Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1840 Films to Buy & Rent
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.
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…
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
- Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart…
- One of the great Shirley Temple musicals, with the wee dynamo playing a runaway who is successfully recruited into a travelling vaudeville show, of…
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…