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82ndtrooper · 08-26-2007, 17:33

Movies that is ! Let's have some more fun. Since SDIVERS thread and the threads on "Best 80's music and "Best Underground movies" had such a success and became HOT I thought I'd start another fun thread.

Simple rules: Just your favorite black and white movies. Include the actors and or actresses, any awards such as Oscars or any other film critic type awards. Any trivia that you know about the movie/s etc.

My first three to get us started.

1. The Longest Day.Possibly the best war film ever made. Story of D-DAY..................need I say anything else ??

Starring John Wayne, Red Button, Richard Burton, Eddie Albert, Paul Anka and a young Sean Connery as Pvt Flanagan.

Won 2 Oscars in 1962.

2. To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on the novel by Harper Lee told through the narration of the adult child of her summer with her brother and father. A rape of a young white woman takes place with a black man being accused. We see the movie through the narration of Gregory Pecks young daughter.

Famous line: "Daddy, if we told on Mr. Boo it would be like killing a Mockingbird"

Possibly the first court room drama played out on the screen, other than 12 Angry Men.

Starring Gregory Peck and a very young Robert Duval as Mr. Arthur "Boo"

Gregory Peck won the Oscar for leading male role.

3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt are on a quest for gold after a chance meeting in Tampico Mexico. This movie shows greed in it's ugliest form. The dangers of trust and mistrust, and what the final outcome can mean. Their are suttle cues all along this movie that will become evident when the final scene is viewed.

Walter Huston won the Oscar as best supporting actor in a male role. It was the first and only time in Oscar history that a son directed his father and won an Oscar. The son was director John Huston. Walter Huston wore false teeth and his son talked him into taking them out for the movie.

Trivia: During the filming of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" Humphrey Bogart kept asking John Huston to be released to go sailing in California and was denied. Finally Humghrey Bogart ask once more and John Huston reached across the desk and grabbed Bogart by the nose twising it and telling him "NO"
They would later bury the hatchet and do more movies together.

Famous line: "Badges? We dont need no stinking badges"

08-26-2007, 17:33	#1
82ndtrooper BANNED USER Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,189	The best BLACK AND WHITES Movies that is ! Let's have some more fun. Since SDIVERS thread and the threads on "Best 80's music and "Best Underground movies" had such a success and became HOT I thought I'd start another fun thread. Simple rules: Just your favorite black and white movies. Include the actors and or actresses, any awards such as Oscars or any other film critic type awards. Any trivia that you know about the movie/s etc. My first three to get us started. 1. The Longest Day.Possibly the best war film ever made. Story of D-DAY..................need I say anything else ?? Starring John Wayne, Red Button, Richard Burton, Eddie Albert, Paul Anka and a young Sean Connery as Pvt Flanagan. Won 2 Oscars in 1962. 2. To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on the novel by Harper Lee told through the narration of the adult child of her summer with her brother and father. A rape of a young white woman takes place with a black man being accused. We see the movie through the narration of Gregory Pecks young daughter. Famous line: "Daddy, if we told on Mr. Boo it would be like killing a Mockingbird" Possibly the first court room drama played out on the screen, other than 12 Angry Men. Starring Gregory Peck and a very young Robert Duval as Mr. Arthur "Boo" Gregory Peck won the Oscar for leading male role. 3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt are on a quest for gold after a chance meeting in Tampico Mexico. This movie shows greed in it's ugliest form. The dangers of trust and mistrust, and what the final outcome can mean. Their are suttle cues all along this movie that will become evident when the final scene is viewed. Walter Huston won the Oscar as best supporting actor in a male role. It was the first and only time in Oscar history that a son directed his father and won an Oscar. The son was director John Huston. Walter Huston wore false teeth and his son talked him into taking them out for the movie. Trivia: During the filming of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" Humphrey Bogart kept asking John Huston to be released to go sailing in California and was denied. Finally Humghrey Bogart ask once more and John Huston reached across the desk and grabbed Bogart by the nose twising it and telling him "NO" They would later bury the hatchet and do more movies together. Famous line: "Badges? We dont need no stinking badges" Last edited by 82ndtrooper; 08-26-2007 at 19:13.
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