Searching youtube a few nights ago and I came across one of his films 'oh mr porter'. I remember watching it with my Dad as a kid but I had never really heard of him before. So I started searching his films and he has had me laughing away all week. Anyone else recommend any old bw movies from years gone by (not necessarily Will Hays) that are worth a watch?

Laurel and Hardy - Way Out West

Probably the best thing they ever did.

Casablanca.

I'm a cynical get, but this one works for me every time.

Pimpernel Smith and Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Also First of The Few.

Alistair Sim, An Inspector Calls, Black n White, but great film, watched it at least 4 times, and a twist at the end.

Ask A Policeman is my favorite Will Hay film also "Ghost Train" with Arthur Askey.

Ask A Policeman is my favorite Will Hay film also "Ghost Train" with Arthur Askey.

get stuck in tracy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:31 pm

Ask A Policeman is my favorite Will Hay film also "Ghost Train" with Arthur Askey.

I watched the 'ask a policeman' last night

Some good fims above, cheers

Oddly enough, I started watching a Norman Wisdom fillm the other day. In a totally crazy world, I find a certain reassurance in watching old films. I was too young to see his films at the cinema but they were always on the TV back in the seventies.

Early St Trinians films, true classics.

Moore Marriot was great in them Will Hay films.

I recommend 'The Ghost Goes West' (1935) starring Robert Donat, a proper cheese and toaster.

She'll have to go - Bob Monkhouse, Hattie Jacques, Alfred Marks and the delightful Anna Karina.

I collect British black & white films from the 1930s through to the 1960s and must have over 700. Off the top of my head 5 I would recommend are Jigsaw; Seven Keys; Saloon Bar, Smokescreen & Don't Talk To Strange Men, but they are just 5 of the many I enjoy watching.

Definitely give Buster Keaton , One Week a go.. a work of sheer genius. 25 minute short.

The 39 Steps (Hitchcock) - 1935.

Shop Around the Corner - 1940

Ninotchka - 1939

Hobson's Choice - 1954

The Importance of Being Earnest - 1952 (in colour though).

Pygmalion - 1938

Just put Talking Pictures on.
Have to agree with Hipper on Hobson’s Choice. Superb from minute 1.
Laurel & Hardy, outstanding.

Thanks @BurnleyMickSouth for reminding me about Alistair Sim in "An Inspector Calls". An hour of pleasure with a twist.

Watch it here... https://archive.org/details/AnInspectorCalls1954_201508

George Formby films ,brilliant.

The Titfield Thunderbolt

get stuck in tracy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:30 pm

Ask A Policeman is my favorite Will Hay film also "Ghost Train" with Arthur Askey.

Wasn't 'Ghost Train' the Titfield Thunderbolt?

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:42 pm

Wasn't 'Ghost Train' the Titfield Thunderbolt?

No "The Ghost Train" was a stage play adapted into a film ... funnily enough written by Arthur Ridley who played Pvt Godfrey in "Dads Army"

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:53 pm

No "The Ghost Train" was a stage play adapted into a film ... funnily enough written by Arthur Ridley who played Pvt Godfrey in "Dads Army"

Would that be Arnold?

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:58 pm

Would that be Arnold?

It would brain fart tonight

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:09 pm

It would brain fart tonight

Just googled him.
Knew he was an actor and war hero, but didn't know he had written so many plays.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:14 pm

Just googled him.
Knew he was an actor and war hero, but didn't know he had written so many plays.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:32 pm

The Titfield Thunderbolt

I always thought it was The Titchfield Thunderbolt so I assumed the film you saw was some sort of porn film.

Hipper wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:21 am

I always thought it was The Titchfield Thunderbolt so I assumed the film you saw was some sort of porn film.

Dead of Night (1945)
Night of the Hunter (1955) Charles Laughton's only film as a director as it was panned by critics at the time. So the next thing he did after Hobson's Choice mentioned above (in which he played Hobson).

Funnily enough I remember watching Hobson's Choice in English lesson around about 1989/90

Some of Laurel & Hardy Shorts (2 reelers)
The Music Box
Towed in a Hole
County Hospital (hard boiled eggs and nuts)

Robb Wilton is another old character who must have shifted his music hall act to film.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4GQe8CKCr ... aWx0b24%3D

sjb wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:07 pm

I collect British black & white films from the 1930s through to the 1960s and must have over 700. Off the top of my head 5 I would recommend are Jigsaw; Seven Keys; Saloon Bar, Smokescreen & Don't Talk To Strange Men, but they are just 5 of the many I enjoy watching.

Saloon Bar is an absolute corker of a movie!