Some of the best films were made in the 1940′s and 50′s. Movies like The African Queen with Humphry Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, All About Eve with the great Bette Davis and Ann Baxter, The Day The Earth Stood Still with Michael Rennie and Sam Jaffee and Patricia Neal, and Sunset Boulevard with William Holden and Gloria Swanson.

The scenes in these movies are second to none in the world of movie making. Take the scene in All About Eve with Ann Baxter and Celeste Holm in the ladies room at the club. There was Ann’s character trying to convince Celeste’s character yet again to let her be Margo Channing. Then there’s the scene on the stage with Bette’s character trying to get sympathy from her on-screen lover played by Gary Merrill. She brilliantly sets the scene up by sacheting on stage after the rehearsal has finished and gets everyone’s attention with a melodramatic continuous banter. Brilliant! Because you really can’t take your eyes off of Bette Davis’s character for one minute.

The Day the Earth Stood Still, with Sam Jaffee, also has memorable scenes. As his character is being given much anticipated information from Rennie’s character, Jaffee’s interest grows on his face like pronounced acne and he can’t contain his excitement. His child-like interest is almost uncanny.

Who could forget William’s character stumbles across the patio to the pool where he meets his final end in Sunset Boulevard. Then, there’s the scene when Gloria’s character comes down the long and winding staircase to meet her public with camera’s flashing and people milling about – she is in her element and it showed.