One of the earliest films ever made is a silent movie from the 1890s about a child playing a trick on a gardener. Since then, children and young people have been the subjects of a wide spectrum of films – serious social dramas, heartbreaking tragedies, heroic adventures, and hilarious comedies. The pieces in this section reflect the complicated history of children on film.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Internet-for-Filmakers.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 1/11/2001 Internet for Young Filmmakers Transcript With the arrival of less expensive digital cameras and the editing programs that are becoming part of the software bundles for many computers these days, you may well have a budding Stephen or Stephanie […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rebel-Without-a-Cause.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/27/2000 Rebel Without a Cause Transcript It begins with a siren wailing, which is joined by another wail, a teenager’s drunken imitation of the siren that soon becomes a cry for help. It’s the anniversary this month of the premier, in 1955, of one […]
That’s the voice of Sterling Holloway (who later would play Winnie-the-Pooh) here as the stork who’s delivering a big bundle of joy to Mrs. Jumbo on the circus train. Today’s the birthday of Walt Disney’s “Dumbo” which had its premier in 1941.
That’s the Alloy Orchestra from Cambridge, Massachussetts, providing the soundtrack for a new movie, “Dragonflies the Baby Cries,” a short, around ten minute, nearly silent film by Jane Gilooly about children and their magical, secret lives.
You’re hearing a few pecks of the action from “Chicken Run,” a new film by the studio (Aardman Animations) and the director (Nick Park) that gave us “Wallace and Gromit.”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dinosaur.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/5/2000 Dinosaur Transcript School’s almost over for the year, and when it is, it’ll be impossible for you to put off a visit to the local multiplex with your children for Walt Disney’s latest animation extravaganza, Dinosaur, if they haven’t already had you take […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barishnikovs-Favorites.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/19/2000 Barishnikov’s Favorites Transcript There’s a series of 13 animated films for children called “Stories from My Childhood,” that is available on video tape and DVD. The collection of films is hosted by Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it’s based on a program that’s run on […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mental-Hygiene-Films.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/9/2000 Mental Hygiene Films Transcript I remember vividly to this day a spring morning in high school, back in the early 1960s, and being marched into the auditorium to be treated to a film called “Drug Addiction,” about the decline and fall Marty DeMalone, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Freddie-Bartholomew.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/28/2000 Freddie Bartholomew Transcript One of the great child stars of the 1930s, Freddie Bartholomew, was born today in London in 1924. He had a glowing presence, cherubic good looks and a natural gift for acting–something his Aunt Cissie noticed right away. She became […]
