Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Classics: 137 Films to Rent
- 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…