More Films with an Older Man/Younger Woman Theme
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sndform — 19 years ago(April 06, 2006 11:50 AM)
Sean Connery has been in at least five films with an older man/younger woman theme. These include:
Entrapment (1999). Connery plays a professional thief opposite Catherine Zeta Jones as his love interest. Catherine Zeta Jones was 30 and Sean Connery was 69 when this film was made.
First Knight (1995). A very loose version of the King Arthur legend. Connery is great as Arthur and was 65 when the film was made. 46 year old Richard Gere was Lancelot and 30 year old Julia Ormond played Quenivere.
Medicine Man (1992). Connery plays a doctor in South America who finds a cure for cancer. Larraine Bracco plays a fellow doctor sent to be his assistant but winds up as his love interest. Connery was 62 and Bracco was 38 when they made the film.
Russia House (1990). Political thriller set in the Soviet Union starring Michelle Pfeiffer with Connery. Connery was 60 and Pfeiffer was 32 when the film was made.
Never Say Never Again (1983). Connery revised his role as James Bond at the age of 53 for one last fling. 30 year old Kim Basinger was cast as the bond girl.
Five Days One Summer (1982). Connery plays a married man of about 50 who begins a taboo love affair with his twenty year old niece. The two travel to Switzerland intending to spend a few idealic days together but guilt is eating at both of them.Connery is outstanding in this movie. He was 53 when he made the film. 27 year old Betsy Brantley played the part of his niece.
Cuba (1979). Political thriller set in 1959 right before Castro took control of Cuba. Connery made the film when he was 49. 30 year old Brooks Adams plays the love interest.
Okay, so there is up to a 40 year age discepency between Connery and his leading ladies. Who cares? Connery is HOT no matter how old he is. -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 09:17 AM)
Audrey Hepburn was frequently cast in films with an older man/younger woman theme. Some of the ones I have seen are:
Roman Holiday (1953). Hepburn, (24 at the time) plays a princess (about 21) who runs away in an effort to escape the demanding and never-ending duties placed upon her. She meets a photojournalist in his mid-thirties (played by 37 year old Gregory Peck)who at first is only interested in getting a good story, but winds up falling in love with her. Hepburn won an Academy Award for her performance in this film.
Sabrina (1954). 25 year old Hepburn plays Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffer who works for a very wealthy pair of brothers (played by 36 year old William Holdon and 55 year old Humphrey Bogart). Since she was a little girl, Sabrina has been in love with the younger of the two. Her father is concerned about the attraction and sends her to school in France. When she finishes college she becomes bound and determined to make the younger of the two brothers notice her, but it is the older one who falls in love with her.
Love in the Afternoon. (1957). 28 year old Hepburn is the daughter of a private investigator. Her father is hired to snoop upon a very rich, famous, and womanizing playboy (played by 56 year old Gary Cooper). Hepburn meets this man and the two. wind up falling in love with each other.
Funny Face (1957).28 year old Hepburn plays a fashion model who falls in love with a photographer played by Fred Astaire (58 at the time).
The Unforgiven (1960). This is one of my favorite westerns. Hepburn plays the part of a foundling brought up by a family in the west.She has always loved the oldest son of the family (around 33, played by Burt Lancaster). When she is around 18 it is discovered that she is not white but is actually a Native American who was stolen from her tribe when she was an infant. The tribe from which she was stolen surrounds the homestead with the intention of taking her back to the tribe by force. Hepburn was 31 when she made this film. Burt Lancaster was 47.
Charade (1963). Murder Mystery and romance involving stolen art treasures. Hepburn and Gary Cooper meet and fall in love with each other while trying to unravel the mystery. Hepburn becomes convinced that Cooper is really trying to kill her. Hepburn was 34 when she made the film. Cooper was 59.
My Fair Lady (1964). The classic story of Liza Doolittle, a 22 old Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a true lady by Henry Higgins, a famous teacher of phonetics in his mid-forties. Professor Higgins treats Liza mainly as an object to cover the fact that he has fallen in love with her. Liza has also fallen in love with Professor Higgins.Hepburn was 35 when she played the part of Liza. 56 year old Rex Harrison was Henry Higgins.
Well let's see.. Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper,Fred Astaire, Burt Lancaster, and Rex Harrison. Some girls really do have all the luck. -
jayde_a — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 08:12 AM)
Leon
"Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Lon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose."
