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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Back Street 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971 G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Animation / Musical
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O'Shea, Arthur Gould-Porter, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Cyril Delevanti
This Disney film concerns a witch-in-training (Angela Lansbury) who becomes the guardian of three British children (Roy Snart, Ian Weighill and Cindy O'Callaghan) during World War II. With the help of an enchanted bedknob, they have some strange and wonderful adventures in animation and help stop a group of Nazis from invading the countryside.
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Blackbeard's Ghost 1968 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker, Elliott Reid, Richard Deacon, Norman Grabowski, Michael Conrad, Kelly Thordsen, Herbie Faye, George Murdock, Ned Glass, Gil Lamb
In this Disney film, the restless ghost of notorious pirate Blackbeard (Peter Ustinov) helps Steve (Dean Jones) fight off efforts of developers of a gambling casino who plan to build in the neighborhood.
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 Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, J.G. Devlin, Jack MacGowran
Leprechauns come to life for Darby (Albert Sharpe), an Irish teller of tall tales. This delightful story relates how Darby tricks the Leprechauns into giving him three wishes.
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Dishonored Lady 1947  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Paul Cavanagh, Natalie Schafer, Morris Carnovsky, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Hamilton, Ian Wolfe, Nicholas Joy, Dewey Robinson
Successful, but mentally unstable, magazine editor Madeleine (Hedy Lamarr) attempts suicide. After her psychiatrist insists she quit her high-pressure job, she moves to Greenwich Village and becomes a painter. She meets David (Dennis O'Keefe), and love blossoms. But she runs across an old boyfriend and, after he is killed, Madeleine is accused of the murder
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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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Herbie Rides Again 1974  G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Dan Tobin, Vito Scotti, Raymond Bailey, Liam Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Elaine Devry, Don Pedro Colley, Chuck McCann, Larry J. Blake
In this sequel to "The Love Bug," that daring Volkswagen, Herbie, comes to the rescue and saves the widowed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) and her niece Nicole (Stephanie Powers). The villain is Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn), and he wants to build a skyscraper where Mrs. Steinmetz's house now stands. Hawk's nephew, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry), falls in love with Nicole and provides legal aid in the fight against Hawk. Meanwhile, Herbie finds a different kind of aid when he leads all of the San Francisco Volkswagens in a battle against the bulldozers.
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In Search of the Castaways 1962 G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Anderson Jr., Antonio Cifariello, Wilfrid Brambell, Jack Gwillim, Ronald Fraser, Norman Bird, Keith Hamshere, Inia Te Wiata, George Murcell, Mark Dignam, Michael Wynne
Based on Jules Verne's novel, this Disney film is about French scientist Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) who finds a note in a bottle that tells the location of long-missing Captain Grant (Jack Gwillim). Paganel and Grant's children, Mary and Robert (Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshere), set out on an adventure to South America in search of the missing sea captain. They encounter an avalanche, floods, wild animals, and a volcano while searching South America–only to find that they should be in Australia instead of South America. With help from former crew member Bill Gaye (Wilfrid Brambell), the children and Paganel finally accomplish their goal and find the missing captain.
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The Island at the Top of the World 1974  G, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako, David Gwillim, Agneta Eckemyr, Gunnar Ohlund, Lasse Kolstad, Erik Silju, Rolf Soder
An expedition to uncharted areas of the Arctic to search for his long lost son is formed by Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden). The group finds a mysterious valley that harbors a Viking settlement, and the Vikings do not want to have their secret place discovered by others. Beautiful scenery enhances this Disney adventure
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Jane Eyre 1944  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, Henry Daniell, John Sutton, Agnes Moorehead, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Barbara Everest, Hillary Brooke, Mae Marsh, Eily Malyon
As a young girl, Jane (Peggy Ann Garner) is raised in a cruel orphanage, and when she grows up Jane (now played by Joan Fontaine) takes a job as governess for Adele (Margaret O'Brien) at the mansion of Edward Rochester (Orson Welles). Jane is attracted to Rochester, and, in time, he returns her attention. All goes well, until it is revealed that Rochester is married to an insane woman who he keeps locked in the attic. Jane leaves, but, when she learns that Rochester's wife has set fire to the mansion, she returns and finds that Rochester was blinded in the fire. Jane convinces Rochester that her reason for returning is love, not pity, and he returns her affections.
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Joan of Paris 1942  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Michele Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May Robson, Alexander Granach, Alan Ladd, George Cleveland, Richard Fraser, Paul Weigel
In this excellent World War II story the French underground helps allied pilots escape capture by the Gestapo.
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Kidnapped 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie, Finlay Currie, Peter O'Toole, Miles Malleson, Oliver Johnston, Andrew Cruickshank
This Disney film is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of David Balfour (James MacArthur) who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David teams up with Alan Breck Stewart (Peter Finch) and the duo travels across Scotland in an attempt to regain what is rightfully his.
