I agree it’s hard to say what is the best of any kind of film.
Lately I’ve been watching a lot of pre-1950 films. Lots of good acting and writing even many of the “B” films out class the dreck being pushed out of Hollowwood today especially from the silent era.
Casablanca was a B movie. No one expected it to be what it became. Cleopatra was an A movie. No one expected what it became either.
“””Lately I’ve been watching a lot of pre-1950 films. Lots of good acting and writing even many of the “B” films out class the dreck being pushed out of Hollowwood today especially from the silent era.”””
Something I see in the old movies is how good the peripheral actors are, butlers and such, most actors seem to have had a lot of stage and formal acting training/experience back in the 30s and 40s.