One of the brightest nuggets from Disney's golden age, this 1937 film is almost dizzying in its meticulous construction of an enchanted world, with scores of major and minor characters (including fauna and fowl), each with a distinct identity. When you watch Snow White's intricate, graceful movements of fingers, arms, and head all in one shot, it is not the technical brilliance of Disney's ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home VideoStarring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell, Stuart BuchananDirected By: David Hand
When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home ...
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack HaleyDirected By: King Vidor, Mervyn LeRoy, Richard Thorpe, Victor Fleming
Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won't have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she's going to a ball designed to find ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home VideoStarring: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Claire Du BreyDirected By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Manufacturer: Starmaker EntertainmentStarring: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, Dorothy Alison, Yuki ShimodaDirected By: David Stevens
This television classic features the Peanuts characters in the story of Charlie Brown's problematic efforts to mount a school Christmas pageant. Everybody's on board: Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder, Pig-Pen, but the biggest impression is surely made by Linus, who stops the show with his recitation from the gospels of the story of Christ's birth. --Tom Keogh
Manufacturer: ParamountStarring: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez, Karen MendelsonDirected By: Bill Melendez
Disney's first animated feature in CinemaScope is now available in widescreen presentations on video, and it is definitely good to get the whole picture. One of the studio's most original and charming movies, the 1955 film tells the story of a rakish, street-smart dog named Tramp, who helps an aristocratic pooch named Lady out of some trouble and then commences a romance with her. Sweet, funny ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoStarring: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson, Bill BaucomDirected By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Disney's Classic
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home VideoStarring: David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard WhiteDirected By: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Animators of all things Christmas, Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass (Frosty the Snowman) take on the famous poem by Clement Moore. Narrated by Joel Grey, the story opens on the night before Christmas, but the reading of the poem must be stopped when two creatures in the house begin to stir: family men Mr. Trundle and Father Mouse. Their restlessness stems from the fact that Santa is angry ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Patricia Bright, Scott Firestone, George Gobel, Joel Grey, Tammy GrimesDirected By: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home VideoStarring: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry ColonnaDirected By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
The most revered of all Disney films, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS is alive with fairy tale magic, heart-pounding suspense, and rousing adventure. Once Snow White's vain stepmother, the wicked Queen, consults her Magic Mirror to learn that her stepdaughter's beauty surpasses her own, the lovely young girl must flee into the forest. There, she meets seven lovable dwarfs: Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, ...
