Black and White Films

[branny]

Re: Black and White Films

some more came to mind: Harvey (James Stewart & his 6ft invisible rabbit) ..oh also Its a Wonderful Life
12 Angry Men
Roman Holiday
All Quiet on the Western Front...amazing film for its time
The Bells of St Marys..love Ingrid Bergman in this..fav bit where she (shes a nun, remember!) teaches the kid to box

Doh! "Gives himself slap around the head".

How could I ever forget this one. Am totally ashamed of myself now.

[chrisredditch]

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Most films pre 1950 were Black and White, and there was a lot being made right up to the mid 60's and beyond so there's a lot out there.

Anyway - High Noon is another classic as are most of the films cited in this thread.

[kazboot]

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Some of my favourite films are b&w.

Psycho - The most terrifying movie ever made!
12 Angry Men
The 39 Steps
Shadow Of A Doubt
Duck Soup, Night At The Opera and Day At The Races.
Oh Mr. Porter!
All Laurel and Hardy films
The Frankenstein movies with Boris Karloff
The Dracula movies with Bela Lugosi
Freaks - A 1932 film which is still scary!

[rossobantam]

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there must be hundreds, maybe thousands of great B&W films (I try to tell my kids that just because it isn't in colour, doesn't mean its not a great storyline)

A lot of the vintage comedy films stand out for me: Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello (..meet The Wolfman, meet The Mummy etc etc) , Will Hay (Ask A Policeman, Where's That Fire, Oh Mr Porter! etc) , the Marx Brothers, most of the Ealing Stuff

off top of my head also: most Hitchock films esp The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps.....a load of old war films ..The Cruel Sea, Ice Cold in Alex,The Longest Day,

oh & Dr Strangelove of course (oh not old of course, but: Schindler's List)

some more came to mind: Harvey (James Stewart & his 6ft invisible rabbit) ..oh also Its a Wonderful Life
12 Angry Men
Roman Holiday
All Quiet on the Western Front...amazing film for its time
The Bells of St Marys..love Ingrid Bergman in this..fav bit where she (shes a nun, remember!) teaches the kid to box

[chrisredditch]

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And the greatest B/W film of all time.....

Plan 9 from Outer Space!

[frame]

Re: Black and White Films

I have a growing collection of old/b&w films.
50s/60s sc/fi uk and usa are my favourite at the moment.
regards,Frame.

[chrisredditch]

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See what you got to keep in mind is a lot if these films were watched on black and white tellies in like sixties/early 70's before colour telly got affordable so the 'DYR genetic memory' is that the actual films were B&W

I myself have re-watched old movies on TCM etc and been surprised to see they were colour and always had been!
(I always check to ensure thay hadn't been enhanced / colourised at a later stage )

The thread is about b/w films - didn't mention TV
Help is a colour film (and so is The African Queen I think) regardless of whether or not you saw it on a b/w TV.
Seeing colour TV's have been the norm for about 30 years now I think some of these films would have been repeated enough to clarify their colour status.

[Danny]

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Help is a lovely FAB colour film

See what you got to keep in mind is a lot if these films were watched on black and white tellies in like sixties/early 70's before colour telly got affordable so the 'DYR genetic memory' is that the actual films were B&W

I myself have re-watched old movies on TCM etc and been surprised to see they were colour and always had been!
(I always check to ensure thay hadn't been enhanced / colourised at a later stage )

[branny]

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12 angry men
Double indemnity

[chrisredditch]

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How about

Some like it hot-Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon
Two way stretch-Peter Sellers
Heavens Above-Peter Selllers
Hard days night-Beatles
Help-Beatles
Operation Amsterdam
How green was my valley

Help is a lovely FAB colour film

[amethyst]

Re: Black and White Films

How about

Some like it hot-Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon
Two way stretch-Peter Sellers
Heavens Above-Peter Selllers
Hard days night-Beatles
Help-Beatles
Operation Amsterdam
How green was my valley

[Richard1978]

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Most of the B&W ones I like have already been mentioned, but other favourites of mine include:

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The original Godzilla
Psycho

[amethyst]

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Ice cold in Alex another good film

Laurel and Hardy films especially the one Saps at sea

Norman Wisdom my favorite was I think it was called the early bird where he was a milkman working for Mr GrimsdaleNelly the horse where norman Puts nelly to bed it was funny

There was also films with Stanley Baker cant remember the names off by heart,Dirk Bogarde which were good also

Thanks for the response keep them coming and keep on watching them

[rossobantam]

Re: Black and White Films

there must be hundreds, maybe thousands of great B&W films (I try to tell my kids that just because it isn't in colour, doesn't mean its not a great storyline)

A lot of the vintage comedy films stand out for me: Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello (..meet The Wolfman, meet The Mummy etc etc) , Will Hay (Ask A Policeman, Where's That Fire, Oh Mr Porter! etc) , the Marx Brothers, most of the Ealing Stuff

off top of my head also: most Hitchock films esp The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps.....a load of old war films ..The Cruel Sea, Ice Cold in Alex,The Longest Day,

oh & Dr Strangelove of course (oh not old of course, but: Schindler's List)

[Palazzo]

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I loved the old Norman Wisdom films when I was younger, the BBC would usually show them now and again during the afternoon sometimes in the school holidays. I remember recording a few of them on tape and getting one of them for Christmas one year, I think it was called 'On the Beat' where he joins the police force. I can remember watching the one where Norman Wisdom/Norman Pitkin joins the navy, I absolutely loved this film and if I remember correctly it also starred a young John Briggs/Mike Baldwinn.