Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Fantasia (1940)
- Dir. Ben Sharpsteen
- Glorious Disney musical fantasy set to a rousing classical score.
Highlights include Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's apprentice and the hippos and…
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, George Murphy
- Filmed version of the hit Broadway musical comedy from 1922 about Irish–American immigrants starring Judy Garland, who was fresh to…
Pinocchio (1940)
- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
- One of Disney's crowning achievements is this triumphant animated rendition of the Italian fable.
Technically outstanding and emotionally…
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan
Feat. Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez
- Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1939)
- Disney's first animated feature is a milestone in cinema history, with the artistic heights matched by characters, songs and storytelling. As fresh…
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
- Dir. Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Feat. Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr…
- The world's best loved film down through and across the generations, and a key cultural icon.
MGM pulled out all the stops to realise L. Frank…
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Feat. Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Olivia de Havilland…
- The remakes look stodgy next to this stirring and vibrant original which basks in breakthrough technicolour and the definitive presence of Errol…
Disney Fables - Volume 2 (Little Hiawatha, The Ugly Duckling) (1937)
- Two short animations from Disney: Hans Christian Anderson's “The Ugly Duckling” and the "Little Hiawatha" poem by Henry Longfellow.
Together…
Disney Fables - Volume 3 (Donald in Mathmagicland, Ben and Me, Modern Inventions) (1937-1953)
- Three classic short animations from Disney: Donald Duck in “Donald in Mathmagicland” and "Modern Inventions" and the story of Benjamin Franklin…
Heidi (1937)
- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher…
- Ideal vehicle for Shirley Temple, who jerks the tears as the lovable orphan taken from her grandfather by her nasty Aunt in 1800's Switzerland.