I adore Ann Sheridan and George Raft in it. And poooor Alan Hale, Jr.! He just wanted to drink and party and nothin’ else.
As so many films from Warner Bros. are.
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“How to Marry a Millionaire”.
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Well, the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” was in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. How to Marry a Millionaire wasn’t a musical.
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I know, but it was funny as all get out. I meant it as an addition to your addition to the MM films to watch (in HtMaM, her being near-sighted is something I can relate to), and should’ve stated that.
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A few random great films, which all (arguably) end happily:
The 39 Steps (1935) thriller b&w
Murder, My Sweet (1944) film noir b&w
Lili (1953) drama / musical (slightly musical, it’s only got two or three numbers)
The Pink Panther (1963) comedy (IMHO the best of the series, but if you want something more slapsticky, go for the next A Shot in the Dark.)
THX 1138 (1970) sci fi
I guess you didn’t really need the genres listed.
And welcome back, again.
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Thanks! Uh, that’s totally what I meant to say.
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Buckaroo Banzai is delightfully weird, a classic in my book, but it might have the disappointing ending problem, since it so desperately begged for the sequel which never came.
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Time Bandits (depending on how you define “classic”).
The Court Jester. A 13 yo may consider this a bit too young for her, but it’s certainly a classic.
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How to Marry a Millionaire is a really fun movie though. Still, I think for a kid, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is more entertaining.
I love how there was this thing in old movies where it was like, wink! she’s a prostitute, but classy.
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Yes, indeed. We watched “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and wow, I had to do some explaining, for sure. She was horrified.
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But that was embarrassing when it was new.
Encourage her to read the book instead.
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There are a few movies I’d consider modern classics, but it’s likely your daughter’s seen them already: the Princess Bride, Stardust, the Mummy and the Mummy Returns (feel free to skip the third, it’s nowhere near as good as the first two.) Continuing the Brendan Fraser love, George of the Jungle is a very sweet all-ages comedy that never fails to make me feel better.
I don’t know if Man In the Iron Mask could be considered a classic movie or not. The tale is certainly classic, and the movie’s solid. I particularly liked John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu and Jeremy Irons as the Musketeers, more than Leonardo DiCaprio. It would probably pair well with 1973’s the Three Musketeers.
And if the youngling hasn’t seen Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, she really should-- it is excellent, and a good gateway to Shakespeare. (There’s a tiny bit of nudity in it, we see Romeo’s behind, but it’s brief and tastefully done, probably not too much for a thirteen-year-old.) That could lead into either the Branagh or Whedon versions of Much Ado About Nothing… although the Hero subplot is problematic and worthy of a discussion.
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Modern Times
The Thin Man
The General
Sherlock, Jr.
The Gold Rush
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Age, sex, or gender socialization/construct of the viewer shouldn’t matter for general audience classic films. Some classic films don’t age well, some go in and out of vogue. One classic film my husband and I enjoyed, my husband loved it more for the lines the beleaguered patriarch got to say, I love the main actors in the piece. My son and I watched this, and we saw how manipulative and immature the lead character was, and the film soured.
Modern Times is still relevant when one considers as a 21st-century analogy the poor Amazon workers stressed from dehumanizing mechanisms to increase productivity. Lunch feeding machine = water bottles suspended at work stations like workers are hamsters; corporate surveillance; piss jugs in delivery vehicles because time is lost with comfort station breaks. Yes it’s a comedy. It has a happy ending, and it’s about triumph of the soul, with an anarchosocialist slant.
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i definitely second this. also, she’s about the age of the protagonists, i think.
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How classic are we talking? Some may have unsuitable themes or moments but I’m thinking:
Goonies
Grease
Stand by me
Lost Boys
Mask (the one with Cher)
Some Kind of Wonderful
Wizard of Oz
Annie (original)
Babe
Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure
Wayne’s World
Napoleon Dynamite
Blades of Glory
Finding Nemo
That’s all I can think of for the moment. Will pop back in if more come to mind!
Omg can’t believe I forgot… Dirty Dancing!
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ooh! i have another one: Harold and Maude!
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My mistake - it was Alan Hale, SENIOR, who appeared in “They Drive by Night”.
One of the best scene-stealers of all time. Also an inventor.
Alan Hale Sr. - Wikipedia.
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Pick Flick!
good flick.
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A vote for Jacques Tati films “Mon Oncle,” “Les Vacances de M. Hulot”. Visual storytelling and gags, gentle humour.
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