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The Chums

1. Design for Living (1933)

It’s true we had a gentleman’s agreement, but unfortunately, I am no gentleman.

Starring Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Miriam Hopkins

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:41am 3 notes

2. It Happened One Night (1934)

Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert

Directed by Frank Capra

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:40am 9 notes

3. Of Human Bondage (1934)

Starring Bette Davis, Leslie Howard

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:38am 4 notes

4. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.

Starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft Directed by Frank Capra

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:16am 2 notes

5. Show Boat (1936)

Starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Queenie Smith

Directed by James Whale

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:10am 8 notes

6. Jezebel (1938)

I like my convictions undiluted, just like my bourbon.

Starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Fay Bainter

Directed by William Wyler

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:08am 4 notes

7. Gone with the Wind (1939)

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

Starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Butterfly McQueen, Hattie McDaniel

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:07am 16 notes

8. Rebecca (1940)

I wish I were a woman of 36, dressed in black satin with a string of pearls!

Starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:05am 19 notes

9. Remember the Night (1940)

If all men were like you there wouldn’t be any nice girls left.

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Sterling Holloway, Beulah Bondi

Written by Preston Sturges

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:03am 8 notes

10. Ball of Fire (1941)

Yes, I love him. I love those hick shirts he wears with the boiled cuffs and the way he always has his vest buttoned wrong. He looks like a giraffe, and I love him.

Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andres, Dan Duryea

Directed by Howard Hawks

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:02am 1 note

11. The Lady Eve (1941)

You’re certainly a funny girl for anybody to meet who’s just been up the Amazon for a year.

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

Directed by Preston Sturges

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 2:01am 6 notes

12. The Little Foxes (1941)

I’m lucky, Horace. I’ve always been lucky… I’ll be lucky again.

Starring Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Herbert Marshall, Dan Duryea, Richard Carlson

Directed by William Wyler

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 1:59am 2 notes

13. Meet John Doe (1941)

Why can’t that spirit, that warm Christmas spirit, last all year long?

Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, James Gleason

Directed by Frank Capra

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 1:58am 1 note

14. Now, Voyager (1942)

Oh Jerry don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.

Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 1:56am 6 notes

15. The Hard Way (1943)

You know, you’re the only two sisters I’ve met who never quarrel. It’s a beautiful thing.

Starring Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan

2 years ago on 2 March 2011 @ 1:53am 1 note