Posted on 02/12/2011 9:19:45 AM PST by JoeProBono
"There's been a recent debate as to the validity of black-and-white films. Many of the youngsters say, "I just don't get it." Well, don't feel like the Lone Ranger young children. Ted Turner has similar thoughts on the supposed curse of black and white.
Whether one would like to admit it or not, the greatest films in history, to include horror, science fiction, suspense and drama, have been made in the breathtaking anti-color of black and white. According to film director John Carpenter in his inventive opus They Live, the reason films are now in color is because of an invasion of aliens during the 1950s. Nice going John, for you are not far from the truth.
I have compiled an unquestionable list made up of the 20 greatest black and white films in the history of mankind. And mind you, I have added a bonus of five Honorable Mentions. For those of you unacquainted, this list is as good a place to start as any. Enjoy some of the greatest films ever made, and they are all in glorious black and white."
Orson Welles and Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil, 1958
TMC’s been showing some good “new” old stuff lately.
:-D
Out Of The Past
Harry Carey Jr.’s book “A Company of Heroes” covers those people very well. I guess he is the last one still standing.
Netflix has lots of noir stuff I’ve never seen. I stream it on my tv with the Roku player. I gave up TV subscription.
I just saw that one, too. Good one!
Seven Days in May
Miracle on 34th Street
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
LOVED that scene!!! LOL!
Great movie too. :)
Any film with the resplendent Greta Garbo. Quite possibly the most perfect female to ever walk the Earth, (excepting Biblical figures, of course).
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
I wonder if someone is revamping an old library...I’ve recently seen several that I’ve never even heard of before. Anyone else noticing that?
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