Classic Movies – The Little Princess (1939)

One of the best Shirley Temple movies! This is a great classic movie to watch with the entire family.

After living a coddled life in India, pretty Sara Crewe goes off to boarding school in England while her father goes to fight the Boer War for his Queen. Though she gets pleasure from the interest of tutor Miss Rose and the good-looking riding tutor who is wooing the teacher, Sara abhors unbending headmistress Miss Minchin. When Sara’s father is reported among the dead, the headmistress coerces the girl to become a servant and stay in the attic.

But adorable scullery maid Becky and a kind-hearted Indian man next door make Sara’s life bearable while she seeks out for her father, whose death she repudiates to admit. Though she gets in difficulty for escaping her chores, the little princess dreams of a better life as she haunts the veteran’s hospital, hoping for a marvel. In the end, her resilience pays off.

The Little Princess – Classic Movies

Classic TV The Lucy Show – Lucy meets John Wayne (1939)

Season 5 Episode 10
First aired 21st November, 1966

When Mr. Mooney sends Lucy to the movie studio to deliver some papers regarding the financing on John Wayne’s new film, she ignores his warning not to bother Mr. Wayne and finds herself lunching with him. Nervous and excited, Lucy proceeds to talk his ear off and finally splatters him with ketchup. Mr. Wayne takes that as his exit cue, but Lucy soon tracks him to the set of his film, where she continuously screws up the production.

     The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical / fantasy film directed mainly by Victor Fleming from a script by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, and others and based on the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

The film follows 12-year-old farmgirl Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) who lives on a Kansas farm with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, but dreams of a better place “somewhere over the rainbow.” After being struck unconscious during a tornado by a window which has come loose from its frame, Dorothy dreams that she, her dog Toto and the farmhouse are transported to the magical Land of Oz. There, the Good Witch of the North, Glinda ,advises Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and meet the Wizard of Oz, who can return her to Kansas. During her journey, she meets a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), a Tin Man (Jack Haley) and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), who join her, hoping to receive what they lack themselves (a brain, a heart and courage, respectively). All of this is done while also trying to avoid the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) and her attempt to get her sister’s ruby slippers from Dorothy, who received them from Glinda.

The film was first telecast in 1956, but not repeated until 1959. But from 1959 to 1991, The Wizard of Oz was an annual television tradition in the United States and through these showings, it has become one of the most famous films ever made. It is still shown on television; although, beginning in 1991, it began to be telecast more often than simply once a year. The film received much more attention after its annual television screenings were so warmly embraced and has since become one of the most beloved films of all time. The Library of Congress names The Wizard of Oz as the most-watched classic movie in history.

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Classic Movies – The Wizard of Oz

The first two thirds of the 60-minute broadcast was presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual Martian invasion was in progress. Compounding the issue was the fact that the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a ‘sustaining show’ (i.e., it ran without commercial breaks), thus adding to the dramatic effect. Although there were sensationalist accounts in the press about a supposed panic in response to the broadcast, the precise extent of listener response has been debated.

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. This is the story of the 18th century legendary frontier scout, Daniel Boone, as he conquers the savage frontier. He guides a party of settlers from North Carolina to Kentucky but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land. They face Indians, food shortages, and bad weather along the way. The climax finds Boone and company defending their fort from a Shawnee Indian attack.


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This was the final film of the original Andy Hardy series and is a great family picture and a must see for all Mickey Rooney fans.

While the Martian is settling in under the assumed identity of Tim’s “Uncle Martin”, Tim finds himself caring for his boss’s dog, which helps him to meet a pretty neighbor.