Classic Kids: Day Five
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Another one of Joelle’s favorites, we both
discovered this film when she was five.
Now, my children are rather familiar with Turner Classic Movie Channel,
so they are always ready for a black and white classic. Whereas yesterday’s film was strictly
for children, this film is perhaps for the older kids in our audience, by that
I mean at least 7-8 years of age. One
of the key characters is a ghost, so that might scare some children, even
though he is a funny, sassy ghost.
This movie is really a treasure, such fun to see our heroine navigate a
relationship with a (gulp) ghost!
Themes: loss, responsibility, hope and renewal.
Other concepts, turn of the century gender roles, fashion, fantasy, life
changes, events, motherhood, and listening to your own voice.
Questions to promote media
literacy: Is this movie
scary? If not, why? What does the film do to make things
seem eerie? How is our heroine
different than other heroines? How
is our Hero equally unique?
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