What's your favorite black and white movie?- Page 2

[Therese]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:16pm

"The Grapes of Wrath" with Henry Fonda - one of my all-time favorite movies.

Oh, and that just reminded me: "Twelve Angry Men"

And I can't believe no one has mentioned "His Girl Friday" yet - Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell in maybe the ultimate fast-paced screwball comedy.

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 04:16 PM

[DamnYankees101]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:39pm

Casablanca and It's A Wonderful Life.

[DiamondGirl]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:40pm

Any feature or short made by pre-MGM Buster Keaton. I love that man oh-so-much. Personal favorites are "Steamboat Bill, Jr." and "Three Ages."

Non-BK favorites include "Citizen Kane" (Orson Wells was unstoppable), "It's a Wonderful Life" (what can I say? I'm sentimental), "Ed Wood" (okay, so this is kind of cheating), and "Freaks" (Johnny Eck, the Half Boy, rocks my face off, and I love Daisy and Violet Vilton).

[Mythus]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:43pm

Young Frankenstein! It's the first one that came to mind.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:10pm

Oh, so many, but here goes:
Arsenic and Old Lace
Key Largo (saw this again last week. Forgot how terrific it was!)
The Uninvited (Has the song "Stella By Starlight.")
The Haunting (Still creepy after all these years)
Portrait of Jenny
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Scarlet Street (Love Miss Bennett and Mr. Robinson!)
The General (See a restored print of this Buster Keaton gem!)
There are probably a million more, but these came immediately to mind.

[kate2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:14pm

To Kill A Mockingbird

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:17pm

In Cold Blood
Maltese Falcon
Yankee Doodle Dandy

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:17pm

Bringing Up Baby and Top Hat

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 06:17 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:25pm

"It probably doesn't surprise you because everyone loves the movies they grow up with."

OK, Pop - that had me laughing really hard.

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:59pm

Wizard of Oz (it was completely in black and white before they remasterd it) and Casablanca.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:01pm

On The Waterfront. SHEEER perfection, down to the score.

[Stagedoor2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:08pm

Someone else already said it, but I'll add another vote for The Philadelphia Story.
Updated On: 12/4/05 at 07:08 PM

[BrendanStryker]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:32pm

Broadway_Baby, not sure what you mean, but THE WIZARD OF OZ has always been in B&W & Color, even before they remastered it. Going all the way back to 1939. It was filmed that way.

I notice that a lot of people didn't pick a favorite, but listed a bunch of films. I really love way too many B&W films to pick a favorite (probably as many as the color ones I like); but if there was a gun to my head and I had to pick one, I'd say THE MIRACLE WORKER.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:44pm

Sunset Boulevard, Citizen Kane, Casablanca

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:26pm

Oy, you're right Brendan. I don't know where I got that.
*feel dumb*

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 9:55pm

I, too, belong to that group of "old" people who think that REAL movies are the ones filmed in black and white. (I showed my 18-year-old students a B&W film and when the first scene appeared they moaned, "Oh man! This is in black and white? That sucks!")

Besides everything mentioned, the B&W films that come to mind that I particularly love are--

Children of Paradise
Jules and Jim
Shoot the Piano Player
The 400 Blows
Rules of the Game
The Third Man
Alice Adams
Born Yesterday
Bob Le Flambeur
Breathless (the original, of course!)
L'Atalante
8 1/2

I have to stop now or I never will.

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 10:06pm

I love B&W movies. Besides what's already been mentioned:

It Happened One Night
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Sorry Wrong Number
Cape Fear
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Double Indemnity
Laura

[justme2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 10:35pm

Favorites? Depends on many things...the most important being your mood.

For romantic mood, try...
Casablanca
Waterloo Bridge
Desire
He was Her Man
They Knew what they Wanted
It Happened One Night

For a comedic mood, try...
The Patsy
Safety Last
Modern Times
Dinner at Eight
Sherlock Jr.
My Man Godfrey
The Awful Truth

For a creepy mood, try:
Freaks
Blood Money
The Unknown
The Unholy Three
Frankenstein

For introspective mood, try...
Dodsworth
Death Takes a Holiday
Gabriel over the White House
Meet John Doe
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Grapes of Wrath
The Crowd
Strange Cargo

For a sassy mood, try...
BabyFace
The Women
Three on a Match
Female
GoldDiggers of 33 or 35
Blond Crazy

For a Campy mood, try...
Mildred Pierce
Strange Loves of Martha Ivers
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane

For a dance movie mood, try...
42nd Street
GoldDigger movies
Tope Hat/Swing Time
The Red Shoes

For a Holiday mood, try...
Christmas in Connecticut
Shop Around the Corner
10th Avenue Angel
Remember the Night
Wonderful Life

For a dark mood, try...
White Heat
Lady in the Lake
The Incident
ScarFace
Beast of the City

Please keep in mind, these movies only represent the tip of the iceberg that's available for your viewing pleasure. I know I've left out many that should be mentioned!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 10:39pm

Anything with Montgomery Clift, Natalie Wood, or Cary Grant

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:07am

the movies that are currently reigning as my favorite black and whiteys:

All the Kings Men
Shop Around the corner

[DG]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:51am

Justme - GREAT breakdown! But I can't believe ALL ABOUT EVE isn't on there somewhere - especially since you posted the list on this site

One I didn't see mentioned that I'll throw out there because of it's cinematography is Orson Welles' OTHELLO.

But, as Brendan put it, if I had a gun to my head I'd say ALL ABOUT EVE (followed VERY closely by SUNSET BOULEVARD!)

[rosesinmay]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:55am

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 1:05am

I KNEW I would leave out something important and pay for it later!! Now how in the hell did I miss that one? I sat there thinking about theater movies in black and white for quite a spell, and the one Bette Davis one I kept harking back to was one she did in the early forties where she was married to her co-star (in the movie). I couldn't come up with the title, so I moved on!


*shamed*

[Craig]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 1:05am

I'll add to the already mentioned

M

Citizen Kane

and almost anything Charlie Chaplin

and let's not forget Pyscho

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 1:11am

Are you talking about that uber creepy movie with Peter Lorre? That movie is fantastic!