Favorite Black & White Movie?

[Plaid Adder]

Why should technicolor have all the fun?

Hard to choose, but I think I would ahve to pick *Some Like It Hot.* Marilyn Monroe AND Jack Lemmon in a dress tangoing with a rose between his teeth. What's not to love?

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[GOPisEvil]

1. Casablanca

Or "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". ;-)

[kodi]

24. followed by billy wilder's "the apartment"

.

[Plaid Adder]

THat's a good one!

But very sad. I feel so bad for Shirley MacLaine's character. She actually looked kinda cute, once upon a time.

That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise,

The Plaid Adder

[kodi]

31. jack lemmon, and henry fonda were the quintessential american actors

few actors can do comedy and drama equally as well as lemmon could, lemmon moved easily in both styles, only tom hanks comes close, maybe jeff bridges, but who else?

the best line from the apartmanr ..."be a mensch!"

if you want to see maclaine as her bestest and sweetest, ...... "some came running"

[flygal]

72. That's mine, "Buddy Boy" :)

[NYCGirl]

2. My favorite Black & White movie is also my favorite movie:

[St. Jarvitude]

68. I can't believe nobody's mentioned "Shichinin no samurai"

AKA "The Seven Samurai" in the US.

What's wrong with y'all??? :shrug:

[magdalena]

76. hey I'm with you

Seven Samurai is one of my alltime favorites (I love Kurosawa), also as far as more modern b&w goes, Eraserhead and Dead Man.

[Kellanved]

3. "One, Two, Three"

Quite possibly the best comedy ever.

Cagney as Coca-Cola Manager in pre-wall post-war Berlin, Horst Buchholz as young Communist, Liselotte Pulver as Fräulein Wunder secretary and and and

Also one of the very few movies that are equally good in English and in German - with very different gags in each version.

[On the Road]

21. God, I Remember That from When I Was a Kid

my whole extended family was laughing hysterically. Everyone agreed it was the best movie ever.

The only scene that sticks out to me now is when someone was being tortured by being forced to listen to "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini" over and over. (Was that the same film?)

[Kellanved]

29. yes, that's the movie

East Germans tortured the tragic groom-to-be using that song.

[terrya]

22. That's one of Wilder's underrated comedies.

I like "One, Two, Three" very much. A funny movie.

[CO Liberal]

4. "Young Frankenstein"

:-)

[maveric]

5. Young Frankenstein, Dr. Stranglelove, Key Largo

Island of Lost Souls
The Wolfman
Sahara

[wurzel]

6. "The Sweet Smell of Success"

Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis.

[LowerManhattanite]

16. Same here...

"You're a cookie full of arsenic Sidney...I'd hate to take a bite out of ya."
Burt Lancaster

[tanyev]

7. Gotta go with some Cary Grant.

Arsenic & Old Lace or Bringing Up Baby

[dweller]

8. The Misfits

http://www.filmsite.org/misf.html


dp

[Gothic Sponge]

9. It's a wonderful life

[Cadence]

59. I second that!

[progressiveBadger]

10. nosferatu

black, white and silent!

[intheflow]

11. Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby

I'm a sucker for Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn flicks.

[eoberhauser]

44. Philadelphia Story Hands down

When he's carrying her from the pool and singing I totally melt.

Erin

[jus_the_facts]

12. Hitchcock's Rebecca.......

...."....yes....Mrs. DANVERS!!!" :scared:

[intheflow]

49. OMG, I may have to retract my nomination above in favor of Rebecca!

Hitchcock at his finest!

"The second Mrs. DeWinter..."

[jus_the_facts]

81. I gotta add....Whatever Happened To Baby Jane......

....it was just too freaky deaky!! :D

[chiffon]

13. Imitation of Life

A real tear jerker. (for some)

[Nicole]

36. YES!

I love that movie. Mahalia Jackson's solo during the funeral procession is not to be missed!

[chiffon]

47. That truly is the most moving song in the movie.

As for Mahalia, she is phenomenal.

And Juanita Moore's performance is absolutely brilliant.

Here is her biography, courtesy of IMDb.com.

African American actress Juanita Moore entered films in the early 50's, a time in which few black people were ever given an opportunity to act with major studio films. Fortunately Moore's roles began improving as Hollywood developed a social consciousness toward the end of the decade. In 1959 she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Imitation of Life (1959), a glossy updating of a once controversial Fannie Hurst novel about racism. Within the next decade Hollywood underwent several sociological upheavals, and Juanita Moore was one of the beneficiaries. She became a fixture of such black oriented films of the 70's as Up Tight! (1969), Thomasine and Bushrod (1974) and Abby (1974). She recently appeared in Disney's The Kid (2000). Moore is semi retired. She has also been in over 30 other motion pictures.

[terrya]

14. "The Manchurian Candidate"

I've seen it about 12 times so far.

