered one of the most iconic romantic movies of the time. Just Like An Affair To Remember. I loved Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds. They were wonderful actors. You could always connect so easily to the characters they played. I agree though. I think Debbie Reynolds died of a broken heart. It's so sad.

JPDotCom23

Yes please, 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is an incredible classic, and legendary Spencer Tracey's final movie. Please watch that movie.

John Liebling

Adam's Rib and Born Yesterday are two films Cassie and Carly would enjoy.

3dbadboy1

If you want a musical version of the Philadelphia Story, watch High Society with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, & Frank Sinatra and part of the music with Louis Armstrong and his band.

Jens Kristensen

What a line of fantastic movies - but I have to vote on "From Here To Eternity" - Burt Lancaster for the win!

Bill Hayden

Wow, this is almost like picking a favorite child.

Alex Ch

I never really think about Whos coming to dinner as a romance. There are characters in love, so sure, why not.

John Liebling

Remember folks this is still January. Cassie is going to continue her reaction with Star Trek films and TV...she has the rest of the year to happily watch more classic Rom-Com films and more musicals as well. Singing in the Rain is by far the best. Many Fred Astaire films might not match up, but his dancing routines are far an above the best. Especially with Elenore Powel and Broadway Melody of 1940.

Patreot
>>127450129

I really think it should be in a different category, perhaps for a Black History Month pick or something. How much actual romance does it have? It’s really about the tensions of a family coming to terms with the relationship.

Patreot
>>127447727

I didn’t vote for Charade and even I agree with you lol. This was a tough choice.

Phil Stubblefield
>>127445439

_Love Story_? You know what co-star Ryan O'Neal admitted in _What's Up, Doc?_ Judy (Barbra Streisand): "Love means never having to say you're sorry..." [Pause] Howard (Ryan O'Neal): "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" 🤣

Alex Ch
>>127450129

To be clear, it’s totally fine that it’s in the poll. Putting movies into categories when you haven’t seen them and don’t want to spoil yourself is hard.

D. T. Nelson

I'm assuming the first movie on the list is Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (rather than Look Who's...), If so, that's my choice. However, this poll was a tough one. Lot's of good competition.

Robert da Spruce

I haven’t seen a single film from either poll. So i shall abstain from voting, and rely on the community’s good judgement to pick the best ones

Joshua Stormont

Singing in the rain is my favorite musical

Dan M
>>127444670

I’ve always enjoyed watching Dirty Dancing…for the story, for the dancing, for the music. Only recently did I come to appreciate the passion and chemistry of Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in this movie. I recently read (and its hard to believe given what I just said) that Jennifer Grey didn’t want Patrick Swayze to portray Johnny because of some bad blood they had from the movie Red Dawn. If that’s true, then I think that’s a testament to how powerful the script for this movie is, because on screen they were magic.

Dan M
>>127452453

Which ever one’s Cassie and Carly watch I’m sure you’ll enjoy. They’re all great classics. And which ever one’s they don’t react to, I would recommend you watch on your own. You won’t be disappointed.

Dan M
>>127446446

You know at some point she’ll watch and react to most, if not all, of these movies in both polls.

Shawn Kildal

Looks like we could be getting a couple of musicals in our very near future! Has anyone else had difficulties selecting their votes on these polls? I had to hit the click button several times to get it.

Keith Brown

The best part ALL these movies are great and all of these movies Cassie and Carly can enjoy watching them together without any fear of covering their eyes from on screen horror or violence.

G

I think Singin' in the Rain will be Cassie's first musical reaction.

John Cranberry

Lol 😂, I click on Singing in the Rain and boy did it leave the competition for dead 😘

Clay F

I voted 5 of the 8: --Look [Guess] Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) {I have watched this several times over the last 40 years.] --Key Largo (1948) [Claire Trevor won an Oscar] [I like Lauren Bacall's voice.] --Philadelphia Story (1940) --Singing in the Rain (1952) --Charade (1963) [Released the year I was born.] [Audrey Hepburn = pleasant to watch.]

Mike LL

The Philadelphia Story is one of my dream reactions. Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart in his Oscar winning role. (I'm sure they gave Stewart the Oscar for Story because they denied him for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington the year before.)

