To celebrate the beginning of a new year, here is a listing of twenty memorable movie beginnings from Hollywood’s Golden Era. They are in no particular order. And, yes, in December I’ll offer a list of great endings.
(1) Touch of Evil (1958)
(2) How Green Was My Valley (1941)
(3) Gone With the Wind (1939)
(4) The Letter (1940)
(5) Mildred Pierce (1945)
(6) Pillow Talk (1959)
(7) On the Town (1949)
(8) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
(9) Gigi (1958)
(10 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
(11 Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
(12 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(13 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
(14 Guys and Dolls (1955)
(15 Oklahoma (1955)
(16 Marty (1955)
(17 Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
(18 Go West (1940)
(19 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
(20 The Lady Eve (1941)
