Robert Stevenson
          Director, Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
King Solomon's Mines (1937) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Paul Robeson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young… 
- Stirring original film version of this well–known novel based African adventure about a group of intrepid explorers on a life–changing…
 
Tom Brown's School Days (1940) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Freddie Bartholomew, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Jimmy Lydon 
- Thomas Hughes' classic novel of life at the Victorian Boys public school of Rugby is given a generous, populist treatment. New boy Lydon finds…
 
Jane Eyre (1943) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Peggy Ann Garner… 
- Orphan Jane's (Joan Fontaine) harsh childhood and strange marriage are fuel for splendid gothic melodrama in this version of Charlotte Bronte's…
 
Dishonored Lady (1947) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder 
- Hedy Lamarr and then–husband John Loder star in this deliciously ludicrous, dated melodrama, with Lamarr as a fashion editor and lively party…
 
Old Yeller (1957)
 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk… 
- Many Mums and Dads (and Grand–folk) will remember queuing up for this Disney classic about a boy's love for his dog in 1850s Texas.
 
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Jack MacGowran… 
- Sharpe plays an Irish caretaker who befriends the King of the Leprechauns. This live–action classic from Uncle Walt, mixes whimsy, humour and…
 
Kidnapped (1960) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee… 
- The third screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic about a young lad who lands in the middle of the 18th century Scottish uprising. With…
 
Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961)
 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn… 
- One of Disney's perenial comedies conserns absent–minded prof MacMurray and his invention – 'flubber', a gravity–defying substance,…
 
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders… 
- Excellent Disney adventure has Mills perilously search for her lost father across the far corners of the globe. Based on the Jules Verne novel, this…
 
Son of Flubber (1963) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn… 
- A (then) rare Disney sequel in which Fred MacMurray returns as THE ABSENT–MINDED PROFESSOR for another round of visual gags based around the…
 
Mary Poppins (1964)
 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke 
- Disney's beloved live–action feature is a timeless, dazzling musical with Julie Andrews as an enchanted London nanny.  Dick Van Dyke…
 
Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The (1964) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames 
- Disney live–actioner about a brainy freshman (Kirk) who causes a stir on campus when he goes to college, with the help of a mind–reading…
 
That Darn Cat! (1965) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine… 
- One of the very best Disney live–action comedies, has Hayley Mills and her Siamese cat help solve a bank–robbery and kidnapping case.…
 
Gnome-Mobile, The (1967) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon 
- Fanciful Disney comedy has a gnome on a mission crossing paths with two children and a wily entrepeneur.
 
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Ustinov 
- Peter Ustinov applies his comic talents to playing the ghost of the notorious pirate, conjured into the present by Disney Studios, to rescue a high…
 
Love Bug, The (1969)
 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson… 
- The original Disney live–action comedy classic about Herbie, the VW with a mind of it's own. He takes his faithful new owner (Dean Jones) for…
 
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Angela Lansbury 
- An apprentice witch wants to use her powers to contribute to the English war effort against the Nazis, plus a trip to the cartoon Island of…
 
Herbie Rides Again (1974) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Stefanie Powers, Helen Hayes 
- Fist sequel to THE LOVE BUG concerns the lovable Volkswagen's efforts to protect an old lady from a corrput land developer.
 
Island at the Top of the World, The (1974) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin,  Mako 
- Four explorers on an expedition to the Arctic discover dangerous volcanos and a lost Viking race in this appealing Disney live–actioner. In the…
 
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill… 
- Inane British slapstick involving spy games, hidden microfilm, a colossal dinosaur skeleton and a squadron of English nannies. Ustinov helps keep the…
 
Shaggy D.A., The (1976) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette… 
- Extremely shaggy later Disney live–actioner, with Dean Jones playing a District Attorney who finds himself repeatedly turning into a dog.…