Family Friendly Movies

Romeo and Juliet

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April 6, 2016April 9, 2021

Romeo and Juliet (1936), starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, John Barrymore, C. Aubrey Smith

Synopsis of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and youth ruined by a family feud. The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, a Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet. They fall in love and secretly marry. After killing a nephew of Lady Capulet in a fight, Romeo is banished from Verona. Capulet tries to marry Juliet to Paris, a prince. Juliet seeks the counsel of Friar Laurence, who married her and Romeo. He suggests a daring plan that ends tragically.

The Daydreamer

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April 5, 2016January 26, 2022

The Daydreamer (1966), starring Hayley Mills, Tallulah Bankhead, Burl Ives, Victor Borge, Terry-Thomas, Ed Wynn, Patty Duke, Ray Bolger, Boris Karloff, Margaret Hamilton, Cyril Ritchard, Jack Gilford

Product Description

The Daydreamer, experience one of Rankin-Bass’ best-loved theatrical movies, filmed in an enchanting combination of live-action and stop-motion animation, as young Hans Christian Andersen daydreams his way to adventure through his most famous fairy tales. In ‘The Little Mermaid’ everyone’s favorite girl of the sea (Hayley Mills) must triumph over the evil Sea Witch (Tallulah Bankhead) with a little help from Father Neptune (Burl Ives). In ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ a pair of villainous tailors (Victor Borge and Terry-Thomas) create a surprising new outfit for a gullible king (Ed Wynn). The fun continues with Patty Duke as Thumbelina, Ray Bolger as The Pieman, Boris Karloff as a sinister rat, Margaret Hamilton as the mean Mrs. Klopplebobbler, and much more in this timeless kids’ classic.

Editorial review of The Daydreamer courtesy of Amazon.com

Leave Her to Heaven

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April 4, 2016January 26, 2022

Leave Her to Heaven (1945) starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jean Crain, Vincent Price

reviewed by The Masked Reviewer

Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) elopes with a charming young socialite Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney). Only to find her family surprised by his appearance more than the sudden marriage. All seems to be going well for the happy couple until Richard decides to invite his little brother Danny (Darryl Hickman) to Ellen’s special summer home. Danny’s visit changes into Danny moving in permanently. All Ellen wants is to live a quiet happy life with Richard. Richard doesn’t understand that so he also invites her mother, and cousin to live with them for the summer. Ellen can’t stand this invasion of privacy anymore. You must watch Leave Her to Heaven for yourself. Because it has one of the finest portrayals of madness in film. This is an excellent film.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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April 3, 2016April 9, 2021

Frank Lloyd Wright, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Product Description of Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was the greatest of all American architects. He was an authentic American genius, a man who believed he was destined to redesign the world, creating everything anew. Over the course of his long career, Wright designed over eight hundred buildings, including such revolutionary structures as the Guggenheim Museum, the Johnson Wax Building, Fallingwater, Unity Temple and Taliesin. Wright’s buildings and his ideas changed the way we live, work and see the world around us. Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural achievements were often overshadowed by the turbulence of his melodramatic life. Read More »Frank Lloyd Wright

Five Weeks in a Balloon

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April 2, 2016April 19, 2024

Irwin Allen’s Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962), starring Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Haydn, Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Fabian, BarBara Luna, Peter Lorre

Synopsis of Five Weeks in a Balloon

In Five Weeks in a Balloon, Professor Ferguson plans to demonstrate the practicality of his new hot air balloon design by charting the unknown areas of Africa – but the government wants him to claim the area to prevent slave trading from being established there. His crew consists of his friend Jacques, a retired general, and a journalist — and along the way they pick up two escaped slaves and a slave trader as well.

Isle of the Snake People

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April 2, 2016March 31, 2022

Isle of the Snake People (1971), starring Boris Karloff, Julissa, Yolanda Montes, Ralph Bertrand, Carlos East

Synopsis of Isle of the Snake People

In Isle of the Snake People, a small remote island is a home for voodoo rites, death cults and an evil thing named Damballah. Local law officials turn a blind eye to their evil ways … Until Captain Labesch arrives from the mainland.

The Strongest Man in the World

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April 2, 2016September 20, 2022

Walt Disney’s The Strongest Man in the World, starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers, Dick Van Patten

Product Description

In The Strongest Man in the World, Medfield College science major Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter’s cereal box! After breakfast the next morning, Dexter is transformed, possessing a superhuman strength that levels lampposts and destroys doorknobs. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events. Ultimate control of the moneymaking formula rides on a weight lifting match between the pitifully small Medfield team and the superior State challengers. It’s a mixture of fun, comedy, and adventure that will have everyone exploding with laughter!

Mr. Skeffington

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April 1, 2016June 22, 2022

Mr. Skeffington (1944), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains

Product Description of Mr. Skeffington

Bette Davis stars as a beautiful but vain society woman who, to pay her brother’s gambling debts, marries a financier she does not love — Mr. Skeffington. The marriage does not last, and the former Mrs. Skeffington flits from beau to beau casually leaving a trail of broken hearts. But when she contracts a near-fatal case of diphtheria, her beauty is destroyed by the terrible scars left by the disease. Now middle-aged, scarred and unable to win men’s hearts with her beauty, she finally finds love with the now-blind man she had wed years before–Mr. Skeffington

His Kind of Woman

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April 1, 2016February 11, 2023

His Kind of Woman, starring Robert Mitchum, Vincent Price, Jane Russell, Raymond Burr

Synopsis of His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman. Robert Mitchum, Jane Russel, Vincent Price and Raymond Burr star in a film noir about a mobster in need of an new identity, the man so desperate for cash that he is willing to sell his name, and the gold-digging beauty determined to land a rich husband.

Champagne for Caesar

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March 31, 2016January 1, 2022

Champagne for Caesar (1950), starring Ronald Colman, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter, Vincent Price, Celeste Holm

Synopsis of Champagne for Caesar

In Champagne for Caesar, An unemployed genius becomes a contestant on television’s biggest quiz show. And, he goes on to win the company from the show’s sponsor in this funny comedy favorite! Vincent Price gives a career best performance as the eccentric owner of the Milady Soap empire. Along with pitch-perfect turns by Academy Award winners Ronald Colman (Lost Horizon) and Celeste Holm (All About Eve). A rollicking, romantic film comedy!