While my sister was growing up in the 1940s and '50s, the films she was best able to enjoy were silent films with printed signs throughout and foreign films with subtitles, so I used to go to those movies with her.
Fatty Arbuckle and W.C. Fields comedies were best in silent films.
In the '50s, French "New Wave" films would have been R-rated today.
Nowadays, I'm glad closed captions gives us lots more choices.
