Black and Whites

To kill a mockingbird:

 

Seven Samurai (Pre Magnificent 7even)

 

Errol Flynn charges his light brigade:
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Kipling's Pre-Disney Jungle Book:
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For Honour = Beau Geste
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They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in Heaven, is he in Hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel!

 

Some, Like it HOT
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I like a lot of the films mentioned. A few that weren’t:
Pride of the Yankees
Bridges at Toko Ri (although they’ve colorized it now)
The Best Years of Our Lives

Every night when I get into bed, I turn on Turner Classic Movies, pick a black & white, set the timer and fall asleep. Can’t be color bc it’s too distracting.

 

Tarzan films Maureen O'Sullivan was a hottie.

 

Oh, so many. All those mentioned and The Man Who Came to Dinner, On Borrowed Time, Philadelphia Story, The Marx Brothers movies, WC Fields ,-----I have a collection of video tapes,( probably 500) many of which are from the 30s, 40s. I saw so many of those old black and whites in the 40s for 12 cents a showing at my little hometown theater.

 

"HELL IS A CITY"

 

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Just watched an old black & white Elvis movie. King Creole on Silver Screen TV Channel. Just happened on it and my wife and I had good time watching it and hearing songs we hadn’t heard in decades.

 

Mizoguchi is my fave b&w filmmaker. Sansho the Bailiff, Life of Ohara, Ugetsu (below). He did things with b&w that colors can never touch...