I've recently been on quite the old film kick. What are some of your favorites? I've been checking out shorts as well as full length films, mostly made before the 60's, although I won't say to limit suggestions by that. I saw on another discussion that someone had mentioned "A Face In the Crowd" with Andy Griffith, which I watched last night and thoroughly enjoyed. I think that one was made around '57 (a few years before he did the Andy Griffith Show). I've also been checking out stuff from the very beginning of motion pictures.
This one, known by several names, is believed to be the very first horror movie by many:

The Devil's Castle (Manor of the Devil, etc) circa 1896

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBArxsdF2rs

Here's another one from around that time, The Astronomer's Dream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MvucWisow

I'll also leave this pretty badass cartoon, a clown singing St. James Infirmary (to a scene of a Betty Boop Snow White thing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDATXtewPrg&feature=related

Any input, guys and gals? I value the opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. of y'all Hideout com padres (which I probably spelled wrong, but whatever).

I have'nt seen " Vampyr '' in a long time. I'd forgotten there was no dialogue (And this was 1932.). The Criterion Collection has a 2 DVD set. I keep waiting for the price to go down a little. Sound film was'nt like Color , EVERYONE made the jump by 1930.... A lot of Silent Film stars were being shown the door , because they did'nt have trained voices.

a friend of mine is a big Vampyr fan, so thats where i heard of it for the first time. He vastly prefers it to Nosferatu, and demanded that i check it out, haha.
also, that's quite the fun fact about the guy that played the golem...interesting...

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Glad I could help.....

Another favourite of mine is "Vampyr"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44B07oaEr6g

Another German silent (you may detect a theme here....)but a few years later than the other two....less well known, but well worth a look....

hips like cinderella said:

I actually have not seen The Golem, though I've been meaning to for a while. I appreciate the link, which saves me the effort of the search. I've been checking out some old documentaries, as well. I watched Nanook of the North (which has been said to be the first actual documentary film) a couple weeks ago and it was pretty damn cool.

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Probably old news to you....but for my money, the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "The Golem" are hard to beat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEN9JL1A_g

True......it is pretty ironic....

John Battles said:

The Golem , of course , is an all time classic , and , it seems , not readily available until the 90's. What's ironic is , Paul Wegener , who played the legendary Jewish  monster - hero, later became the official Actor for The Nazi Party.

Glad I could help.....

Another favourite of mine is "Vampyr"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44B07oaEr6g

Another German silent (you may detect a theme here....)but a few years later than the other two....less well known, but well worth a look....

hips like cinderella said:

I actually have not seen The Golem, though I've been meaning to for a while. I appreciate the link, which saves me the effort of the search. I've been checking out some old documentaries, as well. I watched Nanook of the North (which has been said to be the first actual documentary film) a couple weeks ago and it was pretty damn cool.

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Probably old news to you....but for my money, the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "The Golem" are hard to beat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEN9JL1A_g

The Golem , of course , is an all time classic , and , it seems , not readily available until the 90's. What's ironic is , Paul Wegener , who played the legendary Jewish  monster - hero, later became the official Actor for The Nazi Party.

I actually have not seen The Golem, though I've been meaning to for a while. I appreciate the link, which saves me the effort of the search. I've been checking out some old documentaries, as well. I watched Nanook of the North (which has been said to be the first actual documentary film) a couple weeks ago and it was pretty damn cool.

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Probably old news to you....but for my money, the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "The Golem" are hard to beat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEN9JL1A_g

Probably old news to you....but for my money, the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "The Golem" are hard to beat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEN9JL1A_g

i have not seen No Time for Sergeants, though i will add that to my list of shit to check out. Andy Griffith jams in A Face in the Crowd. I was impressed. 

As far as old cartoons, they always catch my attention. The older they are, the more interested I am. And, like, it amazes me how you can see such a change in what is socially acceptable over time through cartoons. Like the old bugs bunny cartoons with the hunter in blackface. No fucking way that could pass on tv now. On screen stuff in general is like a time-traveling trip through society.

OHHHHHH, GOD , THERE'S SO MANY.....And always many others I'm just finding out about.....

Somehow ,I don't think I've ever seen "A Face In The Crowd" , but I've heard Griffith was outstanding in it.....I did pick up "No Time For Seargents" , recently , which was his big Broadway Comedy hit , captured on film. He's great , a different kind of character than Andy Taylor , but one that could have come from The Magical Land of Mayberry. Don Knotts is underused , with only ONE scene (A scene , of course , that he steals.).

I would suggest you grab up any and all Betty Boop cartoons you can , even the public domain , EP speed VCR tapes , they're all great, and a legitimate release of Max Fleischer's back catalogue of Booptoons is looking less and less like a reality.....even though his Superman and early Popeye masterpieces were finally released , I might add , with little fanfare , on DVD in the last few years. The ghost singing "St. James' Infirmary" in  that cartoon (Well , I guess he does look a bit like a clown....and one of Betty's would- be suitors was Koko , the Clown) was actually Cab Calloway , they filmed his one-of - a kind moves , then drew around the footage. I'm pretty sure Fleischer developed this process (Disney did the same with Bela Lugosi in "Fantasia".), like he did with the first 3-D sets for animated cartoons (Disney was on it , like stink on shit.)......