Aside Disney who started making Mickey Mouse cartoons in the 1920s, is The Wizard Of Oz the oldest film that still garners a children following today?
Granted, it's a classic, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Gone With The Wind was made the same year as Wizard of Oz, but appeals mostly to adults.
Wizard of Oz is still celebrated like any other modern blockbuster.
Well I'm of the belief that a good movie is a good movie regardless of how old it is.
The Wizard of Oz is a classic and children love it nowadays for the same reasons they loved it when it came out...its a good movie with a tremendous amount of heart.
Some movies lose their luster with age, but others like wine hold up over time...the Wizard of Oz is one of those movies.
Snow White might edge it out by a couple years.
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Yep I would say so cause the first thing that would be a Disney movie would be Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and that came out about 2 years before the Wizard of Oz did
shareI don’t know if it would be the oldest movie still enjoyed by children because Andy Hardy movies and Shirley Temple movies are very popular, although not nearly as well-known as the WOO. And if you count shorts you can also include many more films by The Three Stooges and Our Gang/The Little Rascals. It is certainly safe to say that out of all of classic film the WOO is among the most beloved by children and adults alike.
I would say the original 1931 Dracula would be the oldest movie that is still watched by most general audiences.
shareCould be but i am not sure if a lot of little kids could watch a movie that has a vampire as a character or if it is even approbate for them
shareI started watching movies like that when I was still in grade school, and "Creature Features" was on late Saturdays. I'd sneak out of bed and watch the old classic horror films, absolutely including "Dracula", and Godzilla films and cheesy monster movies from the fifties and sixties.
But then, I was already reading books written for adults at that age. No, not sexy stuff, just whatever my parents had on their bookshelves.
How about some of the silent 1920s comedies from Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, etc? Including shorts and features. I remember liking them when I was a kid.
shareIn terms of being most widely-seen by modern kids, probably - along with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
But when I was a child I was enthralled - again, and again - by the original 1933 King Kong, which remains one of my favourite films. Most people would be familiar with Kong even if they have not seen it.
Snow White???
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