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CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND THE CINEMA
Greer Garson gave a good performance in Madam Curie.
Margaret O'Brien is the nicest child actress and very clever.
Shirley Temple is not an extremely good actress but very charming to watch.
Ida Lupino acted very well in the Hard Way but I don't know if she is a very good comedy actress.
Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable though being good dancers are not good actresses. I do not like Betty Grable very much.
Gene Kelly is quite good as well.
I like Walt Disney's films (Bambi, Dumbo and Snowwhite) but not the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoons. I think why I like the films better than the cartoons is because the animals are so sweet.
9. M.B. My Criticism of Films
On the whole I like most films.
I like the films adapted from Conan-Doyles books. They are about Sherlock Holmes, who is a detective, and Doctor Watson, Holmes's helper. Two very good films of them are Sherlock Holmes Faces Death and The Hound of the Baskervilles. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, which takes place near a wild and lonely moor, somebody lets out a hound which is nearly mad with hunger, and this hound is often the cause for some exceedingly perilious happenings.
I like murder films. I also like the Saint pictures and the Falcon pictures. They are both detectives but I do not think either of them are as good as Sherlock Holmes.
I like films in which Bing Crosby stars. I thought he was very good in Going My Way. In that he sang 'Three Blind Mice' as a round with some boys. In this same film was a clergyman, with whom Bing Crosby stayed, he was played by a new star, who I thought was a very good actor. His name is Barry Fitzgerald.
I like most funny films. Especially if any of these people star Arthur Askey, Charlie Chaplin, Will Hay, Bob Hope and Bud Abbot and Leo Costello and many more. I like funny films about the army and the navy, especially if Joe Sawyer takes the part of a sergeant.
I like Fred Astaire but I don't think he has very good partners.
I like History films, for example Lady Hamilton, Lady Hamilton was in love with Nelson. It showed you the Battle of Trafalgar. Lady Hamilton was played by Vivien Leigh and Nelson was played by Laurence Olivier. Both are very fine actors.
I like animal films such as My Friend Flicka and Lassie Come Home.
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