The Wizard Of Oz
FILMCLUB, and organisation founded to help school children get into the world of films, has published a list of its most popular children’s films Autumn school term last year.
And surprisingly it’s not a Pixar film that tops the list but the slapstick classic Duck Soup that ranks as number one.
With better known classic’s such ass The Wizard of Oz and Bambi coming below, it shows how enduring the comedy of the Marx Brothers.
This is no clearer than in Charlie Chaplin’s inclusion, showing that even silent films have a place in today’s movie landscape.
The biggest shock is that all the films on the top ten are from before 1950, showing that great films don’t die, and with Italian film The Bicycle Thieves in the top ten list, it shows just how much choice the FILMCLUB can offer.
The films have all been chosen by teachers, librarians and parents who lead after-school film clubs as part of the FILMCLUB scheme, often in collaboration with their students.
While you might not know them all, especially the The Bicycle Thieves, but all are genuinely great films, and a back catalogue including these available to kids around the country to experience must be a good thing.
The Top Ten List Is:
1. Duck Soup (1933)
2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3. Bambi (1942)
4. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
5. Dumbo (1941)
6. Oliver Twist (1948)
7. Laurel and Hardy: Way Out West (1937)
8. Pinocchio (1940)
9. The Bicycle Thieves (1948)
10. Charlie Chaplin: The Circus (1928)
Despite only being set up two years ago by Bridget Jones’ Diary: The Edge of Reason director Beeban Kidron and Lindsay Mackie, an educationalist whos part of many charity schemes to promote education, FILMCLUB is an after school activity has been installed in nearly 3000 schools nationwide, with a supposed 80,000 members.
The scheme is free to state-funded schools and lets teachers and parents give children of whatever age a chance to watch non-mainstream cinema, be it from before they we born or from around the world.
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