Mike LL
>>127447083

You are not wrong, Celeste. Romance poll might not be the right place for some of my favorites.

Mike LL

Once February is over with, I hope down the line Cassie will do a Classic movie poll of just 1930's films and another poll of just 1940's films. These two decades need to stand on their own and not get shadowed over by other films from other years. It's the only way I will ever see a reaction to some of my favorites like Bringing Up Baby or It Happened One Night and The Philadelphia Story.

Mike LL
>>127455896

She has reacted to many Christmas musicals, Muppet's Christmas Carol, White Christmas and Scrooge.

Mike LL
>>127447727

Sorry, I want her to watch the young Cary Grant movies from early in his career much more than I want a Charade watch. She has seen North by Northwest. I want Bringing Up Baby!!!!

Mike LL
>>127444450

I have a dream, and the dream is Cassie watching The Philadelphia Story!

James

Charade is like a Hitchcock film. fantastic movie

Larry Darrell
>>127457275

Yes to this. The 30s and 40s were different beasts than the 50s and 60s. They should Not be grouped together. There should be 4 separate Polls for each of these . It seems that the voters may agree. The 60s and 70s seem to usually lead these polls. I think Singin’ in the Rain just happens to be one of the few films out there, not from the 60s, that everybody knows about more than any of the others. Otherwise, the 60s films are always going to be winning these polls. I’m also trying to figure out if people DO know Love Story (1970) or they DON’T know it. Either one could explain why it is in the position it is in.

Larry Darrell
>>127446318

I’m in agreement with this, Celeste. Never understood why this film is always called a “great romance.” It is sad and depressing all the way through, and just barely peaks it’s head into the light before the end.

Larry Darrell
>>127446446

Most if not all Musicals are Inherently Romances. We could do a Poll of just Classic Musicals and it would also be a Poll of Classic Romances. Lumping all of these films (30s - 60s) together in the same poll is actually doing the opposite of variety.

Mark Daniels

Not my in my wheelhouse but I would like to see Love Story at some point based on my love of the saga that is the life of Robert Evans detailed in The Kid Stays In The Picture

James UK

Charade for me, but Singing in the Rain has it.

Patreot
>>127457275

Yeah, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” doesn’t have anywhere near the stature of the great 30s and 40s films and isn’t even a Romance film, but it’s getting outsized amounts of votes simply based on the fact that it was released within the lifetime of many voters here, so they know what it is.

Larry Darrell

Mike LL and I have mentioned numerous times before about the 30s and 40s films needing to be separate from the 50s and 60s and later films. They just aren’t able to compete with the younger films. Well tonight, a new competitor has entered the ring, and its name is The Musical. Didn’t see that coming. Must be a bunch of WhisperPop singers out there sneaking up on us. ;-)

Eric Haefele

Guess who's Coming to Dinner. Not Look Wo's Coming to Dinner.

Roger Hagerty

i voted for Singing in the Rain. The only musical I have ever liked. EVER! :)

Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)

Cassie, you honestly can't go wrong every movie on both of these polls are a treasure. I am a bit of a romantic. So all of these movies I absolutely love.

Mike LL
>>127444675

At one time, SWING TIME was my favorite movie! I still think it is Fred and Ginger's best movie together. At the last live, someone sent her a picture of Fred and Ginger from SWING TIME, and Cassie asked who they were!

Walter
>>127447727

gah! Foiled again! That's another great movie - it's hard to go wrong with Cary Grant

Shehab Dawoud

Not my genre but the two winners are cultural and historical landmarks as films. Wouldn’t mind if they went all the way and both got a reaction.

Richard Maurer

While I don't care that much about this poll - Singing in the Rain over Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Really? I guess that's why I don't care about this poll.

Joe

The choices lately are brutal

G
>>127457275

Cassie needs to have a "Classic Movies Poll" once a month.

Tony Matterhorn

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a real classic and would be a worthy winner as would be Singing in the Rain. Charade id more of a comedy spy thriller - not sure why it's on this list. Love Story is dreadful and, instead of The Philadelphia Story, I would recommend High Society - the musical remake. Not on the list but I would recommend The Apartment.

