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Gone with the Wind (1939) is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Directed by Victor Fleming, this Civil War epic tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, following her life from her romantic pursuit of her gentlemanly neighbour, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), to her marriage to Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), a wealthy older bachelor and society pariah. Running at over 230 minutes, the film was a massive critical and commercial success upon release, winning a total of ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Leigh. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn! (Rhett Butler)   Written by Sidney Howard based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 bestselling novel of the same name, Gone with the Wind features a series of well-known quotes, many of which have entered popular culture. The most iconic of these is, of course, the classic «Frankly, my dear, I don't gi...

Whether it's a funny remark, an inspirational phrase or a terribly romantic line, I love a good movie quote. Although I'm not very good at ranking my favourite things, since I change my mind faster than I flip pancakes, I thought it would be fun to compile my top 20 favourite classic movie quotes. These are quotes that have stayed with me ever since I watched these films. I know every single one of them by heart, and some I even quote myself from time to time. Some are extremely well-known, others are just lines that I really love. There is even a quote from a silent film in this! Obviously, all of my choices are restricted to the films that I have seen so far.      20. Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops! Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)      19. Kid, the next time I say, «Let's go some place like Bolivia,» let's go some place like Bolivia. Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1...

Casablanca (1942) is undoubtedly one of the most iconic films in American cinema history. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it follows three characters involved in a love triangle set against the backdrop of refugees fleeing the German advance in Europe during the early days of World War II. Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) is a hero of the Czech Resistance who has escaped a series of German concentration camps. Accompanied by his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), he has reached Casablanca, a Moroccan city administered by the authorities of Vichy France. Laszlo needs to acquire letters of transit that were recently stolen from two German couriers so that he and Ilsa can get to the still neutral United States and lead the Resistance from there.   As it turns out, the only person who can help Laszlo is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), an American expatriate who had earlier fallen in love with Ilsa in Paris, at a time when she believed her husband to be dead. Rick now has to choose between his lov...

«Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.» (John Wayne)

«Happiness is good health and a bad memory.» (Ingrid Bergman)

«I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.» (Laurence Olivier)

I forgot to post a «Quote of the Day» yesterday, so today I have a bonus quote for you. «I'd rather regret the things that I have done than regret the things that I haven't done.» (Lucille Ball)    «Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.» (Judy Garland)  

«Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.» (Elizabeth Taylor)

«I like intelligent women. When you go out it shouldn't be a staring contest.» (Frank Sinatra)

«Here's looking at you, kid.» (Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca , 1942)