Subgenre Sampler
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…
Melody Time (1948)- Feat. Roy Rogers, Bobby Driscoll
- Disney's tenth animated film was this showcase of seven animated vignettes and short stories set to jazz and samba music, making it a contemporary…
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…
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