Old Films and Old music.

[Niki]

So I'm curious to know if any Nerdfighters are old souls like me. I've always had a passion for old films and I mean 1940's/1950's earlier not 80's. Films that were called motion pictures when they came out, where breaking into song is common place while still remaining magical ?

And Any old music , such as billie holiday , Armstrong, Cole , Fitzgerald etc ...

Hoping I'm not the only one fascinated with the past.

FRED Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Roberta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnUfY-URXzA

  

[Niki]

Well I do love old music from any era really but the reason I picked 40's to 50's is because it was sort of Jazz/ballet type dancing which I love and can do ( a little) . But I also have a weak spot for the Twist. I used to do it as a kid all the time to any music, apparently it was irritating. My parents have a range of music that really defined what I like.
Btw I haven't heard the song you linked in a while , I really liked it. Though I can't remember where I know it from.

[Phil Johnson]

I love old jazz especially. They kept trying to get me to play Bop in college and I kept coming back with Dixieland. Old Louis Armstrong and Preservation Hall Jazz Band CDs line my collection.

[Francesca Fontana]

Yes! i LOVE the 1940's, and i'm pretty sure Judy Garland is one of my all time favorite singer/actors. like, i'm pretty sure my love for her borders on being unhealthy....

[Katie H]

I love old films! A few (a lot!) of my favorites-
The Philadelphia Story
Meet Me in St. Louis
In The Good Old Summertime
Singing in the Rain
It Happened One Night
The Night Nurse
The Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man

[Emily]

hell yes!!! my favorite music is:
-Billie Holiday
-Frank Sinatra
-Ella Fitzgerald
-Ruth Etting
-Elvis
-Nat King Cole
-Sammy Davis Jr., and so much more


and i LOVE old movies:
-Wizard of Oz
-Meet Me in St. Louis
-My Fair Lady
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
-Babes in Arms
-National Velvet
-Dangerous When Wet
-Bedknobs and Broomsticks
-The Sound of Music
-Mary Poppins
-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
-Babes on Broadway
-A Star is Born
-Rear Window
-A Night at the Opera
-The Little Colonel (Shirley Temple film)
-Stowaway (ditto)
-Bright Eyes (ditto)
-Wee Willie Winkie (ditto)
-Little Miss Marker (ditto)
-Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (ditto)
-Dimples (ditto)
-Poor Little Rich Girl (ditto)
-Curly Top (ditto)
-Two Girls on Broadway
-Strike Up the Band
-For Me and My Gal
-Casablanca
-It Happened One Night
-Singin' In the Rain
-Guys and Dolls
-West Side Story
-Music For Millions

[Captain Jacqui Sparrow]

I love Sunset Boulevard and Casablanca. You simply can't hate on classic films like those.

And I love 50's music like Paul Anka, Shelley Fabares, Freddy Cannon, etc.