The relationship is a controversial one. She is in love with him as he is with her she is 12 he is in his 40's! -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 12:03 PM)
Leslie Caron was another actress who was frequently cast in romantic films with an older hero and a younger heroine theme. Thes include:
An American in Paris (1951). This is one of Hollywood's classic musicals. Gene Kelly plays an ex-serviceman in his mid-thirties who decides to stay in France after the close of the Second World War and study art. He meets and falls in love with a much younger French girl (about 19 or so and played by Caron) Kelly was 38 when the film was made and Leslie Caron was 22.
Lili (1953). A 16 year old orphaned French girl(20 year old Caron) is taken in by a traveling circus and put to work as part of the puppet show. The puppeteer, a man in his mid-thirties,(played by 36 year old Mel Ferrer) had been a famous dancer but was wounded in the Second World War and still remains angry about his dancing career being ruined. He gradually falls in love with Lili and Lili realizes that she is also in love with him. This film was up for several academy awards.
Daddy Long Legs (1955). Fred Astaire plays a very wealthy businessman (mid-forties) who gets stranded at a French orphanage when his car breaks down.While there, he is taken with a desire to help the oldest of the orphans( a girl of around 17 played by Caron) get a decent break in life and he arranges to send her to a private girls college in the United States.After making the arrangements, he actually forgets about her until he recieves a lettter from her several years later when she is about 21 and about to graduate from college. He decides to travel to the college to meet her, only he dosen't want her to know who he is. The two meet and you guessed it, they fall in love with each other.Fred Astaire was 56 and Caron was 24 when the film was made.
Guns of Darkness (1962). Dramatic thriller about a husband and wife threatened by killers. Caron played the mid-twenties wife of an older mid-forties man. Caron was 33 when she made the film. David Niven played her husband. He was 52.
Father Goose (1964). World War II. film about a forty-something ex college professor who is working for the British Navy spotting Japanese planes. He comes across the survivors of a ship torpedoed by the Japanese and unwillingly must assume the role of their protector. These survivors consist of around 12 French schoolgirls and their teacher a woman in her late twenties played by Caron. The characters of Grant and Caron can't stand one another for most of the film but wind up falling in love. Grant was 50 and Caron was 33 when they made the film. -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 15, 2006 09:03 AM)
OOPS! I almost forgot Gigi (1958). This is another film starring Leslie Caron. It swept the Oscars in 1958 including Best Picture of the Year. 33 year old Gaston is a very wealthy playboy who is becoming increasingly bored and unhappy living the high life. He is especially unhappy with the phony gold-digging women that are always after him. The only happy occasions in his life are when he spends time at the home of Madame Alvarez, one of his uncle's old friends. Madame Alvarez is a retired courtesan as all of the Alverez women have been and she is currently training Gigi, her 15 year old grand-daughter for her debut in joining the family business. Gaston and Gigi have always enjoyed a platonic friendship but Gigi is getting to be a lovely young woman and Gaston finds himself realizing that he has fallen very much in love with her.
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sanna_o75 — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 12:58 PM)
"Leon
Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Lon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.
The relationship is a controversial one. She is in love with him as he is with her she is 12 he is in his 40's!"
Well.he's not exactly in love with her. It's she who has a crush on him
"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.
She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on
the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Light of my life,
fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lolita" -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 02:34 PM)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960). An American painter (around 38-40) moves to Hong Kong to get a new perspective for his art. He meets a young chinese girl(around 17-19) who he pays to model for him.The two gradually fall deeply in love with each other but the racial prejudice of the times make their relationship socially unaceptable. 42 year old William Holden was great in the part of Robert the American painter and 21 year old Nancy Kuan played the part of Suzie. This movie is VERY romantic.
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sanna_o75 — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 02:40 PM)
Where do you get all this movies??
"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.
She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on
the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Light of my life,
fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lolita" -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 06:30 PM)
Well, many of the ones I have so far listed are old classics that can be obtained at your local video store or purchased through video companies. You can get just about anything through amazon.com
I hope you will try some of the ones I have mentioned.I know many of them are very old, but they are great films and most are very romantic. It's kind of funny how many of Hollywood's classic romance movies or musicals have an older man/younger woman theme. -
sanna_o75 — 19 years ago(April 11, 2006 02:11 AM)
No, sndform, I didn't ment it like that. I mean how do YOU know all those movies???
