Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Johnnie Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates…
- Award–winning musical version of Mark Twain's classic raggamuffin adventures. A youthful Jodie Foster appears as Tom's girlfriend.
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young
- Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Wombles, The (TV Series) (1973-1999)
- Tomsk, Wellington and Orinoco are some of the furry creatures of Wimbledon common, whose life's work is to recycle human refuse. This collection…
World's Greatest Athlete, The (1973)
- Dir. Robert Scheerer
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent
- Fun Disney comedy about the discovery and exploitation of a super–athlete. Gags runs the gamut of Olympic events aided by zany special…
Adventure's of Black Beauty, The (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Based on the classic children's book, in which a thoroughbred horse is adopted into the household of a local doctor and widower, and befriended by…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
- Dir. William Sterling
Feat. Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore…
- Star–packed, centennial adaptation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece follows young Alice (Fullerton) down the rabbithole and on to her adventures…
Biscuit Eater, The (1972)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Lew Ayres, Earl Holliman, Patricia Crowley
- Sweetly sentimental version of James Street's novel about two young lads – one black, one white – who combine their efforts in training a…
Call of the Wild (1972)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Charlton Heston, Michele Mercier
- Fairly average version of Jack London's classic tale of Alaskan survivalism, with Heston traipsing the wilderness with his tough German Shepherd.…
Charlotte's Web (1972)
- Dir. Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
- Nicely animated adaptation of E.B. White's fable about a barnyard spider who befriends a shy piglet whom she tries to save from the bacon factory.
Dr Seuss - The Lorax (1972)
- Award–winning animated version of the Dr. Seuss environmental fable about the greedy, tree–chopping Once–lers and the brave little…