Terdell Ferguson

What a fun poll! Seeing my two choices of Key Largo and From Here to Eternity so far behind here, they'll likely not win, however - BOTH are really good and while neither are really "romance", they're definitely worth a view.

Javier Hernandez

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is the most important film on this list, hands down. The anti-woke, anti-CRT, crowd will complain if it wins but still, you should see it. The USA has come a long way but obviously we still have a long way to go.

ContrabandDonut

Of the movies on this list I love Love Story the least and I think its a fantastic movie.

Uncle Phoenix

When ever I think of Singing, I here John Coffee, “There are angels in heaven.”

Ryan Towell

Still no Court Jester or Some like it Hot.. :(

JM63
>>127444257

There are some amazing movies from before Star Wars: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Godfather. Limiting yourself to only modern movies is exactly that -- limiting! Singin' in the Rain is one of the most entertaining movies of all time.

sharkey197

Perhaps since February is also Black History Month Cassie could also watch Guess Who'sComing To DINNER.

Ryan Towell
>>127491742

I don't i've been mentioning it off and on for like the last two years... I think it's one she and Carly need to watch together.

Patreot
>>127481960

What an absurd statement. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is far from the most important film on this list. It’s actually not important whatsoever in terms of film making. It’s a fine film, but merely run of the mill movie making of the time. It doesn’t deserve to be uttered in the same breath as the truly great and important masterpieces of cinema on this list. It Happened One Night is incalculably more important and influential as a film. It’s the basic DNA of countless films that came in its wake, and helped to carve out an entire genre. Its influence is still clearly felt to this day. Singin In The Rain is a crown jewel of the movie musical, making every top 100 greatest movies of all time list. It boldly innovated with its Broadway ballet sequence, pushing the medium to new heights. Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday are crowning achievements of cinema, exemplars of filmmaking that have been studied by directors and screenwriters, taught in film schools, and loved by audiences for nearly a century.

DWG15
>>127481960

Patreot, you don't understand. Anyone who disagrees with Javier Hernandez is racist.

Javier Hernandez
>>127481960

I disagree. For a moment let's ignore the 2 Oscars for Best Actress (Hepburn) and Best Original Screenplay (Rose) and in addition the 6 other nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Actor (Tracy), and Best Supporting Actor (Kellaway). I will concede that for its time It Happened One Night was ground breaking, however there was nothing illegal about the story. At the time of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner interracial relationships were illegal in over a dozen states in the USA. Further, the film could have focused solely on the white biases but instead chose to include the unease that the back in-laws felt too. A nice touch I think. If you have a chance to look at the AFI's list of 100 best movies you notice a few from this poll: 10. Singing In the Rain, 35. It Happened One Night, 51. Philadelphia, 52. Here to Eternity and at 99. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. I'm inclined to agree with the Oscars and the American Film Institute that Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is not "run of the mill" and it is an important film in both composition and cultural impact. It would be absurd to think otherwise.

Javier Hernandez
>>127485373

Green Mile takes place in the 1930s and Singing wasn't made until the 1950s. John Coffee's comment is directed at Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in "Top Hat" 1935.

Javier Hernandez
>>127481960

DWG15 that is silly. There are plenty of racists who do agree with me that the Oscars and AFI are a good measures of a films worth. If your sole objection to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is the white woman wanting to marry a black man - then yeah, you're racist. If you don't like talking about USA's past and current struggles with racism, on both sides as this film does, then you are not racist, but you are a coward.

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

The movie listed first on the poll should be "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

ChristopherTracy

“Look Who’s Coming to Dinner” is an important watch, not a romantic one. Still, please watch it, as a more serious race movie.

sourcreamus

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a good movie but not a romance,

sourcreamus

The Philadelphia Story is one of the great movies ever, such great performances. Singing in the Rain is a great movie as well, probably the best movie musical ever, a total delight. You would love either.

