Completed in 1985, Rankin/Bass' feature-length cartoon version of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows had its network...
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1987
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The works of "Puppetoon" creator and special effects wizard George Pal are perhaps best seen separately and in toto rather...
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1985
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Twice Upon a Time is an animated cartoon feature from the Lucasfilm factory. The story involves a battle royal amongst the...
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1983
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A little-known community of Moroccan Jews is featured in this 90-minute documentary on their culture (they have adopted...
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1982
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In this magical animated feature, the beloved stuffed bunny of a small child miraculously becomes the first Easter rabbit. ~...
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1982
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Only one of the mythological creatures escapes the evil King Haggard's (voice by Christopher Lee) plan to eliminate all...
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1982
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The second of Rankin/Bass' animated TV specials based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King plots the quest to...
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1980
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The 1979 Rankin/Bass production Jack Frost is a made-for-TV stop motion animation feature. Buddy Hacket narrates the story as...
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King Kubla Kraus
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1979
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Rudolph is again a hero when he comes to the rescue of Baby New Year (otherwise time would stand still!). This...
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1979
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Walter Matthau gives voice to Scrooge in this animated version of A Christmas Carol. Other noted voices include Tom Bosley,...
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1978
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A satirical, lo-fi tribute to sci-fi film series that captivated generations of movie lovers, Hardware Wars takes Star Wars...
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1978
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J.R.R. Tolkien's classic book about the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his unexpected adventures came to life in this animated,...
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1978
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In this animated holiday outing, a good-hearted little donkey is the butt of many jokes because of his exceptionally long...
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1977
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The sequel to the original animated Frosty the Snowman, Frosty's Winter Wonderland originally appeared on television in...
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Jack Frost
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1976
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The only respectable component of this home-video feature -- advertised by its distributor with the understated advisory that...
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1975
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1971
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The story of how Santa Claus came to be is brought to life through the magic of stop-motion animation in this...
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1970
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The perennial Yuletide animated classic The Little Drummer Boy gets a new look on home video with this release. Actually, the...
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1968
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A rock star decides he'd rather rule the free world than just sell records in this ambitious fusion of political satire and...
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1968
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Schlockmeister Roger Corman produced this graphically violent chronicle of the Chicago gangster wars of the 1920s and the...
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1967
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This video contains 12 delightful animated adventures featuring those lovable rodents Pixie and Dixie. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1967
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The animated stars of TV's The Flintstones make the leap to the big screen in this spoof of the spy genre. Because Fred...
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1966
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1966
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In this amusing fantasy, a combination of live-action and animated effects, Don Knotts plays scrawny bookkeeper Henry Limpet,...
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1964
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The near-sighted cartoon character Magoo inhabits the role of Friar Tuck in this animated version of the Robin Hood legend....
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1964
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California politics is the clinically dissected yet informative and interesting topic of this feature-length drama by...
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1962
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Having made a bundle on their 130-episode package of Mr. Magoo TV cartoons, the folks at UPA studios decided to star Magoo in...
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1962
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In this classic episode, Wilma is hired as TV's "Happy Housewife" on behalf of food sponsor Mr. Rockenschpiel. Although...
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1962
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In the wake of the success of Disney's "101 Dalmatians," Warner Brothers has come up with a story about cats called "Gay...
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Meowrice
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1962
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Ludwig Von Drake
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1961
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This cartoon series, consisting of 130 5-minute programs, looked a lot like Mr. Magoo, which was understandable as both the...
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1961
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At the invitation of Walt Disney himself, erudite cartoon genius Professor Ludwig Von Drake takes over the hosting chores in...
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Ludwig Von Drake
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1961
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Director George Pal is noted as a special effects maestro, both in films for children that feature his "puppetoons" and in...
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1961
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Wilma arranges for Fred and Barney to babysit Egbert, the son of her bridge companion Edna, on the very night that boys have...
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1960
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In George Pal's version of the H.G. Wells classic, Rod Taylor stars as George, a young scientist fascinated with the concept...
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1960
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Learn the grim truth about the lifestyles of those colorful beatniks in this exploitation drama that tells the story of a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1960
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This is a routine Disney comedy-fantasy about a boy who turns into a large sheep dog at the most inopportune moments. That is...
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1959
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American live-action footage frames this animated feature from the USSR, and the cartoon characters' voices are also dubbed...
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1959
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This confusingly-titled science-fiction thriller is both an artifact of its time and a surprisingly forward-looking film, in...
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Charles Palmer
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1958
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In some ways, the coming-attractions trailer for The Monolith Monsters is more exciting than the picture itself. The plot...
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1957
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A locked-in-the-fifties science fiction film, The 27th Day begins with five different people from five different countries...
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1957
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If Jet Pilot seems hopelessly out of date today, imagine how filmgoers in 1957 reacted when this relic from 1949 was taken...
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1957
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A hotel catering to the convention crowd has been victimized by a pickpocket. Investigating the thefts of several wallets and...
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1957
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The second in a group of full-color Bell Science Specials produced, written and directed by the legendary Frank Capra, Hemo...
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1957
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In this 1957 "Tomorrowland" segment conceived and executed by Disney stalwart Ward Kimball, technical advisors Dr. Ernst...
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Narrator
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1957
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Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) search for the man who has robbed two stores. In both cases, the man handed a...
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1956
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An obviously ailing Humphrey Bogart made his final screen appearance in The Harder They Fall. Adapted from a novel by...
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1956
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Anyone who's seen the 1996 science-fiction lampoon Mars Attacks may have trouble watching Earth vs. the Flying Saucers with a...
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1956
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Though both star Donald O'Connor and director Arthur Lubin had said goodbye to the "Francis the Talking Mule" series,...
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1956
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1955
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1955
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The best film of Don Siegel's career to date, this surprisingly intelligent B-picture describes the dramatic arc of an...
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1954
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Suddenly is the name of the small town invaded by professional assassin Frank Sinatra and his henchmen. Taking a local family...
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Benny Conklin
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1954
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H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds had been on the Paramount Pictures docket since the silent era, when it was optioned as a...
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1953
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An actress who once knew the heights of fame is forced to confronts the depths of defeat in this show business drama....
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1952
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1952
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1952
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Who else but Esther Williams could star in a romantic drama (with musical numbers) bearing a title like this? In Million...
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1952
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1951
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Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was...
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1951
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The scene is a distant Arctic research station, where a UFO has crashed. The investigating scientists discover that the...
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1951
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His Kind of Woman directed by veteran John Farrow, is a convoluted mystery thriller which tries unsuccessfully to combine...
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1951
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First published in 1932, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer's speculative novel When Worlds Collide was immediately purchased by...
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1951
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1950
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Gig Young was just beginning to toughen up his previously lightweight screen image when he starred in Hunt the Man Down. In a...
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1950
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Infused with religious themes, this crime drama is considered a minor example of film noir. Set in Los Angeles, it tells the...
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1949
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John Garfield, in the best performance of his career, portrays Joe Morse, an ambitious attorney who has long since abandoned...
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1948
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