Black and White Films

[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!

[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.

[branny]

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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.

[kazboot]

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I must just add my fave b&w weepies :

Wuthering Heights - Olivier
Angels With Dirty Faces
It's A Wonderful Life

And more horror films :

Night Of The Living Dead - 1968
Dead Of Night - Well spooky! Especially that dummy that comes to life.
The Day The Earth Stood Still - More Sci Fi really. (Weren't those 50s Sci-Fi movies great? Them, Tarantula, The Creature From The Black Lagoon etc.)

[Kiop]

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The Day The Earth Stood Still - More Sci Fi really. (Weren't those 50s Sci-Fi movies great? Them, Tarantula, The Creature From The Black Lagoon etc.)

Agreed! I love the old 50's sci-fi 'B' movies.

Two of my favourites where The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2, starring Brian DonLevy in the title roll. I was only very little the first time I saw The Quatermass Xperiment and it traumatised me for about a week; I was petrified the creature that Caroon had turned into in Westminster Abbey was behind my bed and I couldn't sleep because I kept turning round every few minutes to check it wasn't sliding down my headboard .

[rossobantam]

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loved all the Quatermass stuff (incl the 70's 4-part ITV one with John Mills)...my fave though was Quatermass & The Pit (off thread cos its colour, sorry!)

back on thread: remembered another....Great Expectations....1936 version with John Mills (again,spookily)

[Danny]

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What bugs me is when they try to show they're 'cool and with it' by making modern B&W films - this got popular in late eighties and they still keep churning em out.

I like the oldie classics but it annoys (esp with the price of a colour telly licence ) that they still make these in B&W

[Flash Gordon]

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So many classics mentioned here, it's tough the add to the list, but I think I can:
Brighton Rock
Great Expectations

[rossobantam]

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So many classics mentioned here, it's tough the add to the list, but I think I can:
Brighton Rock
Great Expectations

*cough* added just 2 posts earlier ..I'll let you off though

[stevef]

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Has anyone mentioned George Formby films, they're always good for a laugh, I especially like 'No Limit'. Also, other b&w films that come to mind are King Kong, Sunset Boulevard and The Grapes of Wrath.

[sixtyten]

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Must admit, I cannot bear Norman Wisdom, but can see the appeal at the time.
I have to go with Citizen Kane, Brighton Rock, The Third Man, M, Metropolis as faves among others.
Also the classic B&W Comedy of my all time favorite comedian..Tony Hancock

(honourable mention to Eraserhead)

[amethyst]

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How about films with the bossy Peggy Mount in them.

[Kiop]

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One of my long-time favourites is 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I've always loved this film, pure excellence.

Another Bette Davis film I like is 'The Nanny'.

I love Bette Davis portaying evil characters - it's what she did best .

[amethyst]

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Agatha Christies Miss Marple

Margaret Rutherford,s films showing this week on TCM.
Watched murder most foul yesterday,good film made in 1964.Terry Scott as the local bobby,also a young James Bolam.

[Flash Gordon]

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*cough* added just 2 posts earlier ..I'll let you off though

Oops! Sorry duder.
Ok, let's go leftfield. Howabout The Haunting, Night of the living dead, Metropolis, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers?