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Movie Buffs - Classics You've Shown Your Kids

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FixItUpChappie · 03/10/2021 23:43

A thread to chat about what oldies you've shown your kids - what worked, what didn't, what you recommend. There must be other movie buffs out there trying to introduce some films from days gone by amidst a sea of Marvel movies and frenetic moderns offerings - id love to know how it's going Smile

Here is what I can recall showing my 8yr and 10 yr old boys so far....I'll start there then add some comments regarding how well they went over

Westerns
-Shane
-High Noon
-Support Your Local Sheriff

Musicals
-Sound of Music
-Singing In The Rain
-The Red Shoes
-Easter Parade
-That’s Entertainment 1, 2, 3

Sci Fi
-Journey to the Centre of the Earth
-Mysterious Island
-The Time Machine

Adventure
-Crimson Pirate
-Flame in the Arrow
-Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
-Jason and The Argonauts
-Ivanhoe

Comedy
-Operation Petticoat
-Father Goose

War
-Enemy Below

Mystery/Thriller
-North by Northwest (misstep - the kids were too young)

Monster
-Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
-Creature from the Black Lagoon
-Kong Kong (30s version)

Older Disney/Kids Movies
-Zorro
-Bedknobs and Broomsticks
-Swiss Family Robinson
-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
-Chitty Chitty Band Bang
-Treasure Island

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featherbird · 04/10/2021 00:02

Fame & Bugsy Malone

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