Patreot
>>127481960

To break ground by depicting something in a movie that is illegal in the real world is not a creative achievement. Literally anyone, without any creative talent whatsoever, can do that. And Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner didn’t even depict an illegal act, or break new ground. The film depicted an interracial engaged couple in the state of California, where interracial marriage had been legal since 1948. The other locations that the couple alluded to going to, either in the past or the future, were Hawaii, New York and Switzerland, and interracial marriage was legal in all of those places. Keep in mind that the film was made in 1967, the same year as Hair The Musical. Go watch Hair to get a sense of where American culture was at in 1967. The hippie movement was in full swing and was taking over mainstream culture. The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album was out. It was hardly the cultural dark ages that you seem to think it was. As for breaking new ground, interracial love between black and white people, including marriage, had been explored in plenty of movies prior to Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. Here are some highlights: PRINCESS TAM TAM (1935) starring Josephine Baker SHOWBOAT (1936 version, based on a 1929 musical) Elia Kazan’s PINKY (1951) SHOWBOAT (the 1951 version) ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957) BAND OF ANGELS (1957) KINGS GO FORTH (1958) IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) NIGHT OF THE QUARTER MOON (1959) THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1959) John Cassavette’s SHADOWS (1959) MY BABY IS BLACK (1961) A TASTE OF HONEY (1961) ALL NIGHT LONG (1962) ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO (1964) A PATCH OF BLUE (1965, also starring Sydney Poitier) There is no question whatsoever that the AFI only included it in their list as a nod to its social aspect, rather than its strictly cinematic merits. It is absolutely run of the mill filmmaking, one of many fine, run of the mill movies that have won and been nominated for Oscars. Another typical example of this is Designing Woman (1958,) which won an Academy Award and had multiple nominations. They’re both fine, solidly directed, delightful films, but in both cases it is run of the mill filmmaking of the time. As a classic movie buff I’ve seen I don’t know how many hundreds of movies of their ilk, and fortunately somehow keep discovering new ones. It’s amazing how many high quality but middling-for-the-time gems were churned out in those years. These films are a treat, and are better than most modern movies, but they feature no towering creative or technical excellence such that they deserve a place among the pantheon of cinema history. Whereas the films that I mentioned in my previous comment unequivocally do. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is NOT “compositionally important.” At all. If you honestly think that’s the case you need to watch more movies of the 50s and 60s. All of this is not to say that Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner wasn’t important in its way. Sydney Poitier was a handsome, charismatic and well spoken example for black people to look up to, and he was embraced by white audiences. And this helped give the film’s discussion of interracial relationships some cultural traction. But as a film it didn’t break new ground, and it certainly didn’t innovate or excel in the creative or technical realms in any way that would place it anywhere near on par with the cinematic masterpieces on this list.

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

All my choices don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting enough votes for reaction.

Pepe MR

Cassie, you have to see them all even if you don't comment on them on youtube.

John Liebling
>>127519559

There are others but two excellent films dealing with discrimination are Gentleman's Agreement and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Javier Hernandez
>>127481960

Ha ha are kidding me? So no laws were broken because the story takes place in CA and they had just come from HI? Really? The story could only have taken place in progressive locations like those. The US Supreme Court case Loving v Virginia was only 6 months old at the time of release. The film also took the time to hold up a mirror to the white liberal family and show them that they are not a accepting as they want you to believe. The black in-laws are challenged in the same way, they may talk about equality but when its right in front of them they retreat. Again never mind the accolades. Josephine Baker? Really? American born entertainer that had to go to France to have a career because she was black? And the movie you pick isn't a US production it was a French production, because again, you couldn't do that in the US. Showboat - As long as you remember that Julie's mom was black and since that made Julie half black she and her husband Steve, who is white, had to leave the Showboat. Did you just google interracial movies? Because it doesn't look like you bothered to check context. Lame.. Look, I'm over 50 and have seen many, many films from silent, to talkies, the studio system and all the way up to today. Also I studied cinema in college. I will put that up against your "movie buff" status any day.

