Rinty and so much more
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 09/23/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The FAMILY FUN 50 MOVIE PACK has over 30 titles not issued on previous MILL CREEK box sets. Seven of these "new releases" star Rin Tin Tin Jr. There's also a sled dog movie here (Toby McTeague). Besides several other animal stories, included are classic literature, a condensed movie serial, an animated feature, adventure yarns, westerns and comedies. It's a nice mix of lesser-known family-geared films at a very reasonable price.
FAMILY CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK is the ultimate DVD collection of wholesome entertainment.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(5.4) Adventure Island (1947) - Rory Calhoun/Rhonda Fleming/Paul Kelly
(6.1) Adventures Of Gallant Bess (1948) - Cameron Mitchell/Audrey Long/Fuzzy Knight
(5.3) Against a Crooked Sky (1975) - Richard Boone/Henry Wilcoxon
(4.3) Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966) - Carl Reiner/Howard Morris
(5.5) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (UK-1972) - Fiona Fullerton/Michael Crawford/Peter Sellers/Dudley Moore/Ralph Richardson
(???) Bill Cracks Down (1937) - Grant Withers/Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (minor part)
(4.7) BMX Bandits (Australia-1983) - Nicole Kidman
(6.5) The Borrowers (TV-1973) - Eddie Albert/Tammy Grimes/Judith Anderson
(6.0) Boys Of The City (1940) - The Dead End Kids
(4.2) Caryl of the Mountains (1936) - Rin Tin Tin Jr.
(7.5) Cry Of The Penguins ("Mr. Forbush and the Penguins") (UK-1971) - John Hurt/Hayley Mills
(6.6) Earthworm Tractors (1936) - Joe E. Brown/Guy Kibbee/Gene Lockhart
(2.1) Fair Play (TV-1972) - Paul Ford
(???) Fangs of the Wild (1939) - Rin Tin Tin Jr./Dennis Moore/Luana Walters
(6.6) Fit for a King (1937) - Joe E. Brown/Helen Mack/Paul Kelly
(6.6) Flying Wild (1941) - The Dead End Kids
(5.5) Freckles Comes Home (1942) - Johnny Downs/Gale Storm/Mantan Moreland
(5.9) The Gang's All Here (1941) - Frankie Darro/Marcia Mae Jones/Mantan Moreland
(???) Goodbye Love (1933) - Charles Ruggles/Verree Teasdale/Sidney Blackmer
(5.2) The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) - Ginger Rogers/Jack Carson/Joan Davis
(5.4) Hay Foot (1942) - William Tracy/James Gleason/Noah Beery Jr.
(6.0) Heading For Heaven (1947) - Stuart Erwin/Irene Ryan/Milburn Stone
(6.2) The Hurricane Express (1932) - John Wayne/Tully Marshall/Shirley Grey
(5.5) Jack And The Beanstalk (1952) - Bud Abbott/Lou Costello/Buddy Baer
(6.1) King Arthur, The Young Warlord (UK-1975) - Oliver Tobias/John Watson/Michael Gothard
(5.1) The Lady Says No (1952) - Joan Caulfield/David Niven/Frances Bavier (in support)
(???) Law of the Wolf (1939) - Rin Tin Tin Jr./Dennis Moore/Luana Walters
(???) Lay That Rifle Down (1955) - Judy Canova/Richard Deacon
(6.8) The Lion Who Thought He Was People ("The Lion at World's End") (1971) - Bill Travers/Virginia McKenna
(4.8) Lost in the Stratosphere (1934) - William Cagney/June Collyer/Hattie McDaniel
(6.4) Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) - Stewart Erwin/Tully Marshall/Milburn Stone
(6.7) The Nut Farm (1935) - Wallace Ford/Betty Alden/Florence Roberts
(5.4) Oliver Twist (1933) - Dickie Moore/Irving Pichel/William 'Stage' Boyd
(6.5) The Proud Rebel (1958) - Alan Ladd/Olivia DeHavilland/Dean Jagger
(4.5) Rescue From Gilligan's Island (TV-1978) - Bob Denver/Alan Hale Jr./Jim Backus/Natalie Schaefer/Russell Johnson/Mary Wells
(6.8) Road To Bali (1952) - Bob Hope/Bing Crosby/Dorothy Lamour/Michael Ansara (minor role)
(???) Run to the High Country (1974) - Erik Larsen/Barbara Steele
(5.4) The Silver Trail (1937) - Rin Tin Tin Jr./Rex Lease
(6.1) Skull and Crown (1935) - Rin Tin Tin Jr./Regis Toomey
(6.7) Swing High, Swing Low (1937) - Carole Lombard/Fred MacMurray
(???) Swing It, Sailor (1938) - Wallace Ford/Ray Miller/Isabel Jewell
(4.5) The Test (1936) - Rin Tin Tin Jr./Grant Withers
(6.5) Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948) - Guy Madison/Margaret Hamilton/Irene Ryan
(4.5) That's My Baby! (1944) - Richard Arlen/Ellen Drew
(6.6) Toby McTeague (Canada-1986) - Yannick Bisson
(5.3) Treasure of Fear ("Scared Stiff") (1944) - Jack Haley/Ann Savage/Barton MacLane
(8.1) Uncle Joe (1941) - Slim Summerville/Zasu Pitts/Gale Storm
(4.7) Vengeance of Rannah (1936) - Rin Tin Tin Jr.
(2.3) Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) - Bob Denver/Forrest Tucker/Lori Saunders
(7.4) Wacky Taxi (1972) - John Astin/Allan Sherman/Frank Sinatra Jr./Jackie Gayle"
Very Good for Kids, but Comedy Kings is better.
Patrick J. Faeser | 01/09/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"At least a dozen of these movies are also on Comedy Kings, but this is good for smaller kids. Buy Comedy Kings if you want a better set."