The Absent-Minded Professor 1961  G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Edward Andrews, Wally Brown, Forrest Lewis, David Lewis, Jack Mullaney, James Westerfield, Belle Montrose, Wally Boag
When eccentric college chemistry professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) accidentally creates Flubber, the anti-gravity version of Silly Putty, the local college basketball team uses airborne slam-dunks against their archrivals. There is romance, in which Ned tries to win back his fiancee Betsy (Nancy Olson), along with other amusing complications as well in this Disney film.
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 Alice in Wonderland 1951 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton, J. Pat O'Malley, Heather Angel, Bill Thompson, Doris Lloyd, James MacDonald, Queenie Leonard, Larry Grey, Joseph Kearns
This is Disney's animated version of philosophy teacher Lewis Carroll's classic book about a girl named Alice (voice of Kathryn Beaumont) who falls down the rabbit hole and ends up in a magical, if illogical, world where animals talk. Hit songs include "Alice in Wonderland," "T'was Brillig," "I'm Late," "Painting the Roses Red," and "A Very Merry Un-birthday."
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 Babes in Toyland 1961  G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Ann Jillian, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Mary McCarty, Brian Corcoran, Marilee and Melanie Arnold, Jerry Glenn, John Perri, David Pinson
On the eve of the wedding of Mary Quite Contrary (Annette Funicello) to Tom the Piper's Son (Tommy Sands), the evil Barnaby (Ray Bolger) hires henchmen Gonzorgo (Henry Calvin) and Roderigo (Gene Sheldon) to get rid of Tom and steal Mary's sheep that Little Bo Peep is caring for. This will make Mary unable to care for the children who live with her and force her to turn to Barnaby for help. All goes as planned, until Tom escapes, and goes with the children to Toyland where they help the Toymaker (Ed Wynn) finish the toys on his Christmas list.
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Cinderfella 1960   N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Henry Silva, Robert Hutton, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Shari Lee Bernath, Del Moore, Stephen Hammer, Richard Klein, Barry Gordon, Milton Frome, Anne Dore
In this take-off on "Cinderella," Fella (Jerry Lewis) is aided by his fairy godfather (Ed Wynn) in his quest for the love of Princess Charmein (Anna Maria Alberghetti). 1 User Review
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| | cinderfella | bobodooba 01/27/2007 | | i like the part when jerry lewis came down those stairs and started dancing jerry lewis could really dance and sing hes a great comedian and producer and anna marie alberghetti was a cutie pie i loved her as the prencess well see yaw later |
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Dear Brigitte 1965 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol, Bill Mumy, John Williams, Ed Wynn, Jack Kruschen, Brigitte Bardot, Jesse White
The Leaf family is headed by a professor father, Robert (James Stewart). Problems revolve around the son, Erasmus (Bill Mumy), who is more interested in the practical versus his father's ethereal subjects.
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The Diary of Anne Frank 1959  N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Diane Baker, Douglas Spencer, Charles Wagenheim, Dodie Heath, Edmund Purdom
Anne (Millie Perkins) and her parents, the Van Daans (Lou Jacobi and Shelley Winters), are Jews hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. This is Anne's story about coming of age in an attic surrounded by the threat of immediate death. Anne wrote, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Shelley Winters won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Oscars were also presented for Art Direction/Set Decoration and Cinematography. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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The Gnome-Mobile 1967 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Walter Brennan, Tom Lowell, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon, Sean McClory, Norman Grabowski, Jerome Cowan, Charles(2) Lane
When two children, Rodney (Matthew Garber) and Elizabeth (Karen Dotrice), along with their grandfather Mulrooney (Walter Brennan), discover gnomes in a redwood forest, Mulrooney's sanity is questioned.
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The Great Man 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jose Ferrer
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Julie London, Joanne Gilbert, Ed Wynn, Jim Backus, Lyle Talbot, Edward Platt, Russ Morgan
Reporter Joe Harris (Jose Ferrer) investigates the life of a recently departed and much beloved radio star and comes up with the story of a not-so-lovable character.
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Marjorie Morningstar 1958 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, Ed Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Martin Balsam, Ruta Lee, George Tobias
A young Jewish girl, Marjorie (Natalie Wood), falls in love with Noel Airman (Gene Kelly) during a season apprenticing with a summer-stock troupe. Common sense prevails, however, when Marjorie marries Wally Wronken (Martin Milner) who offers less excitement but, instead, pledges true love and security.
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 Mary Poppins 1964  G, 139 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Arthur Treacher, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Owen, Reta Shaw, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Jane Darwell, Arthur Malet
English children Jane and Michael Banks (Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber) feel neglected by their parents. They receive a new "magical" nanny, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) who takes them on exciting adventures and changes the lives of everyone in the family. Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar for her role, and "Chim Chim Cheree" won for Best Song. There were three other Academy awards as well as eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director. A delightful film that is filled with great songs.
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Son of Flubber 1963 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Charles Ruggles, Leon Ames, Paul Lynde, Elliott Reid, William Demarest, Ed Wynn, Ken Murray, Bob Sweeney, Edward Andrews, Joanna Moore, James Westerfield
In this sequel to "The Absent-Minded Professor," Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is back in his lab trying to invent an anti-gravity flubber gas, "dry rain." Ned's invention does not prove very successful–until his assistant Biff (Tommy Kirk) gives the "dry rain" to the Medfield College football team. The team uses Ned's invention, their running back rushes over the helmets of the defensive players, and they win the big game against Rutland.
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 That Darn Cat 1965 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon, Richard Eastham, Grayson Hall, Tom Lowell, Iris Adrian, Liam Sullivan
In this Disney film Siamese cat D.C. (Darn Cat) ends up in the middle of an FBI investigation and leads to solving a kidnapping case. D.C. is allowed into the home used by bank robbers Iggy and Dan (Frank Gorshin and Neville Brand) who are holding bank teller Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage. Margaret etches the word "Help" on her watch and then attaches it to D.C.'s neck. When D.C. arrives home to his owners Patti and Ingrid Randall (Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine), Patti discovers the watch and calls the F.B.I. When agent Zeke (Dean Jones) arrives at their home, they decide to tail D.C., believing that he will lead them to the robbers and hostage Margaret. Zeke, Patti, neighbors, and friends join in the hunt and provide good slapstick comedy along the way.
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Those Calloways 1965 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon DeWilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Linda Evans, Philip Abbott, Parley Baer, Tom Skerritt, John Larkin
The Calloways are Vermonters who seek to provide a bird sanctuary for wild geese despite resistance from local residents. Disney.
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| 1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
2. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
3. Babes in Toyland (1961)
4. Cinderfella (1960)
5. Dear Brigitte (1965)
6. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
7. The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
8. The Great Man (1956)
9. Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
10. Mary Poppins (1964)
11. Son of Flubber (1963)
12. That Darn Cat (1965)
13. Those Calloways (1965)
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