Peter Pan (1953)
Feb 7, 1999Disney Animation/Children's Adventures in a Magic Land
One of the animated Disney classics, if probably an overrated film. It throws slapstick and derring-do together in a likeable package
Hans Conreid
The 5000 Fingers of Dr T (1953)
Aug 17, 2002Dr Seuss Film
Live-action film from a Dr Seuss script about children imprisoned by a mad piano teacher. As to be expected from Seuss, this is gloriously madcap with extravagantly surreal set designs and nonsense choreogrphy
The Twonky (1953)
May 23, 2017Possessed TV Set from the Future Comedy
From celebrated radio producer turned director Arch Oboler comes this madcap comic science-fiction film in which milquetoast Hans Conreid's life is turned upside down when his tv set becomes possessed by a mischief-making robot from the future
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Apr 2, 2002Giant Mollusc Amok
Average entry in the atomically enlarged animal cycle of the 1950s concerning a giant mutated mollusc on the attack
The Hobbit (1977)
Sep 3, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Animation
Generally overlooked animated adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien book made for tv by Rankin-Bass. This keeps to the text very faithfully - more so than Peter Jackson - and is only let down by some limited animation