[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Alf

I recommend the film "The Heiress" for you, starring the fantastic Olivia de Havilland. A tour de force of a performance by her and a pretty tidy film.

Will look out for it Alf,do you watch Talking Movies Freeview channel 81, they run old films on there 24/7

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I love 'em. Billy Wilder is one of my fave directors. Check out all his films from Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the hole, Some like it hot and The Apartment

...Billy Wilder....The Apartment is one of my all time favourite movies...

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Was it because that's all there was when you were young?

When I was growing up back in the 80s, you used to always get them on. Laurel and Hardy film's, Abbott and Costello film's. We even got the Harold Lloyd show, weekly. My old man would always watch them, and there was only one telly in the house back then.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Will look out for it Alf,do you watch Talking Movies Freeview channel 81, they run old films on there 24/7

Nah, I don't watch movies on TV, I just buy dvds, and watch them, I've made it into a bit of a hobby collecting them.

[Twosugars]

Dont mind them at all.
Rebecca, Casablanca, early Hitchcock. Some classic horrors and comedies.
Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, that film made me cry.
City Lights by Chaplin.
Wasn't some Fellini's stuff black and white? Like La Strada

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Alf

When I was growing up back in the 80s, you used to always get them on. Laurel and Hardy film's, Abbott and Costello film's. We even got the Harold Lloyd show, weekly. My old man would always watch them, and there was only one telly in the house back then.

Laurel and Hardy are great.
Harold Lloyd's were beautifully constructed.

[Ammi]

Youtube video

[Oliver_W]

I like some B&W films - The Fly, Wonderful Life, Hitchcock stuff, other old cheesey horrors, Old Hollywood(tm) ...

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...Billy Wilder....The Apartment is one of my all time favourite movies...

Best Director of all time IMO.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Alf

Seen them all many times, I always do a Wilder binge from time to time, one of the greats.

The best

[LaLaLand]

I like them alot. More so like late 50's/early 60's stuff where it's a little more edgy than previous years.

I LOVE "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" and the old Hitchcock movies. & although it's a little later, Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is a fave (black and white).

Something very sharp and classy in the filming, "classic Hollywood".

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

I like them alot. More so like late 50's/early 60's stuff where it's a little more edgy than previous years.

I LOVE "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" and the old Hitchcock movies. & although it's a little later, Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is a fave (black and white).

Something very sharp and classy in the filming, "classic Hollywood".

Whatever happened to baby Jane is so tense, one of the best thrillers of its time.

[Mystic Mock]

The only black and white Film that I've watched is Psycho and I liked it.

Of course it's dated in certain areas, but the story holds up well which is all I ask for.

[Livia]

Even as a child I loved old films and I watch a lot of them on the Talking Pictures channel. If you love film surely anyone, of any age, would be interested how the industry has evolved? I love old Hollywood stuff, but I'm particularly fond of old British films, Ealing Comedies, Hammer Horror, WW2 propaganda...... I love them all.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Livia

Even as a child I loved old films and I watch a lot of them on the Talking Pictures channel. If you love film surely anyone, of any age, would be interested how the industry has evolved? I love old Hollywood stuff, but I'm particularly fond of old British films, Ealing Comedies, Hammer Horror, WW2 propaganda...... I love them all.

Oh same Livia ,I watch that channel when I can, not keen on comedies in general but love most of the rest you've named.i am also really fond of period dramas.

[Elliot]

Some of them have aged really poorly, some of them haven’t aged as bad