When a maid is accidentally hit by a car and killed, her young orphaned daughter is forced to live with the snooty couple she used to work for. Read More »
Family
Alice in Wonderland (1933) Norman Z. McLeod, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
On a dull winter day, Alice fantasies, that she is seeing the property supporting the mirror. Read More »
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Norman Taurog, Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis, Adventure, Family
Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Read More »
Treasure Island (1950) Byron Haskin, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Adventure, Family
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Read More »
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) John Guillermin, Mandy Miller, Hilda Fenemore, Russell Waters, Adventure, Family
A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it. Read More »
Pollyanna (1960) David Swift, Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Drama, Family
A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. Read More »
Zebra in the Kitchen (1965) Ivan Tors, Jay North, Martin Milner, Andy Devine, Comedy, Family
A young boy lets the animals out of their cages at the Zoo, to set them free, but the animals start taking over the town. Read More »
Ten Who Dared (1960) William Beaudine, Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, Adventure, Family, Western
By 1869, most of the USA had already been mapped and charted with the exception of the Colorado River region. Read More »
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960) Charles Walters, Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Comedy, Family, Romance
Drama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kay, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. Read More »
Escapade in Japan (1957) Arthur Lubin, Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost
A plane on its way to Japan is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. Read More »