Larry Darrell

I know in 2024, Any and All films that were made 50 or more years ago…can be called Classics… and Rightfully so. However… Lumping all of these films into One Group under the same banner, “Classics,” is Not really Fair, when you look closer. If you will allow me a little Constructive Criticism, in the form of Analogies. It Happened One Night (1934) is to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) as… Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) is to Meet the Parents (2000) Back to the Future (1985) is to Ready Player One (2018) Alien (1979) is to The Hunger Games (2012) The Last Starfighter (1984) is to The Last Jedi (2017) The Terminator (1984) is to Logan (2017)

Larry Darrell
>>127457275

Keep the Decades Separated. She could pick at Random, either the 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s. Hell even throw in the 70s. Just as long as each Era gets a Chance to be Represented.

Patreot
>>127481960

Exactly. No laws were broken in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. Hence, there was in fact nothing “illegal about the story.” For whatever reason, you seem to think a story depicting something illegal is some kind of accomplishment. And on that basis you argued that the supposed ground broken by Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner was superior to that of It Happened One Night. To quote you: “I will concede that for its time It Happened One Night was ground breaking, however there was nothing illegal about the story.” But, as we have both acknowledged now, there was nothing illegal about the story of Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner either. If you want to argue that it was a story about something that was illegal someplace else, well then so was It Happened One Night for that matter: There were plenty of places in the world where it was illegal for a woman to hike up her skirt and show that much leg. (Come to think of it, hitchhiking itself is illegal, so maybe It Happened One Night is the winner of the illegality olympics actually.) Loving vs Virginia was only 6 months old when Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner came out, but, again, in places like California interracial marriage had been legal for decades, and in places like New York it was always legal. To put this in perspective, consider the following: Currently, abortion is banned in 14 states. But it’s long been legal in places like California. Does that mean that any Hollywood movie about a girl getting an abortion in California- something that is perfectly legal and has been happening for decades- now automatically towers over It Happened One Night in its importance to the history of film? Of course not. As I’ve said, I don’t consider the legality or illegality of a story a determining factor of its importance to film history. And the illegality of a story certainly does not trump artistic excellence and innovation as a measure of merit. If some talentless hack broke new ground by being the first to write a song about oral sex when it was illegal in Utah, that doesn’t mean his song deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the works of Beethoven or The Beatles based on that fact. And it definitely doesn’t mean his song is SUPERIOR in importance to the works of Beethoven and the Beatles based on that fact. “I will concede that for its time ‘Eleanor Rigby’ was ground breaking, however there was nothing ILLEGAL about the story, as is the case in Joe Shmoe’s infinitely more important song ‘Oral Sex: Legalize It.’” Regarding the subject matter and context of Princess Tam Tam and Showboat, you’ve conflated two of my arguments. Earlier in the comment, I had argued that illegality is not a legitimate basis for a film’s stature in cinema history. Then I argued that, regardless, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner didn’t even depict something illegal. All of that was to address your assertion about illegality. Then, separately, I argued that Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner didn’t even break new ground by depicting an interracial relationship between black and white people (which is what it’s lauded for.) To quote myself leading up to the list of films depicting interracial relationships: “As for breaking new ground, interracial love between black and white people, including marriage, had been explored in plenty of movies prior to Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. Here are some highlights:”

Shawn Kildal

Look Who's Coming to Dinner could still be watched for Black History month regardless.

Silver Machine
>>127479375

Cassie already watched The Apartment. And I'd vote for watching both The Philadelphia Story AND High Society.

Silver Machine
>>127479813

Key Largo is a great movie. But Cassie still hasn't seen The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, or The Big Sleep. I'd put those Bogey movies ahead in the line. (And also add The Treasure of the Sierra Madre!)

Clay F
>>127598151

Good point. Also, the Poitier film "In the Heat of the Night" (not a romance).

Nathan
>>127479813

Absolutely! If you're going to pick a Bogie-Bacall film (and especially if you're looking for more romance) then look no further than To Have and Have Not (or The Big Sleep.)

Nathan

For a future Classic Romance poll: If you going to have a Bogart & Bacall romance, I'd highly recommend swapping out Key Largo for To Have and Have Not. (Or even The Big Sleep, if you might prefer the backdrop as a noir style thriller over a wartime spy thriller).

ChristopherTracy

It’s black history month, please watch “Look Who’s Coming to Dinner” There is a bit of romance, but it’s mainly an eye opening race relations movie and still a thoroughly enjoyable watch.