Classic BW films

[smutchin]

Casablanca
To Have and Have Not
The Big Sleep

Another vote for Brief Encounter.

Films with smoking and hats do it for me.

Ideally with Humphrey Bogart doing the hat-wearing and smoking, eh?

Add The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo to the above list.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I was just going to say Maltese Falcon, one of my faves, BW or color.

Harvey
If you want a modern BW silent The Artist is something special

 

[NorthernDave]

@postman @swee'pea99 and @Supersuperleeds have already recommended it, but I'll add another vote for It's a Wonderful Life.
We're approaching the time of year when our copy will be dusted off and put on again for it's annual showing. a truly special film.

Another excellent Jimmy Stewart film (and in B&W) is Harvey which I can watch time and time again.

Pretty much any of the Ealing comedies - Whisky Galore, Passport to Pimlico, The Maggie, etc, etc.
Try Hell Drivers for something a bit less humorous (although it does feature Sid James, and a young Sean Connery) or Dambusters

If you watch the second channel, BBC2 often has a couple of old B&W films on early on Saturday and Sunday mornings too and Talking Movies has also been mentioned already - there is some rubbish on there, but there are gems too.

 

[Tim Hall]

Ideally with Humphrey Bogart doing the hat-wearing and smoking, eh?

Add The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo to the above list.

You got me bang to rights. High waisted trousers are good as well.

I set my Scouts a question last week, worth a bar of chocolate. "Which film has the line 'You know how to whistle, don't you Steve?', and what is the line that follows?"

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You got me bang to rights. High waisted trousers are good as well.

I set my Scouts a question last week, worth a bar of chocolate. "Which film has the line 'You know how to whistle, don't you Steve?', and what is the line that follows?"

Just put your lips together and blow!

 

[MontyVeda]

if you've got Talking Pictures TV as a channel they show old B&W films, of the type were men were men and woman screamed hysterically until they were shaken and had water thrown in their face.

...and then thanked the man who'd shaken her "oh i don't know what came over me!"

 

[Dayvo]

'You just put your lips together and blow.'

 

[Dayvo]

Sod it. Blown away by 3BM.

 

[MontyVeda]

Ideally with Humphrey Bogart doing the hat-wearing and smoking, eh?

Add The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo to the above list.

and Dark Passage.

 

[jefmcg]

Last Tango in Paris is a good old fashioned romantic weepie.

lol.

And butter.

 

[jefmcg]

Though not black and white, she should look Douglas Sirk's films - fantastic, over the top melodramas.

His Girl Friday is one of the best romantic comedies, sexy and modern (ish)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kpXX501COc

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Any of the Ealing comedies- many set in that London before it was ruined by the current occupiers!

@Markymark

 

[Roadrider48]

Stick on the original "Rear window" with James Stewart.

 

[jefmcg]

Stick on the original "Rear window" with James Stewart.

In glorious Technicolor!

(worth seeing on the big screen, if you ever get the chance)

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLC2WwN1GU&list=PLcqkBkKlQ5uC0dLBcz84vYp8HBhxeYCkR