Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1845 Films to Buy & Rent
Mysterious Island (1961)
- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan…
- Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War.
After…
Parent Trap (1961)
- Dir. David Swift
Feat. Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith…
- Breezy comedy in which Hayley Mills plays estranged twin sisters who meet at summer camp and conspire to bring together their divorced parents.
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot
- One of two live–action adaptations of Herge’s Tintin adventures, this stars a look–alike Jean–Pierre Talbot as the eponymous boy…
Yogi Bear Show, The (TV Series) (1961)
- The show that launched the bear that's "smarter than the average" is a little dated animation wise, but there's enough picnic basket thieving and…
Beany and Cecil (TV Series) (1960-1961)
- REN & STIMPY–creator John K cut his teeth on the zany adventures of young Beany and his friendly sea serpent, Cecil. Available on VHS (6…
Flintstones, The (TV Series) (1960-1966)
- Dir. Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Feat. Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc…
- All–time classic animated sitcom set in the prehistoric suburbia of Bedrock. Centred around working–class schmo Fred Flinstone, his smart…
Greyfriars Bobby (1960)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Kay Walsh
- Beloved Disney classic concerns a loyal Skye terrier who guards his master's grave for many years and eventually recieves a medal! Set in 19th…
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…
My Favourite Martian (TV Series) (1960)
- Dir. Sheldon Leonard
Feat. Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
- Affectionate 60's TV sitcom starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby about a friendly alien who settles down in modern America.
Season One: 37 episodes…
Pollyanna (1960)
- Dir. David Swift
Feat. Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan…
- Disney live–action classic about the little orphan whose lust for life brings inspiration to not only her stuffy Aunt, but the entire New…