One big part of the problem... You can't get kids to watch black and white movies.
They'll never know the joys of THE THIN MAN, THE MALTESE FALCON, or whatever else you can think of... I absolutely know several actors who have never even seen IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE because it's in black and white. They've just never bothered to watch it. These are actors for God's sake. How can you expect anyone to know who some of these people are if they've never seen them... At that point you have to forget them ever watching a silent movie unless they are in a film class... So it adds up to the fact that they'll never know about these stars. That's just really sad. Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Ball To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Film stars of the 30s be forgotten? On the flip side, my mother-in-law did not know who Bruce Springsteen was until she watched him during the Super Bowl half time. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Film stars of the 30s be forgotten? Twenty years ago, there was a joke circulating. A baby boomer observed two teenagers in a record store looking at some "Beatles" record albums. One turned to the other and said, "I didn't know Paul McCartney was in a band before "Wings"! When you tell that joke to a teenager now, they say, "What are record albums?" How come, with all the endless "improvements" in the world, people seem generally less happy, more stressed, and have to work harder to "keep up" than ever before? Bruce On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: Some universities have film clubs which help preserve the classics and pass the films on to the next generations. Unfortunately I had two occasions when major stars were not heard of. I went to Frank Sinatra Jr's concert at Jones Hall in Houston last year. I stayed after the show to meet him, get his autograph on my CD and have a picture taken with him. After printing the picture at CVS, I showed it to the cashier and told her he was the son of Frank Sinatra. Her response was, "Who is Frank Sinatra? On the otherhand, most remember Judy Garland and Debbie Reynolds. Of course they know Debbie Reynolds of Will & Grace fame and not from The Unsinkable Molly Brown. And many young and old continue to watch The Wizard of Oz. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