"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.
She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on
the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Light of my life,
fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lolita" -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 11, 2006 11:39 AM)
Margie (1946). High school senior Margie has fallen in love with Professor Fontayne, the new French teacher. Although professor Fontayne is attracted to Margie and gradually begins to fall in love with her, he refuses to act upon it. Toward the end of the movie, there is a scene where Professor Fontayne who is acting as a chaperone for the senior prom stops by Margie's home to pick up Margie and her date in order to transport them in his car to the prom. (You need to remember that when this movie was made few teens had cars, plus the setting is a small town, so chaperones picking up groups of students wasn't that unusual) Margie's grandmother opens the door and tells Prof. Fontaine that she knows he is in love with Margie and he should be Margie's date. When a shocked Prof. Fontayne tells grandma that not only is Margie a student, but that she is so much younger than he is, grandma retorts," nonsense, she won't be a student after next week's graduation and you're not more than 12 years older than she is."
I'll spoil the ending and tell you that Margie marries Prof. Fontayne. This film starred beautiful Jeanne Crain as Margie and Glenn Langan as Professor Fontayne. It was one of the most popular films of 1946. -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 11, 2006 12:59 PM)
Ring of Fire (1961). A small town police officer (around 30, played by David Janssen) is taken hostage by a trio of thieves including a very attractive young woman(Joyce Taylor) and held in an isolated forest. He manages to not only escape but holds the trio at gunpoint throughout the night until he is located by backup officers. During the night there is a lot of sexual chemistry between the girl and the officer. They kiss but leave it at that. When the officer's backup manages to arrive, the girl, who is actually only about 16 or 17, makes a false charge of statutory rape against the officer. She does this mostly out of fear because she was facing a charge of kidnapping an officer which carried the death penalty.
After she is taken to the town jail a forest fire begins and blocks all of the evacuation routes to safety trapping the townspeople. The girl and the officer manage to find a way out of town and also save the populace as well. The sexual chemistry between the two still remains and they are head over heels in love with each other by the end of the movie. I can't seem to find this film available on DVD or VHS but I have seen it about four or five times on t.v. Granted, it is a B movie, but I still found it enjoyable. -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 12, 2006 07:39 AM)
I Walk the Line (1970). Gregory Peck plays Henry Tawes, the local sheriff of a small Tennessee town. Sheriff Tawes is in his mid-forties and for his entire life he has been a law-abiding, law-enforcing man with strong moral values. That is until Alma enters his life. Alma is poor, uneducated, the daughter of a moonshiner, and also only 16. Sheriff Tawes not only walks the line with Alma-he goes ahead and crosses the line. I don't want to tell you how this movie ends, but you can be sure that one poor decision leads to another.
This is a very well-made movie that is much underrated. Gregory Peck is great. The soundtrack uses Johnny Cash songs (hense the title) and other cast members include Ralph Meeker, Charles Durning, and Tuesday Weld as Alma. Peck was 54 when he made the film. Weld was 25. -
sndform — 19 years ago(April 13, 2006 11:50 AM)
Beau-pere (1981). 29 year old Remi has been living with Martine and Martine's daughter,14 year old Marion, for the last several years. When Martine is killed in a car accident Marion insists that she be allowed to remain with Remi. Marion's father allows her to do this in order not to disrupt her from her familiar surroundings. Marion and Remi are gradually drawn together emotionally until they do become lovers. In some ways this film bears a striking resemblance to Lolita but in other ways it seems as if the situations are reversed. For example, in Beaue-pere, it is Marion who is the more mature person, with Remi so imature he can't even hold a job or keep food in the house. The film does ask some interesting questions such as when maturity really begins. 34 year old Patrick Dewaere stars as Remi and lovely 15 year old Aaiel Besse Played Marion.
This film won critically aclaim despite the controversy it aroused. It is very well-made and if you like Lolita you will probably like Beau-pere. The film is available in both VHS and DVD, however, I must warn you that in the DVD there is a part where the subtitles get ahead of themselves for about 20 minutes so that you're not sure which character is saying what. This doesn't happen in the VHS version. This is also rather a rare movie so it's rather pricey.The DVD is about $50.00 and the VHS is around $35.00