Names From Old Movies!

General Name Discussion
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I watched an old movie yesterday on AMC that was made in 1954. It was set in the time period from the 1850’s when our great and great great grand parent’s names were all that. The name of the movie was “[name]Seven[/name] Brides for [name]Seven[/name] Brothers”. The fashions made me think about stereotypes and one of the songs in this musical included the lyrics " Someday those Women Folk will have Rights too"! It made me laugh…but our poor Grandma’s!

The brothers were:

[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Ephraim[/name]

and their Brides were:

[name]Milly[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Dorcas[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Liza[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]

It got me thinking how cool it is that a lot of these names are coming back or have been popular in the past 20 years or are still popular. I really do [name]Love[/name] all of these names!

What are some Old Movie names that you [name]Love[/name]?

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Oh, I really love to watch old movies! My Mom and I sometimes make an evening of it with a bowl of popcorn :slight_smile: I have a lot, but my all time favorite is “It’s a Wonderful Life”. The names just like the movie are definate classics.

[name]Mary[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Billy[/name]
[name]Tommy[/name]
[name]Pete[/name]
[name]Janie[/name]
[name]Zuzu[/name] ( I [name]LOVE[/name] THIS [name]ONE[/name]!)
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] ([name]Potter[/name])
[name]Ernie[/name]
[name]Bert[/name]
[name]Giuseppe[/name]
[name]Tilly[/name]
[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Sam[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Nick[/name]
[name]Freddie[/name]
[name]Eustace[/name]
…and of course [name]Bailey[/name]!

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I love Old Movies. Some of my favorites are:

[name]Margo[/name] [name]Channing[/name] (All About [name]Eve[/name])
[name]Rose[/name] ( The [name]Little[/name] [name]Princess[/name])
[name]Anya[/name] ([name]Roman[/name] [name]Holiday[/name])
[name]Eliza[/name] Dolittle (My Fair Lady)
[name]Holly[/name] Golightly (Breakfast at [name]Tiffany[/name]'s)
[name]Fred[/name] Gailey ([name]Miracle[/name] on 34th [name]Street[/name])
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Prescott[/name] (Funny Face)
[name]Jemima[/name] (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
[name]Truly[/name] Scrumptious (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

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I’m a cinephile too and I love classic films.

From Notorious (1946):
T.R. [name]Devlin[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] Huberman
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name]

From [name]Jezebel[/name] (1938):
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Marsden[/name]
[name]Preston[/name] [name]Dillard[/name]
[name]Belle[/name] [name]Massey[/name]
Theopholus Bogardus (loving this one)
Zette

From Of Human Bondage (1934):
[name]Mildred[/name] [name]Rogers[/name]
[name]Sally[/name] Athelny

From The [name]Red[/name] Shoes (1948):
[name]Vicky[/name] [name]Page[/name]
Grischa Ljubov
[name]Irina[/name] Boronskaja
[name]Livingstone[/name] “[name]Livy[/name]” [name]Montagne[/name]

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I adore the old [name]Joan[/name] [name]Crawford[/name] and [name]Bette[/name] [name]Davis[/name] movies! Also, the old [name]Alfred[/name] [name]Hitchcock[/name] films. I began my DVD collection about 4 years ago!

Some of my favorites are

What [name]Ever[/name] Happened to [name]Baby[/name] [name]Jane[/name]?
[name]Baby[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Dehlia[/name]
[name]Elvira[/name]
[name]Ray[/name]
[name]Ben[/name]
[name]Marty[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Shelby[/name]

[name]Mildred[/name] [name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Mildred[/name]
[name]Vida[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Lottie[/name]
[name]Kay[/name]
[name]Bert[/name] (this was really used a lot in the old movies)
[name]Wally[/name]

The Unknown and Straight Jacket as well as
Trog - [name]Joan[/name] was [name]Truly[/name] degraded and had bad reviews in this film, but it is truly one of the funniest horror classics.

[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Carol[/name]
[name]Bill[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Alonzo[/name]
[name]Nanon[/name]
Malabar
Antoio
Cojo
Costra
[name]Gypsy[/name]
[name]Sam[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Bill[/name]
[name]Cliff[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]

and of course the classic [name]Hitchcock[/name] Tales

The Birds
Tippi - [name]Melanie[/name]
[name]Rod[/name] - [name]Mitch[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Cathy[/name]
[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]

Psycho
[name]Norman[/name]
[name]Marion[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Sam[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Charlie[/name]

[name]Love[/name] the old chilling classics with such classic names!

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I love old movies, my favourite names from my favourite films:

[name]How[/name] [name]Green[/name] Was My [name]Valley[/name]:

Merddyn Gruffydd
[name]Angharad[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name] ([name]Bronwen[/name] in the book)
[name]Gwilym[/name]
[name]Huw[/name]
[name]Ianto[/name]
[name]Beth[/name]
Cyfartha
[name]Ivor[/name]
Mr. [name]Jonas[/name]
Ceinwen
[name]Davy[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Dai[/name] Bando
Iestyn

Last name of the family is [name]Morgan[/name]. In the book there’s also a [name]Ceridwen[/name] and an [name]Olwen[/name].

