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Director: Stuart Heisler    More Info
Starring: Billy Lee, Cordell Hickman, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Helene Millard, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, William(2) Russell, Earl Johnson

 In this heartwarming story, two boys show that race doesn't matter in their backwards Georgia home when they "adopt" a stray dog and train it to win a championship. Remade in 1972.

Director: Walter Lang    More Info
Starring: Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason, Jessie Ralph, Helen Ericson, Johnny Russell, Laura Hope Crews

 In a change of character for Shirley Temple, she plays a little brat who leaves home but finds that happiness can only be found through unselfishness.

Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Deems Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Julietta Novis, Walt Disney

 This high point of Disney fare combines the music of such masters as Bach, Stravinsky, and Beethoven with cartoon action.

Director: Hamilton Luske    More Info
Starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Charles Judels, Don Brodie, Mel Blanc, Jack Mercer

 This is an early Disney masterpiece of animation. It tells the story of Pinocchio (voice of Dickie Jones), a wooden puppet crafted by Gepetto (voice of Christian Rub). Gipetto wishes that Pinocchio could be his real son, and the Blue Fairy (voice of Evelyn Venable) grants his wish. Jimminy Cricket (voice of Cliff Edwards) is appointed to be Pinocchio's "conscience." This proves a difficult task when Pinocchio lies, skips school, and heads to Pleasure Island. But, when Pinocchio learns that Gepetto has been swallowed by a whale, he risks his life and saves Gepetto–proving that he deserves to be Gepetto's son. "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Academy Award for Best Song.

Director: Edward Ludwig    More Info
Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn, Tim Holt, Christian Rub, John Wray, Herbert Rawlinson, Orson Welles, Bobbie Quillan

 Based on Johann David Wyss' novel, this is the story of a shipwrecked family who learn how to survive on a small South Seas island. Welles narrates opening scenes.

Director: Ludwig Berger    More Info
Starring: Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Mary Morris, Hay Petrie, Allan Jeayes, Morton Selten

 Abu (Sabu) is a young boy who is tossed into a Bagdad dungeon for stealing. He is joined by Prince Ahmad (John Justin) who the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) has deposed as ruler of the realm. Together, Abu and Ahmad manage to escape to Bazra where Ahmad falls in love with a beautiful princess (June Duprez). But, the wicked Jaffar appears on the scene with intentions of marrying the princess and sails off with her as his prisoner. Ahmad and Abu follow them, and along the way Ahmad opens a bottle containing a genie (Rex Ingram). Abu outwits the genie, but will his powers be enough to help Ahmad get to the magical Land of Legend where he can regain the crown?

Director: Otto Englander    More Info
Starring: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Herman Bing, John McLeish, Eddie Holden, Malcolm Hutton, Sarah Selby, Margaret Wright

 Dumbo is an elephant born with very large ears. Because of his physical deformity, he is teased by the other circus animals. Adversity is turned into a plus when Dumbo's mouse friend, Timothy, teaches him to use his ears to fly in this classic Disney children's animated film. The film won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score, and the song "Baby Mine" was nominated for Best Song.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowall, John Loder, Sara Allgood, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Morton Lowry

 Based on Richard Llewellyn's novel, this touching story about the changing world of a Welsh coal-mining family won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941, John Ford won an Oscar for Best Director, and Donald Crisp won for Best Supporting Actor. The film won two additional Academy Awards and was nominated for five others.

Director: Dave Fleischer    More Info
Starring: Kenny Gardner, Gwen Williams, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Carl Meyer, Stan Freed, Pauline Loth, Pinto Colvig, Mae Questel, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

 The insects that live in the melting pot of Bugtown fear the encroachment of humans. Hoppity (voice of Stan Freed) works to save the day for his friends by looking for greener pastures. He finds the perfect place: the garden of struggling songwriter Dick Dickens (voice of Kenny Gardner) and his wife Mary Dickens (voice of Gwen Williams). Not only does Hoppity find a utopia for his friends, he wins the heart of Honey bee (voice of Pauline Loth) as well.

Director: Alfred L. Werker    More Info
Starring: Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Buddy Pepper, Frances Gifford, Alan Ladd, Barnett Parker, Claud Allister, Billy Lee, John Dehner, Jeff Corey

 Humorist Robert Benchley tours the Walt Disney studios and provides a glimpse into the inner-workings of animated films.

Director: David Hand    More Info
Starring: Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Bobby Stewart, Peter Behn, Stan Alexander, Sterling Holloway, Ann Gillis, Paula Winslowe, Cammie King, Donnie Dunagan

 This well-loved Disney film is perfection in animation. It tells the story of Bambi's life from birth through his mother's death at the hands of deer hunters to his eventual fatherhood.

Director: Sam Wood    More Info
Starring: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Dan Duryea, Ernie Adams, Ludwig Stossel, Virginia Gilmore, Pierre Watkin, Harry Harvey

 This is the poignant biography of Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), first baseman for the New York Yankees who joined the Yankees in 1925. He was forced into early retirement in 1939 when he contracted Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)–a fatal disease causing a deterioration of his nerve and muscle systems. His loyal wife Eleanor (Teresa Wright) supports him throughout his ordeal. Known as "The Iron Man of Baseball" because he never misses a game, Gehrig bids farewell to his fans at Yankee Stadium–ending his speech with "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Director: Walt Disney    More Info
Starring: Fred Shields, Jose Oliveira, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Frank Thomas

 Narrated by Fred Shields, this film features live-action segments that are linked to four cartoons telling the story about travel adventures in South America. The animated segments include Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash) visiting Lake Titicaca, a small airplane delivering mail over the Andes, Goofy (voice of Pinto Colvig) playing a cowboy in Argentina, and Donald Duck enjoying the nightlife in Rio de Janeiro.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox    More Info
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Elizabeth Taylor, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester, J. Pat O'Malley, Alec Craig, Arthur Shields

 A poor Yorkshire family sells its collie, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce), but Lassie escapes from her new home in Scotland and makes the long trip back to Yorkshire.

