Recommend some older films for my Girlfrend's kids

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  1. jason88cubs

    jason88cubs Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    They don't understand why I enjoy black and white films so much but are willing to give it a chance. Now I have a lot I like but what are some recommendations that would hold their interest? Obviously stuff like Casablanca and Citizen Kane is a classic and I enjoy it very much but I think they would be too young to fully "get it"

    Some off the top of my head I have in my is the 50's version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" the 51 version of "Kind Lady","The Woman in the Window", "Talk of the Town"

    Any recommendations?
     
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  2. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    Try '12 Angtry Men'.
    Good story, easy to follow and a brilluant film.
     
  3. Yawndave

    Yawndave Forum Resident

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    It Happened One Night
    Some Like It Hot
     
  4. Stencil

    Stencil Forum Resident

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    Preston Sturges:

    Sullivans Travels
    The Lady Eve
    The Palm Beach Story

    Crackling scripts, mature stories, and some interesting camera work.
     
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  5. AppleBonker

    AppleBonker Forum Resident

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    My daughter (11 at the time) really enjoyed Charade and Gambit. She tends to like mystery/heist films with tricky plots, and if your kids do, too, I heartily recommend these!

    (she liked How To Steal a Million, too; I turned her onto Audrey Hepburn!)

    EDIT: Oops, I see you are talking specifically about B+W films, not classic films. I'll keep the above anyways. She liked Roman Holiday, too. :)
     
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  6. agentalbert

    agentalbert Senior Member

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    I don't know, b&w is a hard sell. I'll admit I instinctively avoid them, and I'm 49. There are good and great ones of course. But at their age, something from the 70's or 80's is an "older movie". Even the 90's. Why are you insistent on converting them to b&w movies even further back?

    Maybe show them Little Rascals episodes.
     
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  7. somnar

    somnar Senior Member

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    What films/series do they like?
     
  8. jason88cubs

    jason88cubs Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    comedy/horror
     
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  9. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Babes in Toyland
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    Theatrical release poster (1934)
    Directed by Gus Meins
    Charles Rogers
    Screenplay by Frank Butler
    Nick Grinde
    Based on Babes in Toyland (operetta), book by:
    Glen MacDonough
    Anna Alice Chapin
    Produced by Hal Roach
    Starring Stan Laurel
    Oliver Hardy
    Charlotte Henry
    Cinematography Francis Corby
    Art Lloyd
    Edited by Bert Jordan
    William H. Terhune
    Music by Victor Herbert
    Glen MacDonough
    Harry Jackson
    Production
    companies

    Hal Roach Studios
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Distributed by Loew's, Inc.
    Release date
    November 30, 1934[1]
    Running time
    78 minutes
    Country United States
    Language English
     
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  10. ChefBrunch

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    you'll need to start them slow, B&W is too old

    try some early color classics

    operation petticoat might be a good one for them.
     
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  11. Fabrice Outside

    Fabrice Outside Forum Resident

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    I guess it would depend on what kind of film they like anyway.
    My older kid (18) loves detective stuff or sci-fi and will focus on the story, regardless wether the movie is B&W or color

    By the way, he was pretty shaken up when he watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers at 12
     
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  12. Chazro

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    Rebel Without A Cause, than work yr way backwards to Elvis in Kid Creole! Just like today, you gotta find something they can relate to. Good looking, rebelling, heart throbs is a safe bet!;)
     
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  13. barryalan

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    Ed Wood (1994)
    Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Paper Moon (1973)
     
  14. FramboGND

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  15. 7solqs4iago

    7solqs4iago Forum Resident

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    sure...

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  16. barryalan

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    That's right I forgot these are for children and how despically evil this movie is. Sorry too late to delete it! Best not watch it then.
     
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  17. Bea Jonas

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    I saw Bringing Up Baby on late night TV when I was around the same age as your girlfriend's kids and enjoyed it. For horror, give Mario Bava's Black Sunday a try.
     
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  18. longdist01

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    Marx Brothers or The Three Stooges?

    also - To Kill A Mockingbird, maybe?

    Some of the early Universal Monsters films?
     
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  19. Psychedelic Good Trip

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    Village of the Damned
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    U.S. theatrical release poster
    Directed by Wolf Rilla
    Screenplay by
    Based on The Midwich Cuckoos
    (1957 novel)
    by John Wyndham
    Produced by Ronald Kinnoch
    Starring
    Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
    Edited by Gordon Hales
    Music by Ron Goodwin
    Production
    company

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1]
    Distributed by Loew's[1]
    Release date
    • 7 December 1960 (LA & NYC)
    Running time
    77–78 minutes[1]
    Countries
    • United Kingdom[1]
    • United States[1]
    Language English
    Budget $320,000[2]
    Box office $2,175,000[2]

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  20. mBen989

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  21. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    1936 blockbuster, Rose Marie.

    San Francisco
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    Original Film Poster
    Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
    Written by Robert E. Hopkins
    Anita Loos
    Produced by John Emerson
    Bernard H. Hyman
    Starring Clark Gable
    Jeanette MacDonald
    Spencer Tracy
    Jack Holt
    Jessie Ralph
    Ted Healy
    Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
    Edited by Tom Held
    Music by Walter Jurmann
    Bronisław Kaper
    Edward Ward
    Production
    company

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Distributed by Loew's Inc.
    Release date
    • June 26, 1936
    Running time
    115 minutes
    Country United States
    Language English
    Budget $1.3 million[1][2]
    Box office $5.3 million[1]

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    The biggest box office hit of 1936, San Francisco.
     
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  22. Pangurban

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    Not horror, but some grittier BW films: Psycho, Sunset Blvd, and Touch of Evil, the Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear.

    Old comedies seem like a tough sell for kids, BW, somehow even more so. Hmmm. Dr. Strangeglove, Hail the Conquering Hero, Bringing Up Baby, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Arsenic and Old Lace, Modern Times. If you want to get really crazy and go full-on silent The Kid.
     
  23. Chance

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    They have GOT to see Frankenstein and King Kong! Also maybe Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein.
     
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  24. vinylbuff

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    Try the "Thin Man" series with William Powell and Myrna Loy. They are a little bit mystery, a little drama, and a little comedy. I found that when I watched them again, I picked up more details and more humor.
     
  25. Tim Lookingbill

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    The Innocents...

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