[name]Gilda[/name]:
[name]Gilda[/name]
[name]Johnny[/name]
Ballin
[name]Maurice[/name]
[name]Pio[/name]
[name]Casey[/name]
[name]Gabe[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
Huerta
[name]Maria[/name]

Casablanca:
[name]Rick[/name] [name]Blaine[/name]
[name]Ilsa[/name] Lund
[name]Victor[/name] [name]Laszlo[/name]

You Can’t Take It With You:
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Penny[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Tony[/name]
[name]Essie[/name]

All About [name]Eve[/name]:
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Addison[/name] (m)
[name]Karen[/name]
[name]Bill[/name]
[name]Lloyd[/name]
[name]Birdie[/name]
[name]Max[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]

Giant:
[name]Leslie[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name] (m)
[name]Jett[/name]
[name]Vashti[/name]
[name]Mort[/name]
[name]Luz[/name]

Darling:
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Robert[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Cesare[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]

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[name]One[/name] of my favorite old movie names is [name]Jean[/name] Harlows character Vantine in [name]Red[/name] Dust

8

So I enjoyed a black and white movie today, and this nasty girl in it had the prettiest name!
[name_f]Veda[/name_f]!

It’s so beautiful!

9

I’m such a sucker for old movies.

[name_m]Julius[/name_m] [name_m]Cesar[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
Cimber
Decius

The Greatest Show On [name_f]Earth[/name_f]
[name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Angel[/name_u]
[name_m]Klaus[/name_m]

[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_u]Gentry[/name_u]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Jewel[/name_f]
[name_f]Letitia[/name_f]
[name_m]Cullen[/name_m]

Arrowhead
[name_m]Toriano[/name_m] (gp so seriously)
[name_f]Nita[/name_f]
[name_f]Lela[/name_f]

The Ten Commandments
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
Rameses
[name_f]Sephora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
Nefretiri
Sethi
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_f]Elisheba[/name_f]
Korah

[name_m]Ben[/name_m] Hur
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_f]Tirzah[/name_f]
Messala
[name_m]Quintus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]

Casablanca
[name_f]Ilsa[/name_f]
[name_u]Sascha[/name_u]
[name_f]Annina[/name_f]

[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]

An American In [name_u]Paris[/name_u]
[name_f]Lise[/name_f]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]

For Whom The [name_u]Bell[/name_u] Tolls
[name_m]Ignacio[/name_m]
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]
[name_f]Pilar[/name_f]
Primitivo
[name_m]Anselmo[/name_m]
Kashkin
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]

High [name_m]Noon[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m]
[name_u]Colby[/name_u]

The Fountainhead
[name_u]Alvah[/name_u] (love!)
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Ellsworth[/name_m]

His Girl Friday
[name_m]Endicott[/name_m]
McCue
[name_f]Mollie[/name_f]
[name_m]Sanders[/name_m]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]

Some Like It Hot
[name_f]Sugar[/name_f] [name_m]Kane[/name_m]!
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f]
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m] Paradise

Bus Stop
[name_f]Cherie[/name_f]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Elma[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]

The [name_m]Prince[/name_m] and the Showgirl
Northbrook
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]

Singin In The [name_u]Rain[/name_u]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_f]Lina[/name_f]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]

[name_m]Adam[/name_m] Had Four Sons
[name_f]Emilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Vance[/name_m]

Guys and Dolls
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Sky[/name_u]
Arvide

[name_u]Red[/name_u] Dust
Vantine

Personal Property
[name_f]Crystal[/name_f]
Cosgrove
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
Trevy (even though it was a nn, its kind of cool)

Bombshell
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
Space
[name_m]Mac[/name_m]
[name_m]Marquis[/name_m]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Winters[/name_m]

Dancing Lady
[name_f]Rosette[/name_f]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
Patch [name_m]Gallagher[/name_m]

[name_m]Night[/name_m] Flight
Riviere

and finally Gone With The Wind
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
Carreen
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maybelle[/name_f]

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I know the song you’re talking about. “And the women were cryin’ cryin’ cryin’…” Having loved the film as a child, re-watching it was…enlightening. The women are kidnapped, and have their human dignity outwardly mocked, and then must fall prey to Stockholm syndrome because they marry these brutes. Yet I guiltily enjoyed the film despite the unapologetic misogyny.

No names to add. Vantine is pretty cool though.

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The majority of these are great character names that I love rather than individual names that I love.

From Bringing Up [name_u]Baby[/name_u] (1938):
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Peabody[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] Gogarty
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Huxley[/name_m]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_m]Carlton[/name_m] Random

From Death on the [name_u]Nile[/name_u] (1978):
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] Pennington
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] Bourget
[name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_u]Van[/name_u] [name_u]Schuyler[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] Otterbourne

From Murder on the Orient Express (1974):
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] Andrenyi
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Belinda[/name_f] [name_m]Hubbard[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m] [name_m]McQueen[/name_m]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] Dragomiroff

From Rear Window (1954):
[name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Wendice

From The Big Sleep (1946):
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] Sternwood Rutledge

From The [name_u]Philadelphia[/name_u] [name_u]Story[/name_u] (1940):
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Imbrie
[name_u]Tracy[/name_u] [name_m]Lord[/name_m]

12

So many of the old movies that I love have already been mentioned ([name_u]Seven[/name_u] Brides for [name_u]Seven[/name_u] Brothers, My Fair Lady, etc.)

I am just going to list names that I particularly like from the following movies:

Gone with the Wind (1939)
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f] “[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] [name_u]Blue[/name_u]”
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]

[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Beau[/name_m]

Calamity [name_f]Jane[/name_f] (1935)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
(Calamity) [name_f]Jane[/name_f]

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Old movies are the best! I love so many of the names listed, but I didn’t see a few that have some gems.

Arsenic and Old [name_f]Lace[/name_f]: [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u], and siblings [name_u]Abby[/name_u], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m], and [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] [name_m]Brewster[/name_m]
Meet Me in St. [name_m]Louis[/name_m]: [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] and Tootie (sisters), [name_m]Alonzo[/name_m], [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], and [name_m]Warren[/name_m]