Director: Harold D. Schuster    More Info
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell, Patti Hale, Jeff Corey, Arthur Loft, Jimmy Aubrey

 Ken McLaughlin (Roddy McDowall) befriends a horse given to him by his parents (Preston Foster and Rita Johnson) in their attempt to instill responsibility in their son. The ploy works. This film was followed by sequels "Thunderhead-Son of Flicka" and "Green Grass of Wyoming."

Director: Henry Hathaway    More Info
Starring: Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Ward Bond, Charles Dingle, George Cleveland, Roger Imhof, Tom Dugan

 Young Sparke Thornton (Lon McCallister) moves to the country where he and J.F. "Thunder" Bolt (Walter Brennan) raise a blind filly that becomes a prize-winning horse. This story was remade as "April Love."

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, June Lockhart, Harry Davenport, Marjorie Main, Tom Drake, Chill Wills

 In 1903, the Smith family must deal with moving away from St. Louis and the World's Fair, which means leaving friends behind when the father, Alonzo (Leon Ames), has plans to relocate to New York City. The children Esther, Tootie, Rose, and Agnes (Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, and Joan Carroll) represent an earlier, more innocent era of childhood in this classic musical.

Director: Norman Ferguson    More Info
Starring: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Jose Oliveira, Sterling Holloway, Clarence Nash, Joaquin Garay, Frank Graham, Fred Shields, Nestor Amaral

 Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash) opens his birthday presents. First he opens a movie projector and watches a story about Pablo the Penguin who wants to move to a warmer climate. While opening up his second gift, a new book, up pops Jose Carioca (Jose Oliveira). Another gift is a pinata accompanied by Panchito (voice of Joaquin Garay), and the three caballeros head down to Latin America where the they sing and dance their way through Mexico. A clever Disney animated film.

Director: Lew Landers    More Info
Starring: Edmund Lowe, Brenda Joyce, William Severn, Harry Davenport, John Litel, Clancy Cooper

 Old John (Harry Davenport) lives in a hollow redwood tree deep in the forest and even talks to animals. He also has a running battle with loggers who are cutting down trees. Along comes a lost boy (William Severn) who learns about nature from Old John, and the boy's mother learns even more, as does a doctor (who also lives in the forest). OK family entertainment with an environmental point of view.

Director: Clarence Brown    More Info
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Terry Kilburn, Alec Craig

 Young Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) has dreamed of owning a horse, and her dreams come true when she wins a horse she names Pie. Velvet forms a bond and softens the heart of ex-jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) who helps her train Pie. Although her parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere) are cautious about Velvet's training plans, her mother parts with saved money that allows Pie to enter the Grand National Race. Velvet, Mi, and Pie go off to the races with Velvet disguised as a jockey, and they win the big race. Anne Revere carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Clarence Brown was nominated for Best Director.

Director: Roy Rowland    More Info
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Morris Carnovsky, Sara Haden, Louis Jean Heydt, Arthur Space

 This family story is about a wise Scandinavian father Martinius Jacobson (Edward G. Robinson) who leads his morally upright family–wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead), seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), and nephew Arnold (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins)–as they adapt to the Wisconsin farming region. The new schoolmarm Viola Johnson (Frances Gifford) arrives, and problems ensue when she finds life in the country to be boring. But, she changes her mind when unexpected events occur to the Jacobson family, and she learns the value of supporting one's friends and neighbors.

Director: Louis King    More Info
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell, Patti Hale, Carleton Young, Ralph Sanford, Al Bridge, Robert Filmer

 This sequel to "My Friend Flicka" is not quite up to the original, but overall it is enjoyable family fare as the story continues of a boy, Ken (Roddy McDowall), and his horse. This time around, Ken tries to train Flicka's colt Thunderhead to become a successful racehorse. Sequel: "Green Grass of Wyoming."

Director: Max Nosseck    More Info
Starring: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Evans, J.M. Kerrigan, Moyna MacGill, Terry Kilburn, Tom Dillon, Arthur Space, Olaf Hytten

 Young Anne (Mona Freeman) is given a colt by her father, and, through her efforts, the horse becomes a champion racer. But, the horse falls into the hands of a cruel man who abuses it. Anna finds the horse–though it is too late to save the day. Another version of Anna Sewell's novel.

Director: Frank Capra    More Info
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Frank Albertson

 When a businessman (James Stewart) is despondent and decides to end his life, he is saved by his "angel" (Henry Travers) who shows him that he has helped his family and neighbors over the years by giving them opportunities that changed their lives. Henry Travers: "Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives–and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Andy Russell, Sterling Holloway, Benny Goodman, Pied Pipers, King's Men, Ken Darby Chorus

 This 10-part Disney animated film features music from the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and Nelson Eddy, among others, in various segments.