My film education came when I was a kid and PBS was airing the Film on Film series from BBC. All the ins and outs of Chaplin and other movie greats. I had an uncle video tape them for me because it came in too fuzzy at my house to record. I was always a classic comedy and horror fan, but my uncle opened my eyes to the likes of Bogie, the Thin Man series and Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. It has been so long that I forget which Charlie Chan he was a fan of, Toler or Oland.

Besides the intensity of 12 Angry Men, it was just so easy to put yourself in that room. I knew nothing of it when I first saw it, late night on PBS, but I thought it would be a tremendous play. When I found out that is where it came from, I felt so proud I knew a little something. You could remake it every 15 years and get Oscar nods. Take the 12 best character actors of any generation and throw them in a room with that script, nothing but money.

I'm not the biggest Cagney guy, but the horror fan in me loves Man of A Thousand Faces.

Escapist, Treasure Island, Wallace Beery version.

P.S. I can get the people that can't sit through silent movies, some can be tedious, but when I start talking about B&W films and they say they can't watch one, it drives me fucking nuts. Might as well tattoo "SIMPLETON" on your forehead.