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Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984): Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman…; The third in the series of live–action musical feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets sees Kermit and friends go to New York City to get…
Dr Seuss - The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982): Emmy Award–winning tale in which two of Dr. Seuss' most popular characters square off in a whimsical showdown as the ever–clever Cat puts…
Ginger Meegs (1982): Dir. Jonathan Dawson
Feat. Garry McDonald; Colourful movie adaptation of the iconic Australian comic strip, following the antics of a red–haired prepubescent mischief–maker who…
Flambards (TV Series) (1979): Feat. Christine McKenna, Rosalie Williams, Steven Grives; TV adaptation of the book by K. M. Peyton about an orphaned child who moves to a country estate in early 1900's England and falls in love with…
Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979): Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell…; The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels. Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Grange Hill (TV Series) (1978-2008): Candid British kids series following the exploits of a group of school misfits dealing with the day–to–day struggles of life in a…
Heidi (TV Series) (1978): Dir. Tony Faadt, Joachim Hesss
Feat. Katharina Balhm, Katia Polletin; Thirteen episodes of the fondly remembered classic Heidi series.
International Velvet (1978): Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer…; Belated and earnest sequel to classic NATIONAL VELVET has an adult Velvet Brown take in an orphaned niece from America, who, with the help of an…
Blue Fin (1977): Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Greg Rowe; From the creators of STORM BOY, this ocean adventure focuses on the demanding relationship between a father and his son on a tuna–fishing boat…
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979): Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner; Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
Big John Little John (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Herb Edelman; Wacky 70's sitcom concerning the misadventures of a forty–something school teacher. After drinking from a fountain of youth finds himself…
Pinocchio (1976): Feat. Danny Kaye; Bright and energetic musical adaptation of the beloved children's fable, framed around the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work…
Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975): Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan…; Attractive Disney adventure set on the Californian frontier in the 1870s, with an inveterate gambler (Bixby) ending up in charge of three orphaned…
Shadows (TV Series) (1975-1978): Feat. Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke; Atmospheric and superbly scripted, this quintessential children’s series of the 1970s offers up psychological and supernatural tales in which young…
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982): Feat. Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert; Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
Little Prince, The (1974): Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder; The classic childern's story by aviator Antoine de Saint–Exupery is here translated with whimsy and wit intact. A pilot is stranded in a desert…
Swallows and Amazons (1974): Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser; Solidly crafted adaptation of Arthur Ransome's celebrated children's novel about a group of children having a variety of holiday adventures in the…
Zoo Gang, The (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse…; Old fashioned but fun espionage series centered around five aged resistance fighters scamming scamming the scammers and gifting the money to the…
Optimists, The (1973): Dir. Anthony Simmons
Feat. Peter Sellers; Gentle, affirmative tale of a busker (Sellers) who inspires London's poor and neglected children to look on the bright side of life. Hard to dislike.
