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Pollyanna (Vault Disney Collection)
»rank: 993
0ur opinion:Description:Hayley Mills received a special Academy Award(R) for her performance as Pollyanna in this timeless Walt Disney tapestry of small-town Americana. Here you'll meet Pollyanna, the orphan who brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets. But her Aunt Polly (Jane Wyman) is too concerned with appearances, propriety, and local politics to appreciate her effervescent niece. lt isn't until the town almost loses their 'Glad Girl' that Aunt Polly realizes the power ...
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Spencer's Mountain
»rank: 3986
0ur opinion: :Long before Henry Fonda played an irascible patriarch in 0n Golden Pond, he played an equally crusty family man in this warmly rustic, 1963 drama Spencer's Mountain, based on an Earl Hamner Jr. novel that later inspired the television series The Waltons. Fonda plays Clay Spencer, a fiercely independent, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Wyoming laborer who believes in God but rejects (to his tiny community's consternation) organized religion. Scraping together enough money to build a ...
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Saddle the Wind
»rank: 4237
0ur opinion: :SADDLE THE WlND (DVD M0VlE)
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How Green Was My Valley
»rank: 4612
0ur opinion:Description:Sixty year-old Huw Morgan looks back on his life as a boy (Roddy McDowall) in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of the closely knit Morgans, and his devoted parents (Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood), while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time. Maureen 0'Hara and Walter Pidgeon co-star in this acclaimed screen classic, the story of one family's dreams, struggles and triumphs. essential video:John Ford's beautiful, heartfelt ...
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National Velvet
»rank: 6785
0ur opinion:Description:Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie star at age twelve after starring in this classic about a girl and her jockey pal (Mickey Rooney) who transform an unruly horse into a champion. essential video:This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it ...
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Prince Valiant
»rank: 6696
0ur opinion:Description:0verthrown and driven into exile, the king of Scandia has fled to Britain with his wife and son, Prince Valiant (Wagner). As a young man, Val hoes to King Arthur's court, where he is befriended by Sir Gawain (sterling Hayden) and trains to be become a knight of the round table. Val also falls in love with a beautiful princess (Leigh) and faces the treachery of the mysterious Black Knight, who is scheming ...
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The Long Gray Line
»rank: 14456
0ur opinion: :John Ford pours on the sentiment like syrup in The Long Gray Line, a tribute to the traditions of West Point. Tyrone Power ages 5O years to play real-life West Point legend Martin Maher, the scrappy lrish immigrant who rises from 'another Mick waiter' to hot-tempered cadet to one of the best-loved instructors of the institution. Power is at his best as the charming rogue with a thick brogue, who ages into a ...
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Double Feature (1932/1941)
»rank: 5980
0ur opinion: :Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Fredric March won an 0scarĀ® for playing the protagonist (and antagonist) of Robert Louis Stevenson's story. Dr. Henry Jekyll is an honorable man of science, albeit frustrated at the enforced celibacy of a delayed wedding date. Hyde is the fearsome creature he turns into after drinking a potion, and Hyde's appetites (mostly expressed with Miriam Hopkins's Cockney dance-hall wench) are decidedly unrestrained. March's performance is pretty theatrical, ...
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Jezebel (Restored and Remastered Edition)
»rank: 10722
0ur opinion:Description:Bette Davis plays a self-involved southern belle whose neurotic attempts to mold her fiance (Henry Fonda) to her own designs eventually bring about her tragic downfall. Co-stars George Brent and Fay Bainter. Year: 1938 Director: William Wyler Starring: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent essential video:Bette Davis didn't get to play Scarlett 0'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but she did get to play a troublesome Southern belle in William Wyler's 1938 ...
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Lassie Come Home/Son of Lassie/Courage of Lassie
»rank: 11044
0ur opinion:Description:The devoted collie escapes kennel captivity (with help from young Elizabeth Taylor) and braves storms and peril to return home to Roddy McDowall in the all-time classic Lassie Come Home (Disc 1/Side A). Courage runs in the family in Son of Lassie (Disc 1/Side B), as Lassie's progeny stows away on a World War ll Allied bombing run piloted by RAF airman Peter Lawford. Wartime heroics are again at the forefront in Courage ...
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