Silent Movies...

[H]

I concede the facts that lead to T.V. color broadcast.  But some movies made in the late '50s and early '60s, like "Dr. StrangeLove", "The Longest Day" and "The Pawnbroker", were shot in good old black and white!

...as stated, b/w TV shows were made well into the 1960's, as a look at late-night oldies will reveal.

Sorry, I omitted you:
"...as you stated, denishc, b/w TV shows were made well into the 1960's, as a look at late-night oldies will reveal."

[Fozzer]

It's a strange fact that Black and White photography, Movies/Stills, seems to be much more "dramatic" than colour photography... ...!
I wonder why...?

Some of the best B/W films seem to originate from Europe. France, Italy, etc...!
Sub-titled, but still fascinating to watch...!

Cheers all...!

Paul....playing "The Chase" on the piano... ...LOL...!

[Hagar]

b/w TV shows were made well into the 1960's, as a look at late-night oldies will reveal."

The reverse is also true. While doing a little research into this interesting subject I discovered a few facts that I'd either forgotten or never knew. For example: Howard Hughes' WWI epic 'Aces High' was originally intended to be a silent movie. It was released in 1930 when talkies were still in their infancy. Jolson's 'The Jazz Singer', regarded as the first talkie, was first shown in public in New York on October 6th, 1927. This was a mixture of silent & talkie. Some full Technicolor footage of Hell's Angels still survives. This was probably shot as an experiment but proves what was possible in 1930. Making this film sparked Hughes' passion & future involvement with aviation. He formed the Hughes Aircraft Company division of Hughes Tool in 1932. The rest is history.

All this might be covered in the recent film 'The Aviator' which I haven't seen.

[Bombardier101]

Probably back in the early 60's and remember thinking that the vampire looked, "goofy" as I was use to Bela Lugosi's portrayal

It was a hell of a movie, although a silent one. The vampire was really quite a horrifying one being butt-toothed and bald (no offense), not to mention the creepy fingers.... :-/ *insert scared smiley here*. Bela Lugosi wasn't too bad, but I think Nosferatu is the best of all vampire movies simply because of the way he stares out of the window with his scary looks

[Romulus111VADT]

It was a hell of a movie, although a silent one. The vampire was really quite a horrifying one being butt-toothed and bald (no offense), not to mention the creepy fingers.... :-/ *insert scared smiley here*. Bela Lugosi wasn't too bad, but I think Nosferatu is the best of all vampire movies simply because of the way he stares out of the window with his scary looks

As much as I admired Lugosi as an actor. He got stereo typed into his Dracula roll as Boris Karloff did playing Frankenstein. Bela Lugosi was also a fall down drunk during most of his life and that scary stare behind the cape was just as likely to be a drunken stare that he was trying to hide with the cape....lol

[alrot]

Hey what about the original "The Little Rascals"has anyone of you (the 38 and ahead years old)saw it? guys i grow up with this silent show,they place a narrator,but it was so great that they did a new version in movie in 1994,did anyone saw it,one from many funny chapters?

[Hagar]

Check this out Alrot. http://www.cyranos.ch/ourg-e.htm

The name rings a bell but I can't say I remember it. I'm pretty sure I would have seen it if it was released here in the UK. I went to the cinema three times a week in my young days (had a complimentary ticket) & saw almost everything there was going at least once.

[Romulus111VADT]

Hey what about the original "The Little Rascals"has anyone of you (the 38 and ahead years old)saw it? guys i grow up with this silent show,they place a narrator,but it was so great that they did a new version in movie in 1994,did anyone saw it,one from many funny chapters?

The "The Little Rascals" or "Our Gang" feature version of the popular comedy shorts of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, about an engaging group of youngsters that were really quite funny. The 1994 remake was sad, really sad, compared to the orginals.

[denishc]

It's a strange fact that Black and White photography, Movies/Stills, seems to be much more "dramatic" than colour photography... ...!
I wonder why...?

 Black and white photography allows for some interesting "shadows" that can't be captured by color.  Take for instance a scene from "In Cold Blood", Robert Blake is looking out a window recounting his difficult youth, outside its raining and the rain water is running down the window.  The shadow of the rain water is projected on to Robert Blake's face and it appears as though he's crying.  Very "dramatic" indeed.