Family Movies
Fantasia (1940)
Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia…
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that…
Vassilisa the Beautiful (1940)
Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home…
If I Had My Way (1940)
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head…
Pinocchio (1940)
A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.
The Blue Bird (1940)
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they’re accompanied by the anthropomorphized…
The Film Fan (1939)
Porky Pig is on his way to the store to pick up some groceries for his mother when he walks by a sign saying that the local movie theater is…
Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the…
One Mother’s Family (1939)
A mother hen is taking her brood for a walk. They encounter obstacles along the way, such as traffic. There’s one clumsy chick who repeatedly has more trouble than the…
Porky’s Hotel (1939)
Porky runs a small-town hotel. An old goat with gout checks in for a rest, but a talkative goose child will prevent him from getting it.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick…
East Side of Heaven (1939)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child’s family.
The Little Princess (1939)
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
My Friend the Monkey (1939)
A hurdy-gurdy man goes by Betty Boop’s house; she wants to buy his monkey, which causes plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup.
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the…
Merbabies (1938)
Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on…
Blondie (1938)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising…
The Daffy Doc (1938)
After being thrown out of the operating room as Dr. Quack’s assistant, Dr. Daffy Duck makes Porky Pig his own – unwilling – patient.
Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely…
Listen Darling (1938)
To stop Pinkie’s widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn’t love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family…
Barefoot Boy (1938)
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel’s owner doesn’t like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the…
Porky’s Spring Planting (1938)
Porky and his dog, Streamline, plant a large garden. The neighbor chickens see the garden as one big buffet/cafeteria.
Porky’s Hare Hunt (1938)
Porky Pig goes after a rogue rabbit who manages to frustrate him at every turn.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Rebecca’s Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she…
The Old Mill (1937)
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and…
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler’s comedy–with many songs–also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose…
Heidi (1937)
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into…
Rover’s Rival (1937)
Porky reads a book of new dog tricks; unfortunately, his dog, Rover, is old. A puppy comes by and taunts him.
Dog Daze (1937)
A series of gags at a dog show, including a stage revue. A dog gets into a trunk of roller skates and crashes through the stage show.
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.
Captains Courageous (1937)
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to…
Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937)
Inexperienced duck hunter Porky Pig is taunted by a mischievous duck (Daffy, making his screen debut).
Elephant Boy (1937)
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Stowaway (1936)
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker,…