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973): Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young; Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Adventure's of Black Beauty, The (TV Series) (1972-1974): Based on the classic children's book, in which a thoroughbred horse is adopted into the household of a local doctor and widower, and befriended by…
Biscuit Eater, The (1972): Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Lew Ayres, Earl Holliman, Patricia Crowley; Sweetly sentimental version of James Street's novel about two young lads – one black, one white – who combine their efforts in training a…
Dr Seuss - The Lorax (1972): Award–winning animated version of the Dr. Seuss environmental fable about the greedy, tree–chopping Once–lers and the brave little…
Escape into Night (TV Series) (Marianne Dreams) (1972): Feat. Vikki Chambers; A convalescent young girl's drawings become the basis for her dreams in this six–part British TV serial that left an indelibly haunting…
Railway Children, The (1972): Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. Jenny Agutter; When their father is jailed for espionage, Jenny Agutter and her siblings are relocated to rural Yorkshire. Local adventures slowly turn into an…
Sounder (1972): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks…; Celebrated tale of a family of black sharecroppers struggling in the the American South during the 1930s. Hooks is excellent as a teenager who…
Dr Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (1971): Animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' iconic children's story is a television classic in its own right, with script and musical direction overseen by the…
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971): Dir. Al Viola
Feat. John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton…; Worthy version of NZ–er Graham Billing's classic novel about an immature young scientist who volunteers for a season observing penguin…
Catweazle (TV Series) (1970-1971): Feat. Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell; An eccentric, disheveled 11th century wizard teleports to the 1970s, spending much of his time in a state of utter bewilderment at the many…
Dr Seuss - Horton Hears a Who (1970): Dir. Chuck Jones; Remastered edition of the original animated Seuss story of a sentimental elephant who determinedly protects the tiny inhabitants of the microscopic…
Pippi Longstocking (1970): Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Maria Persson, Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg; Classic kids adventure in this, Pippi's first feature–length film. Here the troublesome redhead moves into an abandoned house with her monkey…
Pippi On The Run (Pippi Longstocking IV) (1970): Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg; Fourth and final outing for the popular preteen heroine with this time the freckled star accompanying two runaways on their journey. There's a…
Pufnstuf (1970): Dir. Hollingsworth Morse
Feat. Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye; Fabulous feature version of the HR PUFNSTUF TV–series, that's a 60s counter–cultural rival to the WIZARD OF OZ. Mildly psychedelic…
Timeslip (TV Series) (1970-1971): Feat. Spencer Banks, Cheryl Burfield, Denis Quilley; A smart children’s sci–fi series that tells in four separate stories what happens when two intrepid siblings discover an invisible portal…
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1969): Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn…; One of Kurt Russell's early, family–friendly appearances in a straightforward Disney comedy. He plays a student who is injected with a…
Phantom Tollbooth, The (1969): Dir. Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow; Young lad Butch Patrick gets a ‘magic tollbooth’ which transports him into the crazed animated world of Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny), whose…
Ring Of Bright Water (1969): Dir. Jack Couffer
Feat. Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna; Charming, autobiographical story about a Londoner who moves with his pet otter to a cottage on the coast of Scotland, where they make the…
Tintin and the Prisoners of the Sun (1969): Dir. Raymond LeBlanc; Feature–length sequel to TINTIN AND THE CALCULUS AFFAIR, this installment sees Tintin, Professor Haddock et al journey through the Andes in…
Heidi (1968): Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Jean Simmons, Walter Slezak…; TV movie adaptation of the 1880 novel about the Swiss orphan who is left in the care of her grumpy grandparents in the alps.
Oliver! (1968): Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester; Perfect screen adaptation of the 1960 stage musical by British writer and composer Lionel Bart, based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale. For a…
One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, The (1968): Dir. Michael O'Herlihy
Feat. Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren…; A rambunctious Disney musical in which the large Bower family band sets off to the 1888 Democrat Party convention in St. Louis to support Grover…
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968): Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson…; Family comedy based loosely on the life of Helen Beardsley, who in the 1960's had a family of 18 children with husband Frank Beardsley, from their…
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) (1967): Dir. Gerry Anderson; The complete series of Gerry Anderson's most technically accomplished sci–fi puppet, Captain Scarlet, who has limitless clones of himself…
Flying Nun, The (TV Series) (1967-1970): Feat. Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood…; Wholesome, if rather off–kilter, family sitcom in which the young Sally Field plays a novice nun, whose starched headgear somehow enables her…
Gentle Ben (TV Series) (1967): Feat. Clint Howard, Dennis Weaver; Based on the children's novel of the same name, Gentle Ben follows the adventures in the Florida Everglades of a game warden, Tom Wedloe (Dennis…
Follow Me, Boys! (1966): Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish; Disney classic about a simple man who settles in a small town during the 1930's and starts a Boy Scout Troop.
Namu, My Best Friend (Namu, The Killer Whale) (1966): Dir. Laslo Benedek
Feat. Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Richard Erdman…; A compassionate marine biologist forms an unlikely friendship with a killer whale in this tenderly told story for all ages.
