What's your favorite black and white movie?- Page 3

[Jon]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:55am

"Shop Around the Corner" was also the basis of the musical movie "In the Good Old Summertime" with Judy Garland, and the musical play "She Loves Me".

Shame on you queens out there for not pointing that out!

P.S. - "In the Good Old Summertime" also marked the film debut of two-year-old Liza Minnelli.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:05pm

For the holidays, "A Christmas Carol", the 1950 Alistair Simm one.It was on AMC last night, so I suppose it will be running all month.
Also, the original "Miracle on 34th Street."
And the mention of "M" brought to mind the Richard Attenboro and Kim Stanley creeper "Seance on a Wet Afternoon." It was made in the early '60's, as I recall.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:44pm

Who can pick just one?

Rebecca
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
The Philadelphia Story
Lifeboat
Topper
Suspicion
Spellbound
Notorious
Strangers on a Train
Cape Fear
Adam's Rib
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Key Largo
Gaslight
The Crowd
It Happened One Night
Grand Hotel
42nd Street
Blonde Venus
The Scarlet Empress
Les Enfants du Paradise
Too Many Crooks
My Man Godfrey
To Kill a Mockingbird
Grapes of Wrath
My Man Godfrey
Dodsworth
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Miracle Worker
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hamlet (Olivier)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Rashomon
M
Dr. Strangelove
Young Frankenstein
Manhattan
Shadows and Fog
Schindler's List
Ed Wood

I never liked Citizen Kane or Casablanca.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 12:52pm

Schindler's List

(unless you're talking the "era" of B&W...in which case...it's so hard to narrow down I couldn't possibly do so.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 1:04pm

young frankenstein
12 angry men
house on haunted hill (the original with vincent price. love it)

the original french version of Beauty and the Beast - La Belle et La Bette. it's awesome. remember those moving candelabra arms in the phantom movie? yeah. rent this. it's cool to see how they did all the effects.

[beacon1]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 1:16pm

Arsenic and Old Lace
Philadelphia Story
Adam's Rib
Nosferatu (eerie, eerie, eerie)

[lildogs]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:33pm

No RIFFIFI, miss pennywise?


My Votes:

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
THE AWFUL TRUTH
Cheating: ED WOOD & YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

And it's okay, Miss Channing, those are the movies I grew up with too...I'll take my B&W upbringing over the dreck of the 80s any day.

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:51pm

Most of my favorite films are black and white,
but my favorite has to be
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

[SkierRob02]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:54pm

To Kill a Mocking Bird

*Swoons at the idea of Gregory Peck*

[vbplayer]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:04pm

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "The Childrens Hour".
Lot's of good choices in this thread.

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:06pm

ooohhh...I love Night of the Hunter. What a cinematic masterpiece that film is. Cheers to the person who mentioned the French Beauty and Beast film. Another stunning visual feast.

Another little known film that is kinda documentary style is "The Little Fugitve"..a 1950's movie that follows a 5 year old as he runs away to Coney Island and spends 2 days there alone.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:33pm

Am I the only Lubitsch fan here? TROUBLE IN PARADISE is my all-time favorite movie.

Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins.



Paris. The Riviera. Art deco. Jewel thieves. Romance.



Sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and sex.



"Darling, remember, you are Gaston Monescu. You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don't become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos!"

Updated On: 12/5/05 at 05:33 PM

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:43pm

Damnit! Another one I left out on my list....Lubitsch was a great director, and I particulary enjoyed the movie you mentioned (as we've discussed before many threads ago) and

Design for Living
Shop Around the Corner
To Be or Not to Be

I knew I'd regret doing my list...I just knew it.

[PalJoey]

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

Ahhh, justme2, I came here to rob you, but unfortunately I fell in love with you.

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:59pm

In my best Miriam Hopkins imitation, I tell you I'm flattered.

Love when the dinner ends and they show each other what they've managed to steal throughout the meal! The innuendo in that scene is hot, hot, hot!!!

[Mamie]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 6:15pm

Picking my favorite is easy - "To Kill A Mockingbird" (obviously). But there are a massive number crowding around second place. I don't think it would be possible to even pull out a few from the crowd. Most have already been mentioned here.

Maybe it would be interesting to find out if anyone has a favorite SILENT film? I absolutely love "Wings" and I watch it just as often as any sound film I have. Does anyone here ever watch the silents?

[justme2]

Posted: 12/5/05 at 6:30pm

Did I hear someone calling me? Silent movies are my world!

For a great introduction to their art form:

The Crowd
The Patsy
The Big Parade
Sherlock Jr
Show People
The Unknown
Phantom of the Opera
HunchBack of Notre Dame
City Lights

I could go on.....

[rmposey]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 1:41pm

I love classic films!

Midnight
Ninotchka
Some Like it Hot
Top Hat
The Gay Divorcee
So Proudly We Hail
The Lady Eve
The Mad Miss Manton
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 3:12pm

Add silent and it's

Broken Blossoms (for drama and romance)

Nosferatu (for TERROR!)

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 3:15pm

Grandma's Boy
Safety Last!
The Freshman

Sound:
Stella Dallas Updated On: 12/6/05 at 03:15 PM

[lildogs]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 5:05pm

Not sure who posted THE RED SHOES, but it ain't in b&w...

as for the silents:

Steamboat Bill Jr.
The Crowd
Passion of Joan (of Arc)

[justme2]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:09pm

you know, I watched that Passion of Joan and just couldn't get into it. I tried watching it again to make sure it wasn't just a mood thing, but no.

And you know me..I love the silents.

(and I think that was me saying to watch the Red Shoes...for a Theater movie...)

[grizzabella]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:23pm

Good call, Mamie! I named "The General" earlier as part of my B&W list, but for other silents, add:
Our Hospitality - a little-known gem by Keaton in his hayday.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Nosferatu
The Phantom of the Opera
The Boat - a 2-reeler; Keaton again. As surreal as he could be with a brilliant "verbal" punch line.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 6:28pm

The Good Fairy

I love that movie.

[Therese]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 9:17pm

Another vote for "Safety Last!" and another Harold Lloyd film, "Girl Shy."