cookies are sweet Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Many people will not watch a movie that is not in color. That baffles me. Here is what Roger Ebert had to say about black and white movies. What are some of your favorite black and white films? Link to post Share on other sites
jennilyn77 Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 I'm one of "those" people. I don't know why? I like colors. That's said, I recently watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane on PBS. It was creepy, but good. That Bette Davis was quite the actress. I'm sure I have seen other black and white movies in my time, but I can't remember them. Link to post Share on other sites
Mama Carol Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 One of my favorites: "The Birds" Some others: "The Grapes of Wrath" "To Kill a Mockingbird" "Casablanca" "Psycho" "M" Link to post Share on other sites
gpatt0n Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Casablanca, citizen kane, psycho, 39 steps, Laurel and Hardy movies, Buster Keaton Movies, City Lights, The Great Dictator, other Chaplin movies, WC Fields, Marx Brothers (Duck Soup, The Department Store, etc.) and one of my favorites - Dr. Strangelove or even the original King Kong. Growing up in the 1950s, we had a steady stream of B movies in black and white with titles ranging from creature from the black lagoon to High Noon or even the scary-movie genre like "The House of Usher" (which was on turner movies the other night along with other Vincent Price 'classics.' Then there were historically memorable silent movies - also black and white - like The Great Train Robbery (The train is in the museum at Kennesaw), the Birth of a Nation (that featured the KKK) and that 1902 film classic A trip to the Moon that was one of those that helped forge the language of moving pictures. While I can appreciate the silent genre and learned from their techniques (I did some courses on film), I tend to avoid silent films because of their over the top acting (Simon Legree throwing the widow from her home or the woman tied to the railroad tracks.). Still, I availed myself of the opportunity to see Buster Keaton do the Great Train Robbery on Turner Movies three or four week ago and enjoyed every moment. Some of the best films and even TV shows (Andy Griffin Show - aka: Sheriff Andy Taylor, Three Stooges, I love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, etc.) were also all black and white and color TV didn't reach 50 percent penetration until about 1970 so a lot of people even came to know shows like Bonanza, Carol Burnette, Sonny and Cher, and Star Trek first as black and white productions. pubby PS: The first Science Fiction Film ... in Black and White Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Gilbert Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Sunset Boulevard and It's a Wonderful Life are two my all time favorite films they just happen to be black and white. Link to post Share on other sites
mei lan Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I decline to respond on account of my answer would be like five times as long as Pubby's. Suffice it to say that stradial and I are twins. Link to post Share on other sites
NinaBritt Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Some like it hot Bringing up Baby It's a Wonderful Life To Kill a Mockingbird A Little Princess (or really any Shirley Temple movie) My favorite representation of the great train robbery that Pubby mentions is the silent movie The General. Buster Keaton is so amusing! There are actually some more recent ones that some people may not think about when referring to old b&w movies. Schindler's List was in black and white as well as Young Frankenstein, which is one of my favorites. Link to post Share on other sites
SushiBoofay Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Laura (all time favorite movie) Double Indemnity Harvey Casablanca It's a Wonderful Life The Thin Man (all of them) To Kill a Mockingbird Sunset Boulevard 39 Steps Old Lace and Arsenic Link to post Share on other sites
dawneykids Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Life with Father. Love, love, love it!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
cookies are sweet Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Life with Father. Love, love, love it!!!! Life with Father was in color. But a good movie and book both. Link to post Share on other sites
dawneykids Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Life with Father was in color. But a good movie and book both. I think it was colorized later because I have it on DVD in black and white. Link to post Share on other sites
thedeerslayer Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 There is a channel on over the air free tv that shows only black and white movies.Channel 32-5 oldie goldies Link to post Share on other sites
SushiBoofay Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Ooh, forgot: Father of the Bride (Elizabeth Taylor) Sabrina (Humphrey Bogart) Maltese Falcon Link to post Share on other sites
lucky64 Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I love old Black and White Movies. Link to post Share on other sites
MissSophie Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 I'm one of "those" people. I don't know why? I like colors. That's said, I recently watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane on PBS. It was creepy, but good. That Bette Davis was quite the actress. I'm sure I have seen other black and white movies in my time, but I can't remember them. I just watched it last night. I love her old movies!! Link to post Share on other sites
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