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 King Solomon's Mines 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, Anna Lee, John Loder, Sydney Fairbrother, Frederick Leister, Arthur Sinclair
Kathy (Anna Lee) enlists the aid of Great White Hunter Allan Quartermain (Cedric Hardwicke) when she doesn't hear from her father, Patrick O'Brien (Arthur Sinclair), who has left home in search of the fabled diamond mines. Together, they set off on a trek through Africa to find him and the mines as well.
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 The Love Bug 1968 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett, Joe Flynn, Benson Fong, Iris Adrian, Joe E. Ross, Barry Kelley, Andy Granatelli, Ned Glass, Gil Lamb, Robert Foulk, Nicole Jaffe, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
The "Love Bug" is a Volkswagen Beetle car that seems to have a mind of its own considering where it will travel in this delightful Disney film. Race car driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones) "rescues" Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle that seems to drive by itself, and follows Jim home. Now, Herbie enables Jim to win race after race, but watch out, that jealous racer Peter Thorndyke (David Tomlinson) is preparing to sabotage the next race.
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The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Boris Karloff, John Loder, Anna Lee, Frank Cellier, Cecil Parker, Donald Calthrop, Clive Morton, D.J. Williams, Lyn Harding, Brian Pawley
A bizarre professor, Doctor Laurence (Boris Karloff), experiments in brain transplants.
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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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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 1964 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist, Dal McKennon, Norman Grabowski, Michael Fox, Kelly Thordsen
In this Disney film, college brain Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) experiments in ESP and hypnotism. There is a sequel: "The Monkey's Uncle."
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The Monkey's Uncle 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Faylen, Norman Grabowski, Leon Tyler, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist, Gage Clarke
This Disney sequel to "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" involves student Merlin Jones' experiments with monkeys to help solve problems of his college.
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My Dog, the Thief 1969 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dwayne Hickman, Mary Ann Mobley, Joe Flynn, Elsa Lanchester, Roger C. Carmel, Mickey Shaughnessy, Charles(2) Lane, Vaughn Taylor, John Van Dreelen, Jim Begg
Helicopter pilot Jack (Dwayne Hickman) reports traffic for the local radio station, but his ratings are declining. Along comes a St. Bernard that is on the lam and hides in Jack's plane, resulting in increased ratings for Jack as the two make a fine pair. But, the dog is a kleptomaniac and has stolen a valuable necklace from thieves. Hilarity reigns in this weak Disney effort.
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My Forbidden Past 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson, Will Wright, Janis Carter, Gordon Oliver, Basil Ruysdael, Clarence Muse, Walter Kingsford
This movie, set in New Orleans, is about a scheming woman (Ava Gardner) who has her eyes set on a young physician (Robert Mitchum), and she will stop at nothing to gain his attentions.
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 Old Yeller 1957 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Chuck Connors, Jeff York, Beverly Washburn
This "boy and his dog" story is a heart-warming tale about a mid-1800s Texas farm family. A large, yellow mongrel hound and the farm boy become friends, and the dog, in turn, protects the family. Disney started a boy-dog trend with this one. Sequel: "Savage Sam."
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The Shaggy D.A. 1976 G, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Keenan Wynn, Jo Anne Worley, Dick Van Patten, Hans Conried, Vic Tayback, Richard Bakalyan, Warren Berlinger, Shane Sinutko, John Myhers, Ronnie Schell, John Fiedler, Jonathan Daly
In this sequel to Disney's "Shaggy Dog," District Attorney candidate Wilby Daniels (Dean Jones) falls under the spell that turns him into a shaggy dog and, before the election, must uncover the secret that causes his transformations. Another sequel follows: "The Return of the Shaggy Dog."
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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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Tom Brown's School Days 1940 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Adventures at Rugby
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran, Hughie Green, Ernest Cossart, Alec Craig, Gale Storm, Barlowe Borland, Forrester Harvey
Despite the fact that the new headmaster at Rugby boarding school, Doctor Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke) has a reputation for lack of discipline, Squire Brown (Ernest Cossart) supports his policy and sends his son, Tom (Jimmy Lydon), to Rugby. When Tom arrives at the school and immediately suffers from the hazing of school bullies, Tom has a solution: organize the other students to fight back, any way they can, against the bullies.
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Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jack Paar, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire, Howard Petrie, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale
In an attempt to start over, shady gambler Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) relocates to a small town and takes a shoe factory job. Seeing the way to make a fast buck, he pretends to fall in love with the owner's daughter (Alida Valli), who is confined to a wheelchair. But Chris does fall in love, again deciding to go straight, but his past resurfaces. Slow.
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| 1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
2. Back Street (1941)
3. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
4. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
5. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
6. Dishonored Lady (1947)
7. The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
8. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
9. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
10. The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
11. Jane Eyre (1944)
12. Joan of Paris (1942)
13. Johnny Tremain (1957)
14. Kidnapped (1960)
15. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
16. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
17. The Love Bug (1968)
18. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
19. Mary Poppins (1964)
20. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
21. The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
22. My Dog, the Thief (1969)
23. My Forbidden Past (1951)
24. Old Yeller (1957)
25. The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
26. Son of Flubber (1963)
27. That Darn Cat (1965)
28. Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
aka: Adventures at Rugby
29. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
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