[eataTREE]

15. Down By Law.

Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni crack wise in a Louisiana prison cell. Great stuff.

"In this case, I think you have to say that you look AT the window."

[indigobusiness]

62. Excellent choice...I'll second that.

What a flick!

Jim Jarmusch rules!

[Taverner]

17. I'm waiting to see FlamingYouth's entry to this one...

Surely the woman has seen more black and white than an carwash at a police station...

[yellowdogintexas]

18. "Young Frankenstein".....

was the first thing to pop into my head so that must be my favorite

but "Arsenic and Old Lace" is a good one too.

[MrScorpio]

19. Hands down - Dr. Strangelove

No two ways 'bout it

[GCP]

46. My choice also

No contest

[Tyrone Slothrop]

106. Agreed

It's my favorite movie - regardless of color issues.

[Warpy]

20. Stage Door, Golddiggers of 1933, The Ziegfeld Follies

The Grapes of Wrath, Salt of the Earth, Morgan, A Touch of Honey, good gawd, there are so many.

Then there are the silents, like The Crowd and Metropolis.

Every innovation took away as much as it added, IMO.

[Dukakis88]

23. "The Passion of Joan of Arc" by Carl Theodor Dryer

It's my favorite film of any type, but happens to be black and white and silent.

[jdots]

25. " M "

[Beaverhausen]

26. Citizen Kane.

He used B&W to amazing effect.

Many of the films listed on this thread are also favs.

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. Dr. Stranglove, Young Frankenstein and Arsenic and Old Lace! eom

[revolve]

28. Pi

nt

[ghostsofgiants]

60. Good call.

Such a brilliant film.

[mr_hat]

30. The first 23 minutes of "The Wizard of Oz."

[mainegreen]

32. Metropolis

[lakemonster11]

66. Nice choice.

[Mike Nelson]

33. POTEMPKIN...COMPULSION!...SUSPICION...SUNRISE...and LAST PICTURE SHOW

AND, I like a lot of the ones mentioned, too.

[msanthrope]

34. Cool Hand Luke--also the sweatiest movie, ever....n/t

"What we got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. Which is the way he wants it. Well he gets it and I don't like it any more than you man."

[Hand]

51. Also in living color... nt

[Left Is Write]

35. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (nt)

[DrZeeLit]

37. Young Frankenstein and It Happened One Night

Athought I could list quite a few.
Schindler's List -- the photography is amazing.

Then all the other "old" movies -- Fred & Ginger, Bogie & Bacall, Myrna Loy & William Powell (the Thin Man series).... ANYTHING Kate & Spencer early... Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart.. .earlier films.

The original It's a Wonderful Life.
National Velvet, All Quiet on the Western Front, and High Noon.

[Left Is Write]

100. I love It Happened One Night.

Wonderful movie!

[ThoughtCriminal]

38. I grew up with a black & white TV

So everything was b&w. I don't think I knew that the "Wizard of OZ" had color and b&w segments until I was in college. Now I get the "Horse of a different color" line.

Favorites:
Duck Soup
Dr. Strangelove
Godzilla (original)

[ironflange]

39. Psycho

King Kong
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Pawnbroker
Lifeboat

[procrastinator]

54. Agree, Psycho

Wouldn't be nearly as good in color.

[fishnfla]

40. The Hill -or- Sargeant York

The hill is one of my favorite all-time shows

[Jack Schitt]

41. Steamboat Willie.

[intheflow]

50. Good call!

[Clinton Crusader]

42. A Night To Remember n/t

[VOX]

43. "The Third Man."

All those *dark* streets of Vienna, Orson Welles as Harry Lime appearing out of the shadows, the heart-stopping chase through the sewers...an absolutely terrific film!

[Ekirh]

45. Favorite...

That would be a tie between Dr. Strangelove and the Manchurian Candidate. Although Schindler's list I think I could add on there also.. even though... there was some color in it.

[LincolnMcGrath]

48. Jungle Fever!

>>>>ducking for cover>>>>

[Nightowl_2004]

52. The Longest Day

[sundog]

53. Nights of Cabiria

[lpbk2713]

55. Zorba the Greek

Also, Seven Days in MAy.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. The African Queen

"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above."

[intheflow]

84. One problem w/this movie in this thread:

It's in color.

But you did pick the best line in the whole movie!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

92. Seriously?

That's hilarious! I guess it's been so long since I saw it that the last time was on a B&W TV! LOL!

[clover]

57. 2: night of the hunter & all quiet on the western front(nt)

[auburngrad82]

91. Night of the Hunter was great. n/t

[Carla in Ca]

58. ALL my movies are B&W

Well, I have about 10 in color...

You should re-post this in the Classic Movie Group.

