Last B&W widescreen Hollywood movie?

Was watching TCM tonight and a beautiful looking Black & White 2:35 widescreen film was on called The Outrage from 1964. Which really caught my eye and got me thinking that this had to be pretty close to the end of Hollywood B&W widescreen releases. Anyone know which film or films were the last ones from Hollywood?

 

In cold blood from 1967 comes to mind.
And Manhattan from 1979.

 

Wasn’t Stranger Than Paradise shot in b/w? That was in the early 80’s. Need to confirm if it was widescreen.

 

Flat widescreen, not CinemaScope.

 

love cinemascope B&W, recently bought the Indicator bluray release of The Third Secret (1964)





As for the last B&W cinemascope title? Maybe Ulysses (1967)?

Vagebond's Movie ScreenShots: Ulysses (1967)

 

Ah, so maybe In Cold Blood in 67 was pretty much the end of Hollywood widescreen B&W. I forgot about that one. I would think there were very few in 66 if any.

 

Yeah, and I think there were very few b&w scope in '65 as well.

Black and white(in any aspect ratio) had a good 30 year run after the late 30s technicolor wonder hit the screens. Pretty amazing in some ways

 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? 1966

 

The Artist (2011)

 

Perhaps not the last, but The Fortune Cookie (October, ‘66) was near the end...

 

I think the question is really about the end of the period where black and white movies were made regularly... not occasional throwback movies from the 70s and onward.

 

It was shot in 1.33:1 to keep with the old-school Hollywood feel. The Good German did the same thing.

Schindler's List was 1.85:1, though I don't think it was actually shot in black & white.
The Man Who Wasn't There was also shot in 1.85:1.

 

That wasn’t widescreen 2:35.
I think it was around 1:85 as I recall.

 

Yes correct. Thanks

 

Yes! Forgot about that one. Saw it in the theater as a kid.

 

The Elephant Man (1981)
Suture (1994)

 

Suture was the last major film I can think of that was shot in B&W scope on motion picture film.

Roma was shot in Alexa 65mm digital and changed to B&W in post (by senior finishing artists Steven J. Scott & Charles Bunnag), and I don't believe it was anamorphic scope -- I think they were all spherical Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses. This was the opposite of a typical "soft" anamorphic widescreen movie shot on film, absolutely pin-sharp.

 

i'll take black and white over color, anyday.

 

Ed Wood?

 

No, Ed Wood was 1.85, not scope. But it was shot in 35mm B&W.

 

Have not seen Roma but I think it's pointless to make a b&w movie if you don't shoot it on b&w film

 

I saw it transferred to 70 mm film and it looked great.

 

Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing from 1965 was a later B&W widescreen release. One of my favorites, with excellent cinematography:

 

Oh, I dunno. The Artist was shot on color film and then changed to B&W during the final digital correction in post, and it was nominated for six Golden Globes (won 3), twelve BAFTA awards (won seven), and nominated for ten Oscars (and won five), and made $133 million at the box office. Not bad for a film that only cost $15 million... and was shot on Kodak 5219 (my favorite existing film stock):

The Artist’s Cinematographer Speaks - Studio Daily



So much can be done now to digitally manipulate grayscale from color film, it's a whole new ballgame in how things can be changed. The fact that they made this 2011 feature look like a 1927 production shot on nitrate film is even more astonishing. I defy you to look at it and believe it wasn't shot on B&W film.

Roma was nominated for ten Oscars and won three, and receive massive accolades for its unusual B&W look, and more than a few cinematography awards. I don't think it looks like it was shot on film, but it does have a striking technical style, and I think it works for the story they were trying to tell.