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.
Dr Seuss' The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr T (1953)
Director: Roy Rowland
Starring: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Tommy Rettig
An unusual, rarely seen fantasy, co-scripted by Dr. Seuss following a young boy's nightmares about his tyrannical piano teacher. Hans Conried is the f... Read more
Peter Pan (Disney) (1953)
7.3/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Starring: Voices Of, Kathryn Beaumont, Bobby Driscoll, Hans Conried
The beloved Disney cartoon feature has Peter, Tinker Bell and the Darling children on a fun-filled trip to Never Never Land, where the wicked Captain... Read more
Popeye the Sailor Man: Volume 3 (1952)
Starring: Popeye, Olive Oyl
"Well Blow Me Down" This DVD offers a hearty helping of exciting adventures starring the loveable underdog with an affinity for spinach. So come up on... Read more
Alice in Wonderland (Disney) (1951)
6.5/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Starring: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway
Disney animation based on the Lewis Carroll favourite. Join Alice as she falls into the wild world of Wonderland and meets extraordinary characters su... Read more
Kim (1950)
6.6/10
Director: Victor Saville
Starring: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas
Rousing action and a terrific performance by Errol Flynn distinguish this adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of 1880's colonialist India, with Briti... Read more
Treasure Island (1950)
7/10
Director: Byron Haskin
Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney
Disney's first live action movie was this vivid take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, filmed in England (not the West Indies!) with Bobby Driscoll... Read more
Cinderella (Disney) (1949)
6.9/10
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney brings to animated life the classic tale of poor Cinderella, her fairy godmother, Prince Charming, mice Gus and Jaq, the glass slipper, an... Read more
Lassie: Lassie Come Home / Hills of Home / Courage of Lassie / Son of Lassie (1948)
5.9/10
Director: Fred M Wilcox, S Sylvan Simon
Starring: Dame May Whitty, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Lanchester,...
Lassie x 4. 'Lassie Come Home' (1943) - In "one of the all-time great family films" (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide), a remarkable collie - sold by her... Read more
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
7.9/10
Director: George Seaton
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood
In this, one of Hollywood's most delightful fantasies, the spirit of Christmas is rekindled in a young girl (Natalie Wood) by a department store Santa... Read more
The Yearling (1946)
7.3/10
Director: Clarence Brown
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr
Child actor Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his lead performance as the boy hero of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel, which concerns a lad's... Read more