You have to start them young. Children, when they are young, are often
still "wanting to please", so when they see your enthusiam, they will follow.
Both my daughters were reared on black and white films. It wasn't until my
oldest daughter was about 7, that she asked me why the movies we watched were
black and white when everything else on t.v. was color. So, she got the history
lesson.
My 12 year old and I just watched Casablanca the other evening as TCM has
the Oscar movies this month. We've watched it before and she loved it. Her
favorite film is Roman Holiday and she has the international one sheet of that
hanging above her desk thanks to Kirby. One of her favorite movies is Picnic
and we watch that regularly, sometimes in the middle of the night when we can't
sleep. She sees all the current films that a 12 year old would see with her
friends, loves Little Miss Sunshine (so did I), but she loves the old movies
and there are many times she just picks out something and I hear her watching
it on her own. To Kill a Mockingbird or It's a Wonderful Life. My oldest
daughter loved all of Shirley Temples's early films. Again, just as it was for
me growing up in the 50's and 60's, watching those old black and whites on
Saturday or Sunday matinees on t.v. was a great history lesson for me and I
never even realized it at the time.
Just like anything, if you want your kids to have an interest, like a love
of reading, it has to come from you and the earlier you start it, and the more
exposure you offer, the better. They are little sponges, really!!
Sue
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:53:01 -0800From: [email protected]: Re: [MOPO]
Will Film stars of the 30s be forgotten?To: [email protected]
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.
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