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Top 10 Classical Romantic Black and White movies have provided the loving souls of all ages with some of the greatest romantic moments. With the black and white cinematography and cynical dialogues, top 10 Classical Romantic Black and White movies are simply a delight to watch. Mydearvalentine.com offers Top 10 Classical Romantic Black and White Movies that you can watch for your own happiness, or just to get in tune with your sensitive side.
His Girl Friday
Director: Howard Hawks; Starring: Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Mack, Porter Hall, Gene Lockhart, Cliff Edwards, Roscoe Karns, Regis Toomey and Clarence Kolb
His Girl Friday is hysterically wacky and is one of the best examples of screwball comedies in the Hollywood history. The film chronicles the story of a newspaper editor (Cary Grant)who pulls out all stops to prevent the marriage of his star reporter (Rosalind Russell) to a devoted sales insurance man (Ralph Bellamy) with the hope of writing a breaking, front page news-story.
Casablanca
Director: Michael Curtiz; Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Ingrid Bergman, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, S.Z. Sakall, Leonid Kinskey, Conrad Veidt, Claude Rains and John Qualen
One of the best romantic films ever, this Oscar winner for Best Picture stars Humphrey Bogart as the owner of the coolest bar in Casablanca and Ingrid Bergman as his ex-love. The film deals with the conflict between love and virtue with a World War II political backdrop.
The Philadelphia Story
Director: George Cukor; Starring: Cary Grant, James Stewart, John Howard, John Halliday, Katharine Hepburn, Roland Young, Virginia Weidler, Ruth Hussey, Mary Nash, Henry Daniell
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Katharine Hepburn plays a rich socialite who is divorced from her first husband (Cary Grant) and is about to marry boring business tycoon (John Howard). Philadelphia's elite class is the subject of this classic romantic farce comedy. James Stewart plays the reporter who comes to the wedding to cover the grand fiesta, but he falls in love with the bride-to-be.
Rebecca
Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Florence Bates and Leo G. Carroll
Joan Fontaine plays a naïve and innocent young woman who is married to a brooding widower played by Laurence Olivier. After moving into his country estate in Cornwall, England, she finds that she must live with the shadow of Rebecca, Laurence’s first wife.
Sun Valley Serenade
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone; Starring: John Payne, Glenn Miller, Sonja Henie, Milton Berle, William B. Davidson, Joan Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, Lynn Bari, Almira Sessions and Mel Ruick
The film begins with Phil Corey's (Glenn Miller) band giving support to a Norwegian refugee Karen (Sonja Henie). The band has to perform a show at Sun Valley, Idaho. But when the band's soloist Vivian (Lynn Bari) quits due to jealosy, Karen steps in and stages an amazing ice show.
Mrs. Miniver
Director: William Wyler; Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Richard Ney, Henry Travers, Reginald Owen, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams and Miles Mander
Set against the World War II background, the film chronicles the struggle faced by a British and how the family copes with it. Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of the family who plays a vital role in the movie.
Laura
Director: Otto Preminger; Starring: Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Grant Mitchell, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Kathleen Howard, James Flavin and Clyde Fillmore
The film begins with Detective Mark MacPherson (Dana Andrews) investigating the murder of a beautiful advertising director Laura (Gene Tierney). The film takes an unexpected turn when the detective develops attraction for Laura through her portrait.
Meet Me in St. Louis
Director: Vincente Minnelli; Starring: Margaret O'Brien, Judy Garland, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, June Lockhart, Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Tom Drake, Chill Wills and Marjorie Main
Set in 1902, the film deals with a St. Louis family which is planning to relocate. The childhood days of the three children (Margaret O’Brien, Judy Garland, and Lucille Bremer) are the highlight of this classic flick.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra; Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, Thomas Mitchell, Gloria Grahame, Frank Faylen, Beulah Bondi and Frank Albertson
Remembered for its most quoted line: "Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives–and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?", the movie is about taking life as it comes.
Farmer’s Daughter
Director: H.C. Potter; Starring: Loretta Young, Charles Bickford, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Rhys Williams, Rose Hobart, Harry Davenport, Lex Barker, Thurston Hall and Tom Powers
Loretta Young plays Katie Holstrum, an independent Minnesota farm girl who takes a nursing job at the Washington DC home of Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotton). However, due to outspokenness and sharp intellect, she ends up running for Morley’s congressional seat.
Easter Parade
Director: Charles Walters; Starring: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Peter Lawford, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Jeni Le Gon, Dick Simmons, Richard Beavers, Clinton Sundberg and Lola Albright
Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) chooses Hannah (Judy Garland) from the chorus line and determines to make her a star. In the process, they both fall for each other.
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