Which is your Fav Black&White Movie
By sadiq007
@sadiq007 (334)
India
March 7, 2009 10:22am CST
Hi Friends,
Do you seen Black and White movies, Did you like them....as first black and white movie made in 1888 "Roundhay Garden", I have seen this movie is still like to watch it....its really a good movie...I also love to watch Black and Wgite movies of Charlie Chaplin.....They are amazing without sound..........and in my native language i love "Mugal E Azam" and "Chalti ka Nam Gadi" they are still evergreen to watch.
So what about your Favorite black and white movie if you watch them then?
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23 responses
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
7 Mar 09
I havnt seen to many black and white movies only a few ive seen. But my favorite would have to be arsenic and old lace. I thought that movie was hillarious. I really enjoyed it. I saw it both in black and white and color and its just better in black and white.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
29 Mar 09
My favorite black and white film is Casablanca, it has everything, comedy, romance , a little adventure and suspense and great music.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
31 Mar 09
It was a huge hit. It was the right kind of film Americans needed to see, We had just got into WWIi. It won the best picture Oscar for the year 1942.
@y2ksuprio (853)
• India
7 Mar 09
My favorite black and white movie is The Bird directed by alfred hitchcock. It is a very nice thriller movie nad very good to watch go and watch it my friend. Chalti ka naam gadi is also a good movie which I have watched in tv and the acting of Kishore Kumar was really good.
@sadiq007 (334)
• India
7 Mar 09
hi friend,
I have not seen The Bird, but i have seen one movie from this same dircetor Hitchcock....but i cant remembers that movies name....but that was a good movie by him....and yeah chalti ka nam gadi is all time hit....who forget that sweet song ....."Ek Ladki Bhigi bhagisi..."....
have a nice time.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
7 Mar 09
My all time favorite movie that was made in the 1930's and in black and white is "the Wizard of Oz." Although I have to admit it's nice now to watch it in color and see how pretty the land of oz actually looks. I like the theme and Judy Garland. I have also watched alot of the "3 Stooges" in black and white. To this day I still think they are funny.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
30 May 09
Hi there Sadiq. I must say that black and white movies didn't really rely on special effects thus they were better in a way then the movies that come out today on tv for example.
Anyway there are a lot of good movies, westerns and others, but my old time favorite is, and must be "The Odd Couple" - featuring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in a 2 hours continuous comedy.
@DancingRedFeather1 (1037)
• Canada
7 Mar 09
CASABLANCA, L LOVE LUCY, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, AND MANY MORE
@DancingRedFeather1 (1037)
• Canada
7 Mar 09
Am 65 so I have seen many black and white..I was 12 when the first t.v. station came to our city and all was in Black & White.
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
7 Mar 09
My favorite black and white movies are most of Shirley temples movies. i love watching her when she was a little girl. She was such a good little actress. I also liked the old gone with the wind and Casa Blanca movies.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
9 Mar 09
I've got to say my favorite black and white movie is "A Hard Day's Night" with The Beatles. I went to the movies to see it when it came out at least a dozen times and I just watched it again on TV for the first time in years a couple weeks ago and I felt like I was 12 years old again!
Annie
@sadiq007 (334)
• India
14 Mar 09
hi anniepa,
I still remeber this movie i have seen when i was 14....its really a classical movie.... i ahev also seen movie of this same actor i dont remebr his name...but that was also a superb movie...any one have idea of hero of 'A Hard Day's Night"
take care and
have a nice time.
@taface412 (3175)
• United States
8 Mar 09
I love the Wizard of OZ, and I know someone else already said it, but my reason is because when I took my film appreciation class in college and we covered this film because it was when the big transition from B&W to color was happening. And they were trying to rush production so they would be the first to go from B&W to color...so that is why the film changes like it does with technicolor not only to tell you that Dorothy is not in Kansas anymore, but it also was showing the improvement of the cinema but also how the society as a whole during the Great Depression. This film is much more than entertainment, with all the history behind it.
SO I say Wizard of OZ.
@starchild2230 (71)
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9 Mar 09
Hi. I like black and white films. I find if they are good you forget they are not in colour.
I like anything with Margaret Rutherford.
Also like Curse of the Cat People, and the sequel to it.
I think if a film is good it will be timeless, wether in colour or not. xx
@VANILLAREY (1470)
• India
7 Mar 09
Yeah Chalti ka Nam Gadi is a funny movie. I liked 'Do Aankhen Baara Haat'I heard Amitabh Bacchan's Saat Hindustani was good. Charlie Chaplin's 'The Kid' is just superb. You should also watch Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' and his other movies. I watched Satyajit Ray's two movies. I don't remember the names. One movie is a detective story about stolen gem stone. The other movie is about a mid level manager working in a fan manufacturing company. I hope to see more of his movies. Now don't forget Alfred Hitchcock's 'Pycho'.
There are many other movies. I hope other members will add more movie names.
@sadiq007 (334)
• India
7 Mar 09
Hi friend,
Yeh i have seen both "Chalti ka nam gadi" and "Do ankhen barah hath" both are great movies to seen....hey i forget to say another greatest movie ....what a love story of madhubala and ashik kumar "MAHAL"....do you remember that song "Ayega Ayega...Anewala"...its amazing to watch and listen that song.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Some of my favs would be
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Innocents
The Haunting
The Elephant Man
then there are NUMEROUS Alfred Hitchcock movies, charlie Chaplin and several others..
@killmousky (29)
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8 Mar 09
My favourite black and white movie HAS to be 'Whistle Down The Wind' with Hayley Mills. This is a story of such innocence. Every time I watch it I cry. If you havent seen it yet, please try to get a copy...
@umart13 (841)
• Ireland
8 Mar 09
Hello sadiq007, my favourite black and white film is "Goodbye Mr. Chips" made in 1939, starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson. It is an English film about an aging schoolmaster set during the arly 20th century and the first world war and his memories of the school. It's a very sad film, but a very good one. This was released the same year as the American classic "Gone With The Wind", which won a load of Oscars. However, it was Robert Donat who won the Oscar for Best Actor - an Oscar which he deserved... Have a good week. Umart
@UtopianIdealist (1604)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Last Year at Marienbad and Marihuana are my the black and white movies that I favour that come to mind.
Marienbad is somewhat dreamy, one of those that may come off as a bit of a bore at first, but is very strange the more you watch. You can watch it without sound as well, as it is not in english, but has subtitles.
Marihuana is a propaganda film from the 1930's that is a showcase of cinematography that was well funded, and without the morality standards of that time as it was produced under the guise of a PSA. It and the similar others (assassin of youth, so on) have a style that is interesting, as well as an incite to politics behind cinematography.