Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1845 Films to Buy & Rent
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (7th Voyage of Sinbad) (1958)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant (Crosby), Richard Eyer…
- In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…
Sinbad Collector's Edition (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger) (1958-1977)
- Feat. Kerwin Mathews, John Phillip Law, Patrick Wayne
Famous Five, The: Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
- Dir. Gerald Landau
Feat. Rel Grainer, Richard Palmer, Gillian Harrison…
- Ginger beer and picnics are put on hold as the five set out in search of hidden treasure, and in pursuit the requisite dastardly villains.…
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.
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York…
- Fess Parker returns as the frontier folk–hero, here battling his way down the Mississippi enroute to New Orleans. plenty of excitement to be…
Great Locomotive Chase, The (1956)
- Feat. Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York
- An adventure story based on a true American Civil War mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union train and destroy some strategically…
Red Balloon, The (Ballon Rouge, Le) (1956)
- Dir. Albert Lamorisse
- Classic French short that still manages to captivate audiences with its simple premise of a young Parisian boy who discovers a red balloon with a…
Smiley (1956)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty…
- An iconic, simple depiction of smalltown life in rural 1950s Australia, loosely revolving around the life of a young boy, whose father is a nomadic…
It's A Dog's Life (1955)
- Dir. Herman Hoffman
Feat. Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn…
- Drama narrated by a bull terrier called Wildfire, and following his adventures in turn–of–the–century New York.
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- This superlative animated Disney feature tells the evergreen story of a pampered cocker spaniel and her faithful friend Tramp, a jaunty,…