Paddle to the Sea (1966): Dir. Bill Mason; This breathtaking miniature classic tells the story of a hand carved Indian in a toy canoe, which journeys from the snowcapped mountains of Canada,…
Belle and Sebastien (TV Series) (1965): Dir. Cecile Aubry, Jean Guillaume; Cherished children's series lovingly recreates the classic French tale of a six–year–old orphan who forms an enduring friendship with a…
Gidget (TV Series) (1965-1966): Feat. Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner; Truly likeable television spinoff series of the 1959 movie, about a spunky young surfer girl (Field) who comes of age around her friends, solo Dad…
Kimba the White Lion (TV Series) (Janguru taitei) (1965-1967): A cutely effective animation series that combined American and Japanese production influences in its story of a white lion cub who strives to bring…
Lassie's Great Adventure (1965): Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Jon Provost, Richard Kiel, June Lockhart…; Timmy and Lassie get carried away in a hot air balloon and land in the wilds of Canada. This theatrically released movie, pretty much the last gasp…
That Darn Cat! (1965): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine…; One of the very best Disney live–action comedies, has Hayley Mills and her Siamese cat help solve a bank–robbery and kidnapping case.…
Those Calloways (1965): Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Walter Brennan…; Sincere and effective Disney drama about a smalltown eccentric (Keith) in New England, who, with the help of his family, decides to buy a lake and…
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965): Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox…; Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Thunderbirds (TV Series) (1965- 1966): The complete series of Gerry Anderson's exemplary puppet suspense TV series that continues to enthrall new generations. Set around the…
Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966): Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…; Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America. 22 episodes…
Christmas Television Classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town) (1964-1970): Feat. Fred Astaire; Three festive features garanteed to bring nostalgic cheer to any child of the sixties.
Daniel Boone (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Fess Parker, Albert Salmi; Daniel Boone was a big man, and Fess Parker was a huge television star as the coon–skin wearing frontier hero of this iconic TV series set in…
Famous Five, The: Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964): Dir. Ernest Morris
Feat. Darryl Read, Mandy Harper, Paula Boyd…; Jolly hockey sticks! The Five are back, and set for even more adventures this time on a mysterious island, with perilous cliffs, and secret treasure.…
Flipper (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Brian Kelly; Popular, laid–back TV incarnation of the enduring dolphin/boy relationship makes for perfect family viewing splashed with natural aquatic…
Mary Poppins (1964): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke; Disney's beloved live–action feature is a timeless, dazzling musical with Julie Andrews as an enchanted London nanny. Dick Van Dyke…
Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The (1964): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames; Disney live–actioner about a brainy freshman (Kirk) who causes a stir on campus when he goes to college, with the help of a mind–reading…
Moon Spinners, The (1964): Feat. Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery…; A Hitchcockian thriller for the younger set from Disney in which a young girl (Hayley Mills) becomes involved in a jewel theft in Crete.
Mr. Magoo Show, The (TV Series) (1964): Animated 60's series starring Mr. Magoo–the bumbling geriatric with shoddy eyesight voiced by Jim Backus (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND). Magoo gets…
Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965): Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…; Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Roger Ramjet (TV Series) (1964): Entertaining, slightly wacko animated series, set around the super–strength Roger, who was voiced by LA radio personality Gary Owens, as he…
Tintin and the Calculus Affair (1964): Dir. Raymond LeBlanc; Full length animated feature sees Tintin, Captain Haddock and the gang go on a rescue mission to save Professor Calculus, who has been kidnapped for…
Whistle Down the Wind (1964): Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Alan Bates, Hayley Mills; Alan Bates plays an escaped convict who Hayley Mills meets and believes to be Jesus himself. Unsentimental yet moving account of childhood faith…
Petticoat Junction (TV Series) (1963-1970): Feat. Edgar Buchanan, Bea Benaderet; Charming cornpoke sitcom was a 'sister–show' to both THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and GREEN ACRES, being also set in the town of Hooterville and…
Son of Flubber (1963): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn…; A (then) rare Disney sequel in which Fred MacMurray returns as THE ABSENT–MINDED PROFESSOR for another round of visual gags based around the…
