Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on February 18, 2004 at 12:43:09

In Reply to: Re: Watching old films posted by rico on February 18, 2004 at 10:54:50:

I also find dramatic and comedy silents like Sunrise, Faust, Metropolis, Pandora's Box, Thief of Bagdad, The Black Pirate, Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, City Lights, The Kid Brother, Steamboat Bill Jr., Quality Street, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Foolish Wives, Napoleon, The Iron Mask and My Best Girl (i.e., among many other silent features) as supurb filmfare.

Also, early pre-code sound features like Shanghai Express, King Kong, Duck Soup, Just Imagine, The Unholy Three (Lon Chaney's remarkable albeit only sound feature), Freaks, Mystery of the Wax Museum, It Happened One Night, ...

...and later cinematic milestones & masterpieces such as Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Fantasia, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Dark Passage, The Third Man, Things to Come, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sunset Boulevard, ...

...classic european sound features such as Fritz Lang's M & The return of Dr. Mabuse, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, Jerry Lewis's Nutty Professor (;^D)...

...and even old adventure serials such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, The Drums of Fu Manchu, The Secret Code, The Spider's Web, Gangbusters, Flash Gorden (& sequels), Adventures of Captain Marvel, Spysmasher, Manhunt on Mystery Island and King of the Rocketmen, etc.

And the list goes on and on ...!

AuPh