For Disney, the 1960s saw the release of a couple of animated classics — One Hundred Dalmatians and The Jungle Book, and also the lesser received The Sword in the Stone, but in their live-action division, they pulled out all stops with their big-budget adventure films like In Search of the Castaways, as well as solid…
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The Island at the Top of the World (1974) – Review
Walt Disney Studios was chiefly known for their animated projects but after their adaptation of Treasure Island in 1959, they also became quite well known for their live-action family adventure films and in 1974 the studio released a family-orientated roadshow package containing the animated featurette Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too along with the exciting…
In Search of the Castaways (1962) – Review
With the success of Walt Disney’s adaptation of the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it’s no surprise that Disney would try and adapt more works by the world-renowned author, and so almost ten years since James Mason and Kirk Douglas wrestled with a giant squid aboard the Nautilus we got Haley Mills…
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) – Review
From the 50s to the 70s it was clear that Disney Studios loved zany wacky family comedies; while some of them worked rather well i.e. Blackbeard’s Ghost, others, like today’s topic fell a little short.