To Be Or Not To Be
Metropolis
The Awful Truth
All of my favorites have been mentioned! I may have overlooked it above, but ‘Sweet Smell of Success’ - it took a couple of viewings before I warmed up to it, and now I think it’s utterly classic and fascinating. Love the glimpses of a New York that is no more…‘Some Like It Hot’ and ‘The Defiant Ones’ also with Tony Curtis. I like Tony Curtis!
Going waaaaay back, I highly recommend two silent movies that will, I promise, hold your attention: ‘The Wind’ and ‘Greed’. Absolutely entrancing, especially ‘Greed’, which was cut from a length of 8 hours! all that film disappeared.
If you like Tony Curtis, I have something you may find interesting.
Last week I watched Winchester 73 (1950) - a Western starring Jimmy Stewart. I had been meaning to watch it for quite some time. During one scene I thought a young officer looked very familiar and I tried to figure out who it was. When the movie ended, it dawned on me. That was Tony Curtis.
But he wasn’t listed in the closing credits. So I went back and looked again. He was listed as “Anthony Curtis”. I never had any idea he started out using that name.
Anyway you might want to see that movie sometime. But just so you should know, he only spoke one line (I think it was only one) during the entire movie.
But it was a good movie. Someone in this thread said something about Winchester 73 and they had some very high praise for it.
Oops. Wrong thread. See this thread: Post #24
It was Oredigger77 and they said, “there is no part of this movie that isn’t perfect.” Pretty high praise.
I was going to mention 12 Angry Men. I re-saw it with a college roommate many years ago who didn’t watch B&W movies. He was like “Wow! That was good for an old movie.”
I’m still partial to Casablanca.
Klaatu barada nikto
Fail Safe
Dr. Strangelove
psik
Clifton Webb, starred in several good B/W movies. Laura, Titanic, Cheaper By The Dozen - and some amusing post-war comedies, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Sitting Pretty, and Dreamboat.
I tried to get someone to watch " 12 Angry Men " once and she wouldn’t because it was in black and white. Some people are just too close minded I guess. It actually was the first indication I had that perhaps this isn’t going to work out between us. Oh well.
Many I thought of are already on this list but since I just watched this recently I’ll add " You Can’t Take It With You." Lionel Barrymore telling the man from the IRS " Well I’ll give you $25 but I don’t think it’s worth more then that." Classic. And you get to hear Jean Arthur talking. What could be better than that?
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I could list hundreds but I’ll just pick 3.
- All Quiet on the Western Front
If you’re interested in film, but not an out and out film nerd, you’ve got to see “All Quite” and “Psycho”. (Because any out and out film nerd would know them already.)
I was from that generation where “Psycho” was not on general release, so it was only when I saw it that I understood all the relevant references in other films.
“All Quiet” is without doubt an old film, not in the same category as modern films, but some of the images are somehow recognizable, because, (1) as you realize when watching it, all the old film makers had seen and been influenced by it, and (2) the reason the striking scenes and shots get replayed in modern films isn’t homage to “All Quiet”, it’s because they work. That film, which hardly anyone has seen, is part of the common vocabulary of film.
The Haunting
Annie Hall
Psycho
Roman Holiday
Freaks
Actually, they found most of it in the 1990s. You can see a restored version close to 8 hours.
I forgot: (Sorry if it’s repeat)
Mudhoney
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
“36 Hours” - w/ James Garner
Very intriguing film. The concept was so interesting.
For anyone who has never seen this film and if you enjoy intrigues, it’s a good one.
Annie Hall is not in black & white. But another Woody Allen film, Manhattan, is.
Strangers On a Train
Crossfire
1,2,3
I applaud. That is a very fine list. Well done!
Not Carlson?
Please, can you tell me what you meant by “irksome”? What was there about those scenes that you found to be “irksome”?
I’d really like to know just what it was about them that you found to be that way.
The Ghost and Mrs.Muir
The Haunting of Hill House
Dr. Strangelove
If you’ve never seen "The Third Man", TCM is airing it tonight (2/3/16) at 10:00 PM EST.