Id say 75% of my favorite movies are in Black and White. I love movies, my favorite channel in TCM (Turner Classic Movies). I really love old B/W, subtitled, samurai, movies. The Seven Samurai and a series called The Blind Swordsman. Great movies And of course I love the old swashbuckling movies with Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power. Last night I DVRd about 5 James Cagney movies (TCM aired them). And right near the top is John Wayne, especially the ones directed by John Ford. The ones they call The Cavalry Trilogy (Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande).
John Wayne is often overlooked as an actor, but Id put his body of work against anyones. These are some of the best movies ever made: Stage Coach, The Shootist, Rio Bravo, True Grit, The Alamo, Sons of Katie Elder, Hondo, El Dorado, Angel and the Badman, Red River. And these are just Westerns. His list of great War Movies is also strong. And dont forget Silent Movies. There are not a lot of them I like, but there are a few. Ben Hur, The Gold Rush, The Kid, The Lost World, The Sheik, The Mark of Zorro. Greg _____ I always used to have this mental block whereby if it was "a black-and-white movie" then it was boring!!! How stupid I know... let alone naïve! But I have reached the age where I now really enjoy them. Because my husband and I met on the Internet ... we absolutely love the movie You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The previous movie those two made together was Sleepless in Seattle which is another all-time favorite of ours. In that movie they talk about An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Debra Kerr (1957). Well... I had never seen An Affair to Remember but my husband (not only 15 1/2 years my senior but a big movie buff) has. Anyway... we watched it together about six months ago and it was pretty good. I wouldn't say it was great but pretty good and now I know what they are referring to in Sleepless in Seattle! We started collecting DVDs in the year 2000 and we have close to 250 of them. Three quarters of them are favorites and others will be given away or perhaps I will try to sell them on eBay someday in the future. We started collecting our favorite Christmas movies (older ones) eight few years ago and now we have four different versions of A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life, The Bishops Wife, and The Polar Express (I know... that one is more recent but look how much animation has become magnified since we were young!). Anyway... this year we got together with another couple who are good friends of ours to watch one of the movies and we chose The Bishop's Wife (1947 with Cary Grant and Loretta Young). I have a newer movie that is currently a great favorite of mine. V for Vendetta. The first time I watched it I thought "that is an OK/pretty good movie!" The second time I liked it better using the subtitles and now I have watched it four or five times and I think it is a moral imperative despite many other things! My husband is not impressed by too much at all as far as more recent movies coming out of Hollywood. In fact, he really has not enjoyed anything enough to call it great since The Lord of the Rings. But not too long ago he watched The Illusionist and even though he can pick up and remember movies like a sponge... he said that that is definitely one that needs to be watched at least twice to "really, really get it" and then enjoy it. And was really, really, really good! I had not seen it so we just got it on DVD and I am looking forward to it! Last night I started listening to the audio book I Am Legend. I have not seen the movie although my husband and my niece were not all that impressed with it. My husband has already listened to the audio book (that is another one of our favorite things to do separately or together) of I am Legend and he says that they are completely and totally different except for one thing. So there it is for me! Although I have not touched the tip of the iceberg as far as my entertainment but I will not bore you if you have even gotten this far! LOL Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ I had only seen a couple of times but I thoroughly enjoyed this viewing! On Jan 22, 2008 4:31 PM, Quadius < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I like classic movies, however, I haven't been watching too many lately. I guess it's because I have a DVR and for me it has been unbelievable. I used to watch a lot of classic movies during the summer months, but the networks and cable stations have finally learned that there are many of us out there looking for newer shows to watch it during the summer, so they have started making new series during that timeframe. About two years ago I had a TiVo and I had it set up so that any movie with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and a couple other actors were recorded. I even watched quite a view Hitchcock movies during that time frame. It's kind of interesting how I grew to like the classics. My first exposure was Arsenic and Old Lace. I watched it when I was a young 19-year-old private in the Army and fell in love with the movie. I have seen and probably seven or eight times over the years. Back around three years ago one of my professors was talking about Casablanca and when he looked around the room and he realized that the majority of the students had blank looks on their face. He asked how many of them had seen the movie and was absolutely shocked to find out that only one or two had. Well, I wasn't in that particular class, but my brother was and I was embarrassed to admit that I hadn't had an opportunity to see the film yet either. So, the next time it was aired on television are recorded it and really enjoyed this movie. I had no idea how many catchphrases came from that movie alone. At one point I was so hooked on classics that I would even watch a movie which was quite slow so I could witness some wonderful cinematography. Touch of Evil (1958) directed by Orson Welles comes to mind. The opening was pretty phenomenal and one particular scene where there is a small piece of trash floating in the hypnotic circular motion through the scene was fantastic. Well, enough of that. Take care. Quadius On 1/19/08, Dr. William E. Heft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good Morning: Being a great fan of the theater, I especially love the old black and white films of the 20's, 30's 40's and 50's. I guess the reason for this is that I grew up in the era and genre. So it was with great pleasure that I found a good Bogart movie last night that I had never seen before. It was entitled,'Marked Women' co-staring Betty Davis and was a 1937 production. As Bogart starred in mostly B movies in his early career, it wasn't a bad production. It was also quite evident that Bogart had not reached his potential yet. I am curious to know if by chance there are any other fans of classic moves here. Those of us who share the love of the black and white cinemas talk by the hours about the likes and dislikes of the classics and sharing bits of trivia. For example, the Bogart movie 'Casablanca has been rated as the most Romanic movie in the history of US films. Another circa favorite of the black & white films are the Bowery Boys, produced from the late 30's up through the 1950"s. These films have developed a cult following and produced such loveable characters as Slip, Sach, Chuck, Whity and Louie, the sweet shop owner. Anyone on the list old enough to remember these films? Some of these films were entitles 'Hell's Kitchen, Angles With Dirty Faces and The East Side Kids'. Much thanks goes to Ted Turner for airing the TCM television network which airs these classics 24/7 commercial free. Perhaps I might just invoke interest in this subject or even the associated field of literature, but then on the other hand this subject might be perceived as the ranting of an old man. Bill of Il. -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
