In addition to the AFI listings already mentioned, you can also easily do term searches on the Internet Movie Data Base: http://www.imdb.com I'd also suggest a look at such books as Molly Haskell's FROM REVERENCE TO RAPE, just as a starting place. Otherwise, a few fairly significant films that come to mind: Griffith's INTOLERANCE (and WAY DOWN EAST, sort of) Lois Weber's WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?, etc. Lillian Gish in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, sort of Shelly Winters in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and LOLITA All versions of STELLA DALLAS, especially the Barbara Stanwyck version Various versions of LITTLE WOMEN TO EACH HIS OWN, with Olivia de Haviland NOW, VOYAGER, with Gladys Cooper (vs. daughter Bette Davis) Davis in THE LITTLE FOXES Myrna Loy in the THIN MAN sequels (not the original) and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Margaret Whycherly in WHITE HEAT A number of Hitchcock films besides PSYCHO: NOTORIOUS, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, TO CATCH A THIEF, MARNIE, THE BIRDS Dolores Costello in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS and Agnes Moorehead's brief but telling appearance in CITIZEN KANE For something rather loopy, Ethel Barrymore in MY SON JOHN Angela Lansbury in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE and THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT KRAMER VS. KRAMER ORDINARY PEOPLE A few foreign films, for contrast? Pudovkin's MOTHER Dreyer's DAY OF WRATH Bergman's THE SILENCE, AUTUMN SONATA, FANNY AND ALEXANDER, etc. Ozu's TOKYO STORY and others Imamura's INSECT WOMAN Chabrol's STORY OF WOMEN Fassbinder's MOTHER KUSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN, etc. Various versions of MEDEA! Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Christine Becker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: motherhood films A student working on a senior thesis has approached me looking for film suggestions. Her thesis is on images of motherhood across the history of Hollywood cinema. I'm generally pretty feeble at generating film titles off the top of my head, but it seems a number of people on this list are quite good at it. So if some of those people would be kind enough to e-mail her a few suggested film titles, she'd be very grateful. Her e-mail address is [log in to unmask] and her name is Katie Hakenewerth. Thanks in advance for any help you can give her. Chris Becker ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]