Robert O. Cook
#1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Synopsis:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Starring:
Angela Lansbury,
Sam Jaffe,
David Tomlinson
#2
The Aristocats
Synopsis:
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.
Starring:
Sterling Holloway,
Phil Harris,
Scatman Crothers
Plot:
1910s,
butler,
cat,
animal protagonist,
talking animal,
paris france,
kitten,
horse,
anthropomorphic cat,
carriage
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#3
The Love Bug
Synopsis:
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
Starring:
David Tomlinson,
Buddy Hackett,
Joe E. Ross
#4
The Jungle Book
Synopsis:
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Starring:
Sterling Holloway,
Verna Felton,
J. Pat O'Malley
Plot:
jungle,
bear,
india,
hypnotism,
musical number,
friends who live together,
disney,
kidnapping,
eyes,
buddy comedy
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#5
Mary Poppins
Synopsis:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Starring:
Julie Andrews,
Dick Van Dyke,
David Tomlinson
#6
The Sword in the Stone
Synopsis:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
Starring:
Martha Wentworth,
Sebastian Cabot,
Karl Swenson
Plot:
wizard,
sword,
owl,
castle,
knight,
fall,
london england,
kingdom,
tournament,
boy
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#7
The Parent Trap
Synopsis:
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
Starring:
Cathleen Nesbitt,
Crahan Denton,
Charles Ruggles
#8
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Synopsis:
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Per…
Starring:
J. Pat O'Malley,
Rod Taylor,
Betty Lou Gerson
Plot:
dog,
puppy,
rescue,
dognapping,
london england,
england,
talking animal,
disney,
cruella de vil character,
car crash
...
#9
Sleeping Beauty
Synopsis:
A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. Determined to protect her, her parents ask three fairies to raise her in hiding. But the evil Maleficent is just as determined to seal the princess's fate.
Starring:
Verna Felton,
Bill Thompson,
Eleanor Audley
Plot:
fairy,
magic,
birthday,
castle,
forest,
fairy tale,
female protagonist,
kiss,
evil witch,
kingdom
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#10
Old Yeller
Synopsis:
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
Starring:
Chuck Connors,
Tommy Kirk,
Dorothy McGuire
Plot:
dog,
puppy,
rabies,
raccoon,
wolf,
poultice,
stitching a wound,
native american headdress,
milking a cow,
rescued by a dog
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#11
Cinderella
Synopsis:
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Starring:
Verna Felton,
Ilene Woods,
Eleanor Audley
#12
Fun and Fancy Free
Synopsis:
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: “Bongo,” about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and “Mickey and the Beanstalk,” a take on the famous fairy tale.
Starring:
Walt Disney,
James MacDonald,
Cliff Edwards
Plot:
disney,
circus,
bear,
night,
tornado,
howling at the moon,
coyote,
flattened,
magical bean,
mouse
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