Children's & Family Theatre
Enjoy your journey down the yellow brick road and into the wondrous world of family films. Children's and family-oriented films are often suitable for all age groups, and cover a wide range of genre categories (comedy, adventure, fantasy, musicals, etc.).
There are several category choices with something to entertain the little ones or the whole darn family. For the younger ones click on 'Pre-School Entertainment' in green on the left. 'Disney Animation', 'Family Animation' and 'Classic Animation' can be accessed via the 'Animation' link further up the menu.
Pictured: 'The Wizard of Oz', one of the best-loved family films of all time.
Summer Magic / Pollyanna (1960)
Director: David Swift, James Neilson
Starring: Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Agnes Moorehe...
"Summer Magic" - Delightful Disney family film, based on the book "Mother Carey's Chickens," about widow Dorothy McGuire and her children working to k... Read more
Pollyanna (1960)
7.4/10
Director: David Swift
Starring: Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden
Walt Disney's version of this classic childhood book is grand entertainment for the whole family. Hayley Mills is the energetic and optimistic young o... Read more
The Shaggy Dog/The Shaggy D.A. (1959)
Director: Charles Barton, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, Dean J...
The Shaggy Dog: The son of dog-hating former mailman Wilson Daniels (Fred MacMurray), young Wilby (Tommy Kirk) accidentally becomes a canine himself... Read more
Sleeping Beauty (Disney) ( Blu-ray ) (1959)
7.3/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi
The timeless story tells of Princess Aurora, cursed by the evil sorceress Maleficent to die on her 16th birthday after pricking her finger on a poison... Read more
Sleeping Beauty (Disney) (1959)
7.3/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Can handsome Prince Phillip rescue Princess Aurora and awaken her from the curse placed on her by the evil sorceress Maleficent? This adaptation of Ch... Read more
Follow Me Boys! / Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Director: Norman Tokar, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Lillian Gish, Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Sean Connery, Albert Sharpe, Janet Mun...
'Follow Me Boys' is a Disney classic about a simple man who settles in a small town during the 1930s and starts a Boy Scout Troop. Fred MacMurray, Ver... Read more
Supercar: The Complete Series (1959)
7.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Graydon Gould, Sylvia Anderson
The series that kicked off Gerry Anderson's 'Supermarionation' career, the Supercar was a prototype vehicle that could travel by land, air or sea deve... Read more
Clutch Cargo: Volume 1 (1959)
5.6/10
Starring: Clutch Cargo
Meet Clutch and his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot in television's first comic strip - complete with Live Action Lips! This revolutionary serialized cart... Read more
The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
That loveable hound with the Southern drawl is now available on DVD, along with mousy friends Pixie and Dixie, Yogi and Boo Boo (who got their start h... Read more
Heidi / Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
Director: Ken Annakin, Michael Ray Rhodes
Starring: James MacArthur, Dorothy McGuire, John Mills, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Patri...
'Heidi' - An orphaned girl is sent to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps and wins the bitter old man over with her bright spirit,... Read more