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Most of Pickford's films were parables of class and money: the poor colliding with, and educating, the rich. They shrank neither from the audacious depiction of adult brutality to children nor from the optimism that gave a climactic absolution to the misery that preceded it. Translating her youth into melodrama, Pickford usually played the poor, plucky waif; she suffered for her poverty (she was beaten, scalded, whipped) and, in Stella Maris, she died for it. Like Dickens, Pickford wed sentiment to social passion and created enduring popular...
...military career (or professional sports or show business, in less compelling versions) for politics. The White Knight?s secret is to always appear unlike "the rest of them," forced by patriotic duty to enter politics and save the nation from itself. Even functionaries who?ve served most of their adult lives in the political establishment are prone to reinvent themselves as folksy outsiders when candidacy calls. Think Liddy Dole...
...Clinton used Washington's most recognizable set, the White House, to announce that most cinema owners had agreed to require young people to show photo IDs when they ask for tickets to R-rated movies (an R rating means those under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian). The agreement with the National Association of Theatre Owners is voluntary--as is the ratings system itself--but others want stricter regulations...
...time. First, the majority of movies are rated R, and they tend to be the most exciting and desirable to see. In general, when a group of kids, let's say age 13 or 14, go out to see a movie, and their choices are a Disney cartoon, an adult romance or a violent thriller, they're going to be drawn to the thriller. If they can't get into that, they'll probably just hit the streets rather than waste their hard-earned bucks. And it is much better to have your kids sitting safely in a theater watching...
CALLING ALL GIRLS Though breast cancer is a disease that afflicts adult women, researchers say the risks for developing it start piling up as early as the preteen years. Doctors can't explain why, but they found that girls who are relatively lean at age 10 and those who grow very rapidly during adolescence have a significantly increased risk for the disease. What to do? Not much, but at least make sure your daughter is eating right and exercising...