Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Stingray (TV Series) (1963)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- One of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first 'Supermarionation' series, set around W.A.S.P. and the submarine 'Stingray' as it battles the evil…
Summer Magic (1963)
- Dir. James Neilson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire
- Sweetly sentimental Disney version of the Kate Wiggins novel 'Mother Carey's Chickens', about a poor Boston family who make a drafty Maine homestead…
Sword in the Stone (1963)
- Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
- Disney cartoon musical follows a young boy's attempt to remove the golden sword from the stone and be crowned King Arthur, but not before a few life…
Big Red (1962)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Emile Genest
- Likeable Disney outing has a young boy hired by wealthy Pidgeon to train his Irish Setter. When the boy is fired 'Big Red' escapes with him.
Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
- Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
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…
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher…
- From the same stable as Sinbad, comes another fantasy using wonderful stop–motion animation. Jack, against all odds, fights the evil Pendragon…
Jetsons, The (TV Series) (1962)
- Feat. George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo…
- Meet George Jetson… 6 stories from the heyday of Hanna–Barbera’s family of the future. Two tapes. DVD version has all 24 episodes.
Top Cat (1962)
- The irrepressible TC and gang – Benny, Choo Choo, Fancy, and Brain – make mischief at the expense of Officer Dibble.…
101 Dalmatians (1961)
- This 17th Disney animated feature marked a departure from adapting traditional fairy tales. It liberated them to incorporate a jazzy soundtrack and…