Old Hollywood movies featuring lots of kids - makes one cringe today

[flyingcuttlefish]

[opinion] I used to think the depression era films made up to WWII featuring lots of children was a psychological reaction to mass unemployment and the wishful thinking of movie goers for a brighter future for their children.

But after Pizzagate broke I see these old movies differently.

Here is one featuring Bing Crosby that gives me the creeps:

The Star Maker (1939) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXoKrfWaL6U

Bing character " ... stops to watch a group of newsboys singing and dancing, and decides to organize them into the greatest kid act to ever hit vaudeville. Mary persuades Proctor, a big theatrical manager, to book the act, and they are a big hit. Then Larry and his publicity agent, "Speed" King, launch a big publicity stunt---a talent train in which they travel across country holding auditions for young performers. "

This child-actor has a publicity still portraying him in bed:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5 ... 17_AL_.jpg



I know many posted lots on Shirly Temple movies on voat but now I am thinking the entire Hollywood casting system for young talent is as perverted as anything.

[darkknight111]

Know how you feel.

Barring video games, nearly every single one of my childhood memories has been blacked by pizzagate in some way.

[EricKaliberhall]

Movie: Lolita
Year: 1962
Writer: (screenplay) (novel "Lolita") Wladimir Nabokov
Director: Stanley Kubrick

Lolita Ping Pong scene...

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Girl-lover symbol 'For all to see' right in the middle of the movie poster... Heart within a Heart.