Disney Classics

Do you like classic movies?  Do you like DISNEY classic movies?  Throughout the month of December, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) presents:  The Family Classics which will include the premiere of 25 Disney live-action classics and an all-new original documentary called The Age of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics.  

I grew up watching some of these classics like The Parent Trap and Pollyanna.  With the amount of violence and inappropriateness I see on supposed children’s television shows, it’s nice to know that these are classics I would feel comfortable having my child watch unattended.  

For more information and a complete listing of the movies to be aired, visit the site. 

 

Sun., Dec 7 

Noon Treasure Island (1950) – starring Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll

1:45 p.m. Swiss Family Robinson (1960) – starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Sessue Hayakawa and Tommy Kirk

4 p.m. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) – starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre

6:15 p.m. Old Yeller (1958) – starring Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker

8 p.m. The Parent Trap (1961) – starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith

10:15 p.m. Pollyanna (1960) – starring Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Adolphe Menjou and Agnes Moorehead

12:30 a.m. The Barefoot Executive (1971) – starring Kurt Russell, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox and John Ritter 

Sunday, Dec. 14

Noon The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1970) – starring Kurt Russell and Cesar Romero

1:45 p.m. The Strongest Man in the World (1975) – starring Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero and Dick Van Patten

3:30 p.m. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) – starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson and Tommy Kirk

5:15 p.m. Son of Flubber (1963) – starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk and Ed Wynn

7 p.m. THE AGE OF BELIEVING:  THE DISNEY LIVE-ACTION CLASSICS – narrated by Angela Lansbury

8:30 p.m. The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) – starring Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bill Bixby and Susan Clark

10:15 p.m. The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) – starring Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars and Jack Elam  

Sunday, Dec. 21

Noon The Black Hole (1979) – starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster and Ernest Borgnine

2 p.m. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) – starring Eddie Albert, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann and Donald Pleasance

4 p.m. Return from Witch Mountain (1978) – starring Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann

6 p.m. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) – starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson and Roddy McDowall

8 p.m. Candleshoe (1977) – starring Jodie Foster, David Niven and Helen Hayes

10 p.m. Freaky Friday (1976) – starring Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris and John Astin

11:45 p.m. THE AGE OF BELIEVING:  THE DISNEY LIVE-ACTION CLASSICS (encore)  

Sunday, Dec. 28

Noon The Shaggy Dog (1959) – starring Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen and Tommy Kirk.

2 p.m. The Shaggy D.A. (1976) – starring Dean Jones, Tim Conway and Suzanne Pleshette.

4 p.m. The Love Bug (1968) – starring Dean Jones, Michelle Lee and Buddy Hackett.

6 p.m. Herbie Rides Again (1974) – starring Helen Hayes, Ken Berry and Stefanie Powers.

8 p.m. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) – starring Dean Jones and Don Knotts.

9:45 p.m. Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) – starring Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman.

11:30 p.m. The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973) – starring Tim Conway, Jan Michael Vincent, John Amos and Nancy Walker