[realisticphish]

61. Dr. Strangelove

i love peter sellers


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[imenja]

63. Bringing up Baby, On the Waterfront, the Hustler, Arsenic and Old Lace

I think the Hustler is B & W

[Tweed]

64. I agree with all those big time except I haven't seen the Hustler

[miss_kitty]

65. La Belle et la Bête and Orpheé

and Casablana. I know thjat's 3 and really, since I love the movies of the 30s the best and 40s the 2nd best I could do a list.

I like La Belle et la Bête because it was made in France right after WWII and Cocteau had to scramble for supplies, including electricity and film. He shot half the film on Agfa and half Kodak. One of the coolest scenes was shot among drying bed linens that were also in short supply. Most of the main people in the movie became ill during the shoot.
The same cinematographer (Henri Alekan) worked on 'Wings of Desire', another favourite of mine. The circus was called after him in that movie.

Orpheé was a cool movie. The story is amazing and Cocteau had to invent some special effects.

[lakemonster11]

67. The Thin Man (which I just got to see at a theater!),

Duck Soup (when Bush declared war, I kept expecting the cabinet to burst into "Freedonia's Gone to War"), and Holiday Inn.

[Biased Liberal Media]

69. Carnival of Souls, Night of the Living Dead, Dementia 13 n/t

.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

70. Modern Times

Chaplin is god

[Neoma]

71. Arsenic and Old Lace

well...mostly Cary Grant, got hooked on his movies.

[JSJ]

73. 'a hard day's night'- richard lester

[intheflow]

85. Right on!

Very good call indeed.

[Crankie Avalon]

74. So many great movies have already been mentioned...

...but I'd just like to add "Raging Bull" and "The Battle of Algiers" since no one has got to them, yet.

[peacefreak]

75. Harvey

followed closely by Bringing Up Baby & Arsenic & Old Lace

[chiburb]

77. 2: "White Heat" and "Zorba the Greek"

[Atlas Mugged]

78. 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf'

Seriously, this was my childhood.

[welshTerrier2]

98. truly a great movie ...

and a bit exhausting to watch ... remarkable performances by the entire cast ...

[Danmel]

79. To Kill A Mockingbird

What a great movie- I watched it a few weeks ago with my 13 year old daughter, She was in tears at the end and so was I. Ah for someone with the intelligence and dignity of Atticus Finch.

[Danmel]

80. To Kill A Mockingbird

What a great movie- I watched it a few weeks ago with my 13 year old daughter, She was in tears at the end and so was I. Ah for someone with the intelligence and dignity of Atticus Finch.

[intheflow]

86. I was 13 when I first saw this movie.

We watched it in my 7th grade English class. We were all in tears!

[DrDan]

82. The Last Picture Show

Cybill Shepherd - mmmmmmm

[pinniped]

83. Sabrina is one of my favorites.

Audrey Hepburn is probably my favorite actress.

[MoonbeamsLee]

87. Arsenic and Old Lace

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."

I also really like the French B&W movie called La Belle et La Bete. I just love the walk down the hall in the castle with the human arms holding the candelabras...super cool and spooky...they move with her as she walks!

[chenGOD]

88. 2 movies with 7 in the title....

The Seventh Seal and Seven Samurai


for modern stuff, Dead Man

[Kid_A]

89. "The Empire Strikes Back"

(I have a really, really old TV.)

Or "Dr. Strangelove".

[AlCzervik]

90. I couldnt pick just one

All about Eve and To kill a mockingbird.

[Sabriel]

93. Lonely Are the Brave

Or, maybe Paths of Glory. Two GREAT Kirk Douglas films.

[Ron Green]

94. To all the great films listed here, I must add..............

"The Bicycle Thief."

[Jose Diablo]

95. The Creature from the Black Lagoon

[mac56]

96. "A Hard Day's Night"

My favorite movie ever.

[Polly_Sorbate_60]

97. Night of the Living Dead, It's a Wonderful Life ;-)

[welshTerrier2]

99. Duck Soup ...

and A Night at the Opera ...

also, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf ...

Margaret Dumont: for you, this must be a gala day ...
Groucho: well, I guess a gal a day is enough for any man ...

Margaret Dumont (hearing loud music): what is all that noise?
Groucho: i think it's the mice ...
Margaret Dumont: mice don't play music ...
Groucho: oh no, what about the old maestro

[Nikepallas]

101. This Week? Take a Letter, Darling, A Face in the Crowd

[Atlas Mugged]

102. 'All About Eve'!

Geesh - I can't believe nobody mentioned this one. It's one of my favorite films - ever. And 'Sunset Blvd.'

[Spirochete]

103. Clerks

"I'm not even supposed to be here today!"

[Kelli372]

104. Dark Passage

with Bogie and Bacall. Not as popular as most of his stuff, but my favorite story line.

[Forkboy]

105. Man Bites Dog

and of course,The Maltese Falcon.

[mosin]

107. "Casablanca" or "Adam's Rib"

Or almost anything with Katharine Hepburn, really.