Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- Disney add their special touch of magic to Lewis Carroll's classic fairytale, bringing Alice, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of…
A Christmas Wish (The Great Rupert) (1950)
- Dir. Irving Pichel
Feat. Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake
- Holiday classic about a down and out family at Christmas who discover they have a squirrel guardian angel living in their rafters.
Cinderella (1950)
- Disney's beautifully constructed, joyful rendition of the timeless fairytale. A favourite for children and adults alike.
Cisco Kid, The (TV Series) (1950-1956)
- Feat. Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo
- A generous selection of episodes from the 1950s TV Western serial, in which the semi–masked 'Cisco Kid' (Renaldo) redistributes justice and…
Long John Silver (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney…
- Rambunctious adventure with arch pirate Long John Silver on the hunt for his young friend Jim Hawkins and maybe some treasure. Arrrrrgh!!! Notably…
Magnet, The (1950)
- Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
- After tricking a school–chum out of a toy magnet, an 11yr–old James Fox gets the guilts and resolves to 'do good'. Quirkily…
Treasure Island (Long John Silver) (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney…
- This definitive version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story was the first live–action feature from Disney studios, and contains…
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (1949)
- Dir. James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
- Vastly underrated Disney animation with the odd–sounding combination of Washington Irving’s spooky “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and an…
Secret Garden, The (1949)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell…
- Story about an orphan who discovers a secret garden at her Uncle's Victorian manor continues to fascinate young and old. Colour sequences give the…
Story of Seabiscuit, The (1949)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister
- Shirley Temple stars in this version of the Seabiscuit racehorse story in which the 1930s 'underdog' triumphed against the thoroughbred champions of…