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The Glenn Miller Story [DVD](1953) DVD The music of the Big Band era lives again in this famed biography of the musician and band leader. James Stewart shines in the title role, with June Allyson as his wife. Special musical guests include Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Frances Langford and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, performing such classics as "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "Moonlight Serenade" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo." 113 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish, French.
Old Yeller [DVD](1957) DVD Disney's deeply moving family drama set in the Texas frontier of the 1860s, about a farm family who find their lives changed by the stray yellow dog they take in. Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran star. 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary by Kirk, Parker, Corcoran, more; bonus short; bonus cartoon; featurettes; interview; publicity materials.
The Shaggy Dog(1959) VHS Thanks to a magical ring, a teenager is transformed into a sheepdog and has to perform an act of bravery in order to change back in this doggone funny film, Disney's first live-action comedy. Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Jean Hagen star. 104 min.
Pollyanna [DVD](1960) DVD Beloved Disney family tale about a warm-hearted 12-year-old orphan who goes to live with her aunt in a small New England village at the turn of the century and manages to win over the townsfolk with her optimistic attitudes. Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Agnes Moorehead star. 134 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary by Mills, more; bonus cartoon; featurettes; "making of" documentary; publicity archives.
Swiss Family Robinson [DVD](1960) DVD Adventure classic from Walt Disney about a shipwrecked family who try to make a paradise out of the South Seas island on which they're stranded. They battle the elements, tame wild animals and square off against a nasty gang of pirates. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk and James MacArthur star. 126 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary by Kirk, more; bonus cartoon; featurettes; interview; "making of" documentary.
Babes In Toyland [DVD](1961) DVD Grand Disney adaptation of the holiday musical favorite "March of the Wooden Soldiers" stars Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello as Mother Goose Land lovers Tom Piper and Mary Contrary, Ray Bolger as wicked Mr. Barnaby, and Ed Wynn as the addlebrained Toymaker. 105 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround.
Bon Voyage! [DVD](1962) DVD Harry Willard's (Fred MacMurray) dream vacation with his family in France was everything he expected and then some: he didn't count on his wife (Jane Wyman) having to dodge a relentless Hungarian admirer, his daughter (Deborah Walley) taking up with a young playboy, and his being lost in the Paris sewer system. 131 min.
Savage Sam [DVD](1963) DVD Old Yeller's son, Sam, continues his father's legacy in this follow-up to the beloved Disney family drama, protecting siblings Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran against wild animals and an attack by hostile Indians in 19th-century Texas. With Jeff York, Brian Keith. 103 min. Soundtrack: English.
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