Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1845 Films to Buy & Rent
Flipper (TV Series) (1964)
- Feat. Brian Kelly
- Popular, laid–back TV incarnation of the enduring dolphin/boy relationship makes for perfect family viewing splashed with natural aquatic…
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…
Moon Spinners, The (1964)
- Feat. Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery…
- A Hitchcockian thriller for the younger set from Disney in which a young girl (Hayley Mills) becomes involved in a jewel theft in Crete.
Mr. Magoo Show, The (TV Series) (1964)
- Animated 60's series starring Mr. Magoo–the bumbling geriatric with shoddy eyesight voiced by Jim Backus (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND). Magoo gets…
Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…
- Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Roger Ramjet (TV Series) (1964)
- Entertaining, slightly wacko animated series, set around the super–strength Roger, who was voiced by LA radio personality Gary Owens, as he…
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964)
- Dir. Philippe Condroyer
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Félix Fernández
- Second live–action version of Herge’s cult boy journalist, this time in pursuit of some valuable ‘blue oranges’ in Valencia, Spain.
As…
Tintin and the Calculus Affair (1964)
- Dir. Raymond LeBlanc
- Full length animated feature sees Tintin, Captain Haddock and the gang go on a rescue mission to save Professor Calculus, who has been kidnapped for…
Whistle Down the Wind (1964)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Alan Bates, Hayley Mills
- Alan Bates plays an escaped convict who Hayley Mills meets and believes to be Jesus himself. Unsentimental yet moving account of childhood faith…