The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty Burr

The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty Burr

If a child can watch Barney, can't that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn't they grow to like screwball comedies (His Girl Friday), women's weepies (Imitation of Life), and westerns (The Searchers)? The answer is that they'll follow because they'll have learned that "old" does not necessarily mean "next channel, please."Here is an impassioned and eminently readable guide that introduces the delights of the golden age of movies. Ty Burr has come up with a winning prescription for children brought up on Hollywood junk food. FOR THE LITTLE ONES (Ages 3--6): Fast-paced movies that are simple without being unsophisticated, plainspoken without being dumbed down. Singin' in the Rain and Bringing Up Baby are perfect.FOR THE ONES IN BETWEEN (Ages 7--12): "Killer stories," placing easily grasped characters in situations that start simply and then throw curveballs. The African Queen and Some Like It Hot do the job well.FOR THE OLDER ONES (Ages 13+): Burr recommends relating old movies to teens' contemporary favorites: without Hitchcock, there could be no The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, without Brando, no Johnny Depp.

The Boston Globe's film critic is Ty Burr. He worked in HBO's film acquisitions department and wrote about movies for Entertainment Weekly for more than a decade. After thirty years of serious moviegoing, he believes that he has watched around 10,680 films. He can recall 7,000 of them on a good day.

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ISBN 13	9781400096862
ISBN 10	1400096863
Title	The Best Old Movies for Families
Author	Ty Burr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2007-02-13
Number of pages	384
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