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…
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…
Babes in Toyland (1961): Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn; The second version of Victor Herbert's operetta set in the fantasy world of 'Toyland' where the wedding plans of two young toys are interrupted by an…
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…
Swiss Family Robinson (1960): Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur; The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Jack MacGowran…; Sharpe plays an Irish caretaker who befriends the King of the Leprechauns. This live–action classic from Uncle Walt, mixes whimsy, humour and…
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (TV Series) (1959): The classic family cartoon series. Join the titular reindeer and chipmunk, plus Snidley, Horse, Nell, Dudley, Mr Peabody, Sherman and the rest for…
Shaggy Dog, The (1959): Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk…; Fred MacMurray excels in this Disney live–actioner, playing a postman whose son accidentally transforms himself into a talking sheepdog with…
Smiley Gets A Gun (1959): Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert…; Sequel to the 1956 Aussie family movie, with Archer and Rafferty again appearing, as young hero and local constable respectively. Likeable,…
Torchy The Battery Boy (TV Series) (1959): Children's TV series from the late 1950's with string puppets depicting the adventures of a boy doll who has a battery inside him and a lamp on his…
Auntie Mame (1958): Dir. Morton DaCosta
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Peggy Cass, Coral Browne; Classic Oscar–nominated showcase for Rosalind Russell, as a colourful, high–living rouser who educates her 10yr old nephew in the ways of…
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.
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.
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954): Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…; TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Lassie (TV Series) (1954-1974): Feat. Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig; A representative selection of episodes from the long–running US series depicting the adventures of a rather intelligent collie dog with a…
Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) (1954): Feat. Lee Aaker, James Brown, Joseph Sawyer; Two episodes from the TV series about the eponymous Alsation's adventures at a cavalry outpost.
Genevieve (1953): Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More…; The London to Brighton car rally sets off this high–spirited, fondly remembered comedy in which a couple make a wager with their affectionate…
Little Fugitive (1953): Dir. Raymond Abrashkin
Feat. Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster; A young boy runs away to Coney Island after fearing that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. An exquisitely naturalistic film with…
Shane (1953): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer; Former gunfighter Alan Ladd comes to the defence of homesteaders menaced by Jack Palance (satanically clad all in black). Classic Western is splendid…
White Mane (Crin-Blanc) (1953): Dir. Albert Lamorisse
Feat. Alain Emery; Striking, allegorical children's fable from the dir. of THE RED BALLOON concerns the taming of an unruly ‘white mane’ by a young boy, and his…
Crimson Pirate, The (1952): Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Burt Lancaster; Camp swashbuckler stars Burt Lancaster as a spirited pirate who leads an island people's revolt against a ruling tyrant. Rollicking entertainment…
Hans Christian Andersen (1952): Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Danny Kaye, Farley Granger; A fabricated musical 'biopic' of the famed 19th century Danish fairytale writer, sees him (played by Danny Kaye) smile through a succession of…
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952): Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello; Abbott and Costello romp through the fairytale passages of Jack and his Beanstalk. While their comedy doesn’t transpose so well, this is an amiable…
Lili (1952): Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer; Fairytale–like story of Leslie Caron's amorous adventures in a carnival is swimming in charm, whimsical songs and 'circus–type'…
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.
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…
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…
Oliver Twist (1948): Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh…; Astonishing version of the Dicken's classic, notable for great atmosphere and Alec Guinness.
Miracle On 34th Street (1947): Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn; Original version of the Yuletide fantasy, where child–sceptic Natalie Wood becomes gradually convinced that department–store Santa,…
Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947): Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff; Danny Kaye shines in this delightful family film as a quiet day–dreamer whose real life catches up with his elaborate adventure fantasies.
