Author Archive: Retro

Fans of the 1970s cartoon series The Littles may enjoy its live-action spiritual ancestor The Borrowers. Dennis Larson plays an eight-year-old boy living in Victorian England. While exploring his aunt’s (Dame Judith Anderson) mansion, Larson peeks under the floorboards…and what should he see but a family of inches-high humans (Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Karen Pearson), who survive by “borrowing” bits and pieces from the Big People. Discovered, the Borrowers scramble to avoid being captured and displayed as curiosities. First telecast December 14, 1973, The Borrowers was based on the novel by Mary Norton (of Bedknobs and Broomsticks fame).

This spiritually-themed drama concerns a poor family who move into a wealthy town and suffer from harassment at the hands of their arrogant, upscale neighbors.

A warm hearted movie about life in a small rural town. A young man dreams of becoming a doctor and practices on patching up small sick little animals. Along the way he helps solve some town problems.

Based on the popular comic strip, a gang of youngsters save a town and soften the heart of a kid-hating grandmother.

I sette nani alla riscossa, internationally released as The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue in 1965, is a 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Paolo W. Tamburella.

Fascinating behind the scenes look at high pressure, fiercely competitive world of Olympic figure skating. Lori, a talented ambitious teenager battles her way into the big time world of Olympic ice and comes up against an unscrupulous coach. When she succumbs to the stresses of mercilesss training and personal betrayal, her career is nearly destroyed until she resolves to fight her way back.

In this comedy, young Willie alarms the members of his small town when he shows off his computer-programming genius.

While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.