Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1843 Films to Buy & Rent
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.
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…