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Swiss Family Robinson (1960) – One of Disney’s biggest and most fondly remembered
hits, the spectacular screen version of the literary classic Swiss Family Robinson
is full of breathtaking South Seas scenery, hundreds of exotic animals and treacherous
pirates. This heroic tale chronicles the courageous exploits of the Robinson
family after they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. Using teamwork and
ingenuity, they skillfully overcome the obstacles of nature and transform their
new home into a “civilized” community. But the ultimate challenge lies ahead
when a band of cutthroat pirates threaten to destroy the Robinson’s Makeshift
paradise. Capture the thrills, romance, and fun of this unforgettable Disney
film!
♡ Swing
Parade (1946) – In this musical, a struggling young singer falls in love with a
nightclub owner whose father mistakes her for someone else and tries to
convince her to serve a summons at the club. Fortunately, the love between the
youngsters prevails, Music and happiness ensues. The Three Stooges are at their
bumbling, eye-poking, hair-pulling best! This time around “The Boys” must
protect talented nightclub owner Danny Warren (Phil Regan) from the schemes of
his powerful and overprotective father, who will go to any lengths to shut Danny
down. But things get complicated when the senior Warren enlists the help of a
beautiful chorus girl Carol Lawrence (Gale Storm of My Little Margie). Can Moe,
Larry and Curly run the club, manage Danny’s budding love life, and avoid the
wrath of Moose, their cantankerous boss? A warm, hilarious musical romp. The
Stooges’ feature film Swing Parade has been beautifully restored and is
presented in color!
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Swing Kids – It’s 1939 and Nazi Germany has declared war on freedom, demanding
conformity from its youth. But a group calling themselves SWING KIDS rebel with
their “swing” music from America and dare to stand up against the powerful
forces around them. Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale deliver gripping
performances as two friends who must choose between their individual freedom or
loyalty to the murderous Third Reich. Also featuring Barbara Hershey, Swing
Kids is an inspirational and powerful story about finding the courage to fight
for what you believe in! In 1939 Hamburg, Germany, a group of teenagers express
their rebellion against Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime through their affection for
American swing music, British fashion, and Harlem slang. American and British
big-band jazz records are among those banned by the Fuhrer, but the young men
secretly get together with their friends to listen and dance to the music. As their
escapades become increasingly bold, they each get into trouble with the authorities.
Robert Sean Leonard stars as Peter, who ends up being forced by a prank into
having to join the Hitler Youth with his friend Thomas (Christian Bale), They
are both engineering students at the university, where Thomas’ father was taken
away for defending Jewish colleagues. With Arvid (Frank Whaley), they pretend
to be Nazi supporters by day while rebelling with the swing music by night. Kenneth
Branagh, in in uncredited appearance, is a glib Nazi Gestapo Chief who makes
matters more difficult. Each of the boys must choose among family safety, friendship,
and freedom as politics impinges on their youthful exuberance and the Nazis set
them against one another. The movie was shot in Prague, directed by Thomas
Carter from a script by Jonathan Marc Fieldman, and released by Disney. Barbara
Hershey appears as Peter’s mother.
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Swindle (2013) – Featuring an amazing all-star cast (Noah Crawford, Chris O’Neal,
Ariana Grande, Jennette McCurdy), Noah Munck and Clara Bravo!), get set for
Nickelodeon’s Swindle! When Ben and Griffin discover an old “Honus Wagner” baseball
card, they may have also found the financial solution to save Ben from having
to move. They quickly head to a collectibles’ shop owned by a man named Swindell
who offers them $300 after Griffin negotiates the price up. Proud of their accomplishment,
they head home, money in hand, but soon realize the baseball card is worth much
more… roughly $1.2 million more! Griffin and Ben have been swindled! Now
Griffin Bing wants to swindle the swindler, right a wrong, take back property
unethically obtained by deceptive means (whatever sounds fancier) and sets off
to recruit the ultimate crew. He is owed favors all over school and it’s them
to call them in!
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Sweet Old World (2012) – A father and son deal with their grief over the death
of the son’s brother. When the deceased’s best friend reenters their lives, they
forced to confront their true feelings. Filmed in the real world of the South
Pasadena High School marching band, Sweet Old World is the story of a father’s
grief and the son who frees him. The lives of Brian Hinkle and his teenage son
Ethan were shattered eight years ago when Ethan’s ten-year-old brother Michael
was tragically killed while playing with a friend, Jimmie, on railroad tracks.
