Allens Movie Recommendations The Dennis Prager Show. My producer, Allen Estrin, began his professional life as a film historian The Hollywood Professionals Capra, Cukor and Brown, AS Barnes, New York. He now teaches screenwriting at the American Film Institute. His wife, Susan, has seen more movies and knows them better than anyone I know. Together, they have put together a film list of must see American films. It has my seal of approval. As a matter of fact, I use it often. KING KONG 1. 93. Horror. Starring Bruce Cabot, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong. Directed by Merian C Cooper, Ernest B. Connect. Discover. The Full The Nest Movie. Share. Get the most out of your experience with a personalized allaccess pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more. Join in on all the action of the classic and zany adventures of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner in our very own Roxy Theatre. Youll be in stitches as Wile E. Coyote. I can practically hear The National flowing through the car speakers of Americas youth on their way down the highway to the most wholesome way to spend a Friday. Schoedsack. This is the famous early horror classic about a giant ape with a weakness for a beautiful blonde. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1. Show producer and film historian Allen Etrins list of mustsee American films as approved by Dennis Prager. Romantic Comedy. Academy Award, Best Film. Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Directed by Frank Capra. Frank Capra directed this droll multiple Oscar winner about a down to earth newspaper reporter and a runaway heiress. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Adventure. Academy Award, Best Film. Starring Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone. Directed by Frank Lloyd. The classic true story of the most famous mutiny at sea is a fascinating adventure tale. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1. A DAY AT THE RACES 1. DUCK SOUP 1. 93. Comedy. Starring The Marx Brothers. Their 3 funniest movies take your pick or watch them all theyre hilarious. TOP HAT 1. 93. 5 SWING TIME 1. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. The two best films of the best dance team in film history, filled with great music. Top Hat songs Cheek to Cheek Isnt It a Lovely Day Top Hat, White Tie Tails. Swing Time songs A Fine Romance Pick Yourself Up The Way You Look Tonight. FURY 1. 93. 6Starring Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel. Directed by Fritz Lang. Potent tale of group hysteria, small town vigilantes, and the innocent man they very nearly murder. Spencer Tracys performance is outstanding. THE AWFUL TRUTH 1. Romantic Comedy. Starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne. Directed by Leo Mc. Carey. This is a funny, racy comedy about a bickering divorcing couple who suspect each other of infidelity and divorce, but find they still love each other. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS 1. Coming of Age Adventure. Starring Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore Directed by Victor Fleming A spoiled, lonely rich boy, neglected by his father, falls off a cruise ship and is rescued by a group of fishermen. Forced to spend the fishing season on their work boat, the boy forms a strong bond with a Portuguese fisherman, and learns their values. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his performance in this wonderful film for the whole family. LOST HORIZON 1. 93. AdventureDrama. Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Sam Jaffe Directed by Frank Capra Frank Capra directed this tale of a small band of plane crash survivors, including a world weary international diplomat, who are taken to an idyllic remote village in Tibet called Shangri La. Exceptionally beautiful black and white cinematography. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1. Animated. The first animated feature film ever made is also one of the best but scary for 7under. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1. Adventure. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Raines, Basil Rathbone. Directed by Michael Curtiz. One of the truly great adventure tales, this film has great dialogue, exhilarating action and one of the greatest musical scores of all time by Wolfgang Korngold. Its also great fun for all ages. BRINGING UP BABY 1. Screwball Comedy. Starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn. Directed by Howard Hawks. This is the zany story of a paleontologist whose intercostal clavicle for a dinosaur exhibit is swiped by a ditzy heiresss terrier. Before he can retrieve his specimen, he must help the heiress transport a leopard named Baby to her eccentric aunt. A wonderful screwball comedy. GONE WITH THE WIND 1. Romantic Epic. Academy Award, Best Film. Starring Clark Cable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland. Directed by Victor Fleming. A romantic epic set during the Civil War. Probably the single most famous Hollywood film ever made. GUNGA DIN 1. 93. Adventure. Starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor Mc. Laglen, Sam Jaffe. Directed by George Stevens. A rousing adventure set in colonial India, as 3 British soldierscomrades and an Indian water boy searching for gold stumble on a murderous Thugee cult. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1. Drama. Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold. Directed by Frank Capra. Young, idealistic Senator fights against Washington corruption and betrayal by his mentor. NINOTCHKA 1. 93. Romantic Comedy. Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A humorless Russian agent comes to Paris in search of three defecting comrades and learns about romance from a charming playboy. THE WIZARD OF OZ 1. Fantasy. Starring Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan. Directed by Victor Fleming. This beloved film is probably the most famous fantasy film ever produced. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY 1. Drama. Academy Award, Best Film. Starring Donald Crisp, Maureen OHara, Walter Pidgeon, Roddy Mc. Dowell. Directed by John Ford. This is a heartwarming story about a close knit Welsh coal mining family, their triumphs and tragedies. THE LADY EVE 1. 94. Screwball Comedy. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette. Directed by Preston Sturges. A con artist and his daughter target a clumsy, eccentric heir as their next mark until the girl falls in love with him. When the heir jilts her, she concocts a unique revenge. THE MALTESE FALCON 1. Crime Drama. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Directed by John Huston. Dashiell Hammetts classic tale of a hard boiled private eye caught up in the search for a priceless statuette the stuff dreams are made of. SULLIVANS TRAVELS 1. Comedy Drama. Directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Joel Mc. Crea, Veronic Lake. Directed by Preston Sturges. A successful film director, known for his comedies, decides to learn first hand about poverty so he can direct an important movie. Along the way, he meets a beautiful blonde waif and really does learn about life though not in the way he imagined. THE LADY EVE 1. 94. Screwball Comedy. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette. BAMBI 1. 94. 2 Animated. One of the most beautiful of all animated films, with memorable characters, this is the classic tale of Bambi, prince of the forest, and his friends, Thumper and Flower. Its too scary for young children. CASABLANCA 1. 94. Romantic Drama. Academy Award, Best Film. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid. Directed by Michael Curtiz. One of the most satisfying romantic dramas ever made, this is the tale of Rick Blaine Humphrey Bogart, a disillusioned nightclub owner who refuses to take sides in WWII Casablanca. Then his former love shows up in desperate need of Ricks help on behalf of her resistance leader husband. NOW, VOYAGER 1. 94. Romantic Drama. Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. Directed by Irving Rapper. A timid, unattractive young woman, almost broken by her cold, domineering mother, blossoms under the encouragement of a psychiatrist and the love of a man married to a woman with characteristics similar to those of her mother. THE ROAD TO MOROCCO 1. Comedy. Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour. Directed by David Butler. Nonsense, fun and romance in Morocco. TO BE OR NOT TO BE 1. Comedy. Starring Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The hammy star of Polish theatrical troupe becomes involved in espionage when the Nazis close down his show. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1. Musical ComedyBiography. Starring James Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie. Directed by Michael Curtiz. This joyous bio of song and dance man George M.