Based on James Oliver Curwood’s 1919 novel Nomads of the North, Disney’s Nikki, Wild Dog of the North was theatrically released on July 12, 1961. The live action nature adventure is seventy-four minutes in length. Plot Summary In the Canadian northwest of 1899, a kindly fur trader named Andre Dupas (Jean Coutu) travels with his…
Category: Disney Movies
An Epic Disney Animated Movies Quest
Once upon a time my brave family set out on an epic quest. We attempted to watch 50 Disney animated movies before our fall trip to Walt Disney World. The idea is not for the faint of heart — finishing all 50 movies took us about four months, playing 3-4 movies per week. Silly me…
Movie Review: Perri
Based on Felix Salten’s 1938 novel Perri: The Youth of a Squirrel, Disney’s Perri was theatrically released on August 28, 1957. The live action nature adventure is seventy-five minutes in length. Perri was the second of six Disney films based on a Salten novel, following Bambi (1942) and preceding The Shaggy Dog (1959, 2006), The…
Movie Review: The Reluctant Dragon
Based in part on Kenneth Grahame’s 1898 short story of the same name, Disney’s The Reluctant Dragon was theatrically released on June 20, 1941. The live action-animation hybrid, which uses a tour of Disney’s newly-opened studio complex in Burbank, California as a thread between disparate animated segments, is seventy-four minutes in length. Plot Summary The…
Movie Review: The Incredible Journey
Based on Sheila Burnford’s 1961 novel of the same name, Disney’s The Incredible Journey was theatrically released on November 20, 1963. The live action adventure drama is eighty minutes in length. A remake, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, was theatrically released on February 3, 1993. Plot Summary In contemporary Canada, a middle-aged bachelor named John…
Movie Review: Kidnapped
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel of the same name and loosely on real events from eighteenth-century British history, Disney’s Kidnapped was theatrically released on February 24, 1960. The live action adventure drama is ninety-four minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1752 Scotland, a young man named David Balfour (James MacArthur) treks to the…
Review of the Disney Film – Christopher Robin
The latest Disney live action movie is in theatres now, and as always, it is a fantastic movie! Christopher Robin is based on the old Winnie the Pooh movies, shows & books. It looks at the life of Christopher Robin as an adult & helps him find his way in life. It is a cute…
Movie Review: The Light in the Forest
Based on Conrad Richter’s 1953 novel of the same name and on actual events involving European settlers and Native Americans in the mid-eighteenth-century Pennsylvania backcountry, Disney’s The Light in the Forest was theatrically released on August 8, 1958. The live action drama is ninety-three minutes in length. Plot Summary In late-1764, British forces under the…
Disney Movie Nights: Cars
Disney Movie Nights are always a favorite way to celebrate an upcoming trip to Disneyland or Walt Disney World. Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3 are classic Disney-Pixar films. The excitement, nostalgia, and laughs are one reason my family loves to incorporate one of these movies into our Disney Movie Nights. Decorating for this movie…
Movie Review: Third Man on the Mountain
Based on James Ramsey Ullman’s 1955 book Banner in the Sky, Disney’s Third Man on the Mountain was theatrically released on November 10, 1959. The live action adventure drama is 105 minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1866 Switzerland, eighteen-year-old Rudi Matt (James MacArthur) dreams of becoming a mountain guide and reaching the summit of…
Movie Review: Treasure of Matecumbe
Based on Robert Lewis Taylor’s 1961 novel A Journey to Matecumbe, Disney’s Treasure of Matecumbe was theatrically released on July 1, 1976. The live action drama is 117 minutes in length. Plot Summary In post-Civil War Kentucky, young Davie Burnie (Johnny Doran) and his aunts, Effie (Jane Wyatt) and Lou (Virginia Vincent), face the loss…
Movie Review: The North Avenue Irregulars
Based on the Reverend Albert Fay Hill’s 1968 book of the same name, Disney’s The North Avenue Irregulars was theatrically released on February 9, 1979. The live action mystery comedy is 100 minutes in length. Disney’s movie loosely portrays the real events chronicled in Hill’s book. To this end, the story’s setting was moved by…