Brian, once a successful photographer, is still consumed by his own private
grief and pain. Divorced from Ethan’s mother, he spends his time obsessively
photographing trash by railroad tracks and on the edges of the city. And Ethan,
now sixteen and a talented musician in the school marching band, is heading for
Julliard. Their weekends together are an exercise in painful disconnect as their
relationship has grown strained and cold over the years. Under a cloud of
suspicion, Jimmie had disappeared with his family immediately after the
accident. When he reappears at school eight years later and joins the marching
band, Ethan and Brian’s carefully constructed protective shells begin to
crumble. Jimmie is a wild and reckless kid. He befriends Ethan, drawing him
into his dangerous world. Feeling like his lost brother has returned, Ethan
relishes his new friendship while Brian is stunned by Jimmie’s return and begins
following and secretly photographing the two of them. When Ethan finally confronts
Jimmie to learn the truth about how his brother died, it sets off a string of
events that bring father and son to the brink of disaster and the potential for
a new life and friendship. With the support of a Guggenheim Fellowship, award
winning documentary filmmaker David Zeiger drew from his own life to create
this unique and riveting family drama.
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Sweet Home Carolina (2017) – Just as Diane, an overworked ad-exec from Los
Angeles, burns out at work, she suddenly inherits a house in her rural South
Carolina hometown. Hoping to start fresh, regain her bearings, and repair the
fractured relationship with her older daughter, Diane moves cross-country with
her two girls. But just as life is becoming more simple and her daughters are beginning
to assimilate to the country lifestyle, Diane runs into her first love, Luke,
and things get complicated.
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Sweet Cocoon (2015) – Two insects help a caterpillar in her metamorphosis.
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Swallows & Amazons (2017) – Swallows and Amazons follows four children who
dream of escaping from the tedium of a summer holiday. When finally given
permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast lake,
they are overjoyed. But when they arrive, they discover they may not be alone
and a desperate yet whimsical battle for ownership of the island ensues, where
both skill and luck play a hand. Simultaneously, the dangers of an adult world,
on the brink of war, encroach on their paradise and intertwine with their lives,
in the form of a mysterious pair of Russian spies hot on the tail of the enigmatic
Jim Turner. The children must ban together from both groups, learn skills of
survival, responsibility, and the all-important value of friendship to save a
family member. Steeped in the wonder of a child’s imagination and set against a
breathtaking backdrop, this is an exhilarating adaptation of a treasured
classic. Studio: Secret Harbor Films Limited/ British Broadcasting Corporation/
the British Film Institute
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Susannah of the Mounties (1939) – Rescued by kindly Mounted Police Officers
after barely surviving an Indian attack on the Canadian frontier, cute orphan
Susannah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) befriend the Mounties, especially Inspector “Monty”
Montague (Randolph Scott). Moreover, the adorable Susannah prove s a capable
negotiator between the tribes and the Mounties. The sole survivor of an Indian
attack, orphan girl Susannah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) becomes the mascot of the
Canadian Mountie outpost headed by Superintendent Standing (Moroni Olsen).
Mountie Angus “Monty” Montague (Randolph Scott) and his sweetheart (and
Standing’s daughter), Vicky (Margaret Lockwood) appoint themselves as Susannah’s
unofficial parents, doing their best to help the girl overcome her terrible
ordeal. Eventually, it is “little miss fix-it” Susannah who brings peace
between the Mounties and the Blackfeet, but before Monty is nearly burned at
the stake by the renegade Indian responsible for causing all the trouble. This is
the film in which Shirley Temple not only teaches Randolph Scott how to tap
dance, but also shares a peace pipe with a Blackfoot youngster (and gets good nauseated
in the process). Based on a novel by Muriel Denison, Susannah of the Mounties
was originally released in sepiatone. Studio: 1939 Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation. Renewed 1966 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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Surviving the Wild (2018) – Following the untimely death of his grandpa Gus
(Jon Voight), thirteen-year-old Shaun (Aiden Cullen) disregards his parents
wishes and embarks upon a great journey into the wild with his dog Riley, to
spread his grandpa’s ashes from a remote mountaintop. Throughout the journey,
Shaun is guided by the spirit of his grandfather. Together they overcome challenge
after challenge, as Shaun traverses white water rapids and tries to evade two
crazed hillbillies that are on this tail. Shaun must use all of the wits and
tricks that his grandpa has taught him over the years as they share in this one
final great adventure together! A young boy runs into the woods with his dog
and the stolen ashes of his grandpa. Wanting to carry out his grandfather’s
wishes of having his ashes scattered from a mountain, he embarks on his journey
and has a final opportunity to say goodbye. Studio: Haunted Doll Company