Black Beauty (1946): Dir. Max Nosseck
Feat. Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers…; Based on Anna Sewell's much loved novel about the bond between a young girl and her beautiful black colt. Also contains "Courage of Black…
Looney Tunes (TV Series) (Bugs Bunny) (1946-1969): 56 Restored shorts from the Warner Bros classic (violent) cartoon vault. Appearing are Sylvester, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Daffy Duck, Road…
Yearling, The (1946): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Claude Jr. Jarman, Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck; Delightfully quaint fable of childhood, has innocent lad Claude Jarman Jnr raising a pet deer in backwoods Florida, while Ma and Pa, scrape together…
My Friend Flicka (1945): Dir. Harold Schuster
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson; Rancher lad Roddy McDowall is finally allowed a horse of his own, but chooses a wild, unmanageable colt, whose trust he only slowly, and painfully,…
Wonder Man (1945): Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen…; A typically zany fairy–tale for Danny Kaye, as a mild–mannered student persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to seek out his murderer.…
National Velvet (1944): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney; Ever–exciting family classic, with 12 year–old budding equestrian Elizabeth Taylor, taking her horse Velvet all the way to the Grand…
Dr Seuss (TV Series) (1942-1994): Dir. Various; The classic children's books in their animated television versions. On tape and disc: "Best of..." containing three Dr Seuss tales – ‘Horton…
Jungle Book (1942): Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Sabu; Live–action version of Rudyard Kipling's novel with Sabu as Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves who attempts to adapt to human custom.
Woody Woodpecker and Friends (1941): Classic cartoons from the Walter Lantz archive, featuring the iconic woodpecker and stablemates Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, Swing Symphonies and Oswald…
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…
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,…
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…
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.
Wee Willie Winkie (1937): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen; Charming adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's adventure story, with young Shirley negotiating between the British army and Afghani rebels.
Chronological Donald, The (1936-1941): An excellent archive collection of all the early shorts starring Walt Disney's most successful cartoon character – Donald Duck. Includes an…
Dimples (1936): Feat. Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Robert Kent; Shirley Temple musical set in the New York Bowery, where the young lass helps her pickpocket grandfather., Soon however her musical talents come to…
Popeye - The Sailor Man (1936-1956): One of the longest–running cartoon sensations of all time, Popeye the Sailor Man burst into cinemas in 1933 in a BETTY BOOP cartoon and soon…
Little Colonel, The (1935): Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple; One of Shirley Temple's best vehicles is set in the Deep South, with young Shirl attempting to patch–up her grandparent's broken marriage.
Mickey Mouse in Living Color (1935-1995): The ultimate cartoon personification of Walt Disney's entertainment empire – Mickey Mouse – is presented in all his glory here, in two…
Scrooge (1935): Dir. Henry Edwards
Feat. Donald Calthrop, Sir Seymour Hicks; First screen adaptation of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' in which a mean old miser is shown the ghosts of Christmas past, present and…
Anne of Green Gables (1934): Dir. Dawn O'Day
Feat. Dawn O'Day, Tom Brown, Sara Haden…; Charming early adaptation of the classic L.M. Montgomery novel starring Dawn O'Day as Anne Shirley (Dawn legally changed her name to Anne Shirley…
Bright Eyes (1934): Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell…; Colourised version of an early Shirley Temple classic – with the recently orphaned cutie mixed up in an adoption battle. Features the song,…
March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes In Toyland) (1934): Dir. Gus Meins, Charles R. Rogers
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy; Imaginative musical fantasia also makes the most of Laurel and Hardy's comic genius – as dim–witted toymakers whose mistaken order for…
Alice in Wonderland (1933): Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Charlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton, W.C. Fields…; Extravagant early version of the Lewis Carroll classic was a box office bomb in its day, but age has been kind, and if Charlotte Henry is a little…
Little Rascals, The (1929-1938): Highlights from the classic 30s movie serial starring a band of young rapscallions up to adventurous and inventive trouble. On tape, 6 episodes:…
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939): An exemplary collection of 31 animated musical shorts from the astonishing heyday of the Walt Disney empire. With animation that is sometimes rough…
Dr Seuss - Green Eggs and Ham & Other Stories: Three Dr. Seuss classic stories, "Green Eggs and Ham", "The Zax", and "The Sneetches" animated with script adaptation and musical embellishments…

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