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...Continued (period comedy revisited) and noir recommendations.

Posted by Audiophilander on May 14, 2019 at 12:53:19:
I didn't want to bore you with too much marginal stuff you may not be interested in seeing. Especially when it comes to silent films which are definitely an acquired taste. I feel comfortable recommending everything comedy-wise that I listed. BTW, if seeking the Max Davidson two-reelers the source is Edition Filmmuseum in Germany. The one film I mentioned from this set "Pass The Gravy" is among the funniest films I've ever seen. It's a live action comedy with scenes that heavily influenced animators a dozen years later.

Pete Doctor of PIXAR and Disney gave a Saturday morning lecture at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival around eight years ago lauding this and two other influential short comedies that influenced the animator's art. My wife and I attended the lecture and in the audience when this was screened. It literally brought the house down (well, ...not literally in the literal sense). :0)

The main sound film comedy recommendations include Preston Sturges' films from the 40's such as The Great McGinty, The Palm Beach Story, Sullivan's Travels and Miracle At Morgan Creek.

Anyway, as I said earlier, I'll move on from comedy to other genres, hopefully providing a thorough, but eclectic sampling of the best from genres that I personally consider worthwhile. Many of the films I mention you may have already seen at one time or another, but the films deserve mention..

Noir favorites (random ten off the top of my head):

Citizen Kane
Key Largo
The Third Man
The Big Sleep
Double Indemnity
Touch of Evil
Dark Passage
Kiss Me Deadly (Ralph Meeker)
The Killers (Lancaster)
The Maltese Falcon (Bogart)

I'll follow up with a few more personal recommendations and fleshed out thoughts on diverse cinema worth checking out later on, if interested.

Cheers,
AuPh