This legendary animated feature is surely beyond criticism by now and, furthermore, it's unlikely that we'll see such forceful narrative in a kids' cartoon ever again. Disney's treatment of Collodi's story of the little wooden puppet who wants nothing more than to be a real boy is always guaranteed to have audiences entranced. While some of the movie's success is derived from its liberal use of ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Marion Darlington, Cliff Edwards, Walter Catlett, Don Brodie, Charles Judels
Directed By: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen

Manufacturer: Lace International Ltd

Manufacturer: Criterion
Starring: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Michel Pezin, Wladimir Popof, Paul Perey
Directed By: Albert Lamorisse

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, The Andrews Sisters, Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nicknamed "Disney's Folly" by contemporary observers; they doubted that the short cartoons shown before the main film could ever successfully make the transition from filler to feature presentation. Surely, no one would sit still for over an hour to watch an animated film, their eyes smarting from the bright colours on screen? Fortunately, Walt Disney and ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: David Hand, Lucille La Verne (Voice), Harry Stockwell (Voice), Otis Harlan (Voice), Billy Gilbert (Voice)

Manufacturer: Elstree Hill Entertainment
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, William Farnum
Directed By: Jean Yarbrough

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action ...

Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Starring: Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer, Ray Barrett, Christine Finn

This legendary animated feature is surely beyond criticism by now and, furthermore, it's unlikely that we'll see such forceful narrative in a kids' cartoon ever again. Disney's treatment of Collodi's story of the little wooden puppet who wants nothing more than to be a real boy is always guaranteed to have audiences entranced. While some of the movie's success is derived from its liberal use of ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett
Directed By: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Luana Patten
Directed By: Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills, Clem Bevans
Directed By: Clarence Brown