# Your top two Black & White movies - one comedy, one drama. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154 "2019-04-28T01:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/41 "2019-04-28T12:37:50Z")
Drama: **Sunset Boulevard** Comedy: **The Circus** Even after having seen it many times, there’s nothing that makes me laugh like seeing Chaplin struggle on the high wire while being tormented by monkeys, or being chased by a mean donkey, or trying to learn how to be funny in “clown class”. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/42 "2019-04-28T12:41:22Z")
The OP took mine. The Philadelphia Story was just so funny and remains so for me even now. And Casablanca is an iconic movie, setting its own place in history. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/43 "2019-04-28T12:46:16Z")
So many to choose from. Comedy is either \* Bringing Up Baby\* or _His Girl Friday_ Drama would be \*Casablanca \* or _Citizen Kane_ ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/44 "2019-04-28T12:57:43Z")
Witness for the Prosecution and too many good comedies with Cary Grant ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/45 "2019-04-28T13:02:19Z")
The Bank Dick, and Treasure of the Sierra Madre. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/46 "2019-04-28T13:06:32Z")
My criteria amounts to what films I could pop in the machine and watch any time, and enjoy, no matter how many times I’d seen them before. And those would be “Dr. Strangelove” and “Casablanca.” ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/47 "2019-04-28T13:10:30Z")
Comedy: **Stalag 17** (according to IMDB, it’s a comedy/drama) Drama: **Casablanca** Stalag 17 has more drama than comedy, but I refuse to choose between it and Casablanca (which also has comedic elements). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/48 "2019-04-28T13:30:31Z")
Duck Soup Them! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/49 "2019-04-28T14:38:16Z")
Comedy: Definitely _His Girl Friday_ Drama: _Raging Bull_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/50 "2019-04-28T15:01:58Z")
A couple of alternatives to what’s been posted already: Comedy: _It’s a Gift_ Drama: _The Hustler_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/51 "2019-04-28T15:48:57Z")
And, apparently it is possible to make a joke so subtle that nobody on the SDMB catches it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/52 "2019-04-28T15:51:26Z")
Comedy: **The Apartment** \* Drama: **Twelve Angry Men** mmm \*Acknowledging that some might consider it primarily a drama ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/53 "2019-04-28T16:04:06Z")
Comedy: Dr. Strangelove. Drama: Rashomon. Lots of great choices, obviously. Thank you for the list of your favorites, Wendell. There’s some I haven’t seen yet, and I probably should. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/54 "2019-04-28T16:12:51Z")
I recently watched ‘A Soldier in the Rain’, with Jackie Gleason at his funniest and a young Steve McQueen. It was great. I love the ‘Thinman’ movies, too. A drama I like is ‘The Children’s Hour’. I love all vintage movies. All that have been mentioned are good ones. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/55 "2019-04-28T17:33:23Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Comedy: **The Apartment** \* > > Drama: **Twelve Angry Men** > mmm > > \*Acknowledging that some might consider it primarily a drama You’re right. I’m changing my vote. Comedy and/or drama: The Apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/56 "2019-04-28T17:41:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _Arsenic and Old Lace_ for comedy. > > _Casablanca_ for drama. This is my answer as well. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/57 "2019-04-28T18:01:17Z")
Comedy: ‘Clerks’ Drama: ‘Anatomy of a Murder’ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/58 "2019-04-28T18:43:22Z")
Young Frankenstein and Double Indemnity. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/59 "2019-04-28T18:56:34Z")
\*\*Treasure of the Sierra Madre \*\* **Young Fronkensteen** ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154/60 "2019-04-28T20:41:52Z")
Lots of Billy Wilder films making it into people’s choices… **Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment.** You guys definitely have excellent taste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-two-black-white-movies-one-comedy-one-drama/833154.md?page=4)