Blog Archives

Mary Poppins

Poster for the movie "Mary Poppins"
Poster for the movie "Mary Poppins"

Mary Poppins (1964)

G 139 min - Comedy, Family, Fantasy - 27 August 1964
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

Director:  Robert Stevenson
Writers:  Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
Read More

The Absent-Minded Professor

Poster for the movie "The Absent-Minded Professor"
Poster for the movie "The Absent-Minded Professor"

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

G 96 min - Comedy, Family, Science Fiction - 16 March 1961
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

Director:  Robert Stevenson
Writers:  Bill Walsh
Read More

Frosty the Snowman

Poster for the movie "Frosty the Snowman"
Poster for the movie "Frosty the Snowman"

Frosty the Snowman (1969)

G 25 min - Family, Animation, TV Movie - 7 December 1969
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, Frosty and Karen, a young girl who he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the north pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!

Director:  Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Read More