OT Will Hay

[Venkys4eva]

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?

[Zom Zom]

Laurel and Hardy - Way Out West

Probably the best thing they ever did.

[fatboy47]

Casablanca.

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

[cbx750]

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

[BurnleyMickSouth]

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

[get stuck in tracy]

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

[get stuck in tracy]

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

[Venkys4eva]

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

[ecc]

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.

[Nonayforever]

Early St Trinians films, true classics.

[HahaYeah]

Moore Marriot was great in them Will Hay films.

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

[robinoz]

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

[sjb]

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.

[Roger Mellie]

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

[Hipper]

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

[Tricky Trevor]

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

[A.Claret.Fan]

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

[holdyourfire]

George Formby films ,brilliant.

[Bosscat]

The Titfield Thunderbolt

[dougcollins]

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

Wasn't 'Ghost Train' the Titfield Thunderbolt?

[Bosscat]

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"

[nil_desperandum]

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?

[Bosscat]

Would that be Arnold?

It would brain fart tonight

[nil_desperandum]

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.

[Bosscat]

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

[Hipper]

The Titfield Thunderbolt

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

[Bosscat]

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

[Caernarfon_Claret]

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).

[Caernarfon_Claret]

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)

[RMutt]

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

[longsidepies]

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!