I watched:

Gilda (1946)

Rita Hayworth stars in this semi-film noir. She does an amazing job, should've at least been up for an award. This was her defining film indeed. Well worth a watch.

For me, I saw:

Imitation of Life (1959)

Starring Lana Turner and Juanita Moore. It was a toughie to watch but still well-done and it kept my interest throughout. Race is only one of the themes and it is shocking to see what things were like during the era the film took place in.

Hopefully people add something this week, I'm gonna keep trying!

I watched a rather poor film Blue Skies (1946)

Starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. The plot didn't make much sense, typical love triangle stuff we've seen in other Crosby-Astaire pairings. The one redeeming thing was any scenes that Astaire was in, especially "Puttin' on the Ritz" which is instantly one of my favorites of his all-time.

Also The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)

This Lana Turner film (plus Kirk Douglas) is decent, but I just didn't buy Douglas' character. Not spoiling anything (it's in any paragraph description of the film), but Douglas gets ruthless for no amazing reason, he is just an a-hole the second half of the film. I did find the ending pretty cool though.

For me, gotta go with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They made 10 films together, 8/10 are a joy to watch. The plots are usually silly but Fred and Ginger together is perfection.

Please share what classic films you have watched recently and give a brief review.

I watched the following:

The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - An interesting film noir by and starring Orson Welles also starring Rita Hayworth. Welles has a funny Irish accent in this, distracting but still a good performance. Rita Hayworth has an interesting role if you are used to seeing her in musicals mainly. Overall, a decent film that I'd watch again in the future.

Week-End in Havana (1941) - Not bad, nice Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda flick. Felt like a spiritual prequel to The Gang's All Here (1943) but maybe that's because of the two actresses I just mentioned.

Romance on the High Seas (1948) - I watched this one because it's Doris Day's first film. She was very charismatic and charming the entire film. Oscar Levant is in this one, unfortunately, but he's not as annoying as usual. I liked this movie, would watch again!

I started this new community since I didn't see one that specifically focused on classic films. I'd like to add a "what I watched this week" type of thread that can get us talking.