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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name = Family Classics
| image = Family Classics edited.jpg
| image = Family Classics edited.jpg
| alt = Set of Family Classics and host Frazier Thomas
| alt = Set of Family Classics and host Frazier Thomas
| caption = The set of ''Family Classics'' and host Frazier Thomas.
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| caption = The set of ''Family Classics'' and host Frazier Thomas.
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| genre = Classic Films
| genre = Classic Films
| creator = Fred Silverman<br>Frazier Thomas
| creator = Fred Silverman<br>Frazier Thomas
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| presenter = [[Frazier Thomas]]<br>[[Roy Leonard]]<br>[[Dean Richards (reporter)|Dean Richards]]<br>Steve Sanders
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| presenter = [[Frazier Thomas]]<br>[[Roy Leonard]]<br>[[Dean Richards (reporter)|Dean Richards]]<br>Steve Sanders<br>[[Jackie Bange]]<br>[[Joey D'Auria]] as [[Bozo the Clown]]
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| theme_music_composer = [[Dennis Berry]]
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| language = English
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| num_episodes = 1001<ref>{{cite web|title=WGN 9 Chicago "Family Classics" Movie Timeline|url=http://wgntv.com/family-classics/|website=WGN 9 Chicago|date=27 January 2017 }}</ref>
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'''''Family Classics''''' is a [[Chicago]] [[television series]] which began in [[1962 in television|1962]] when [[Frazier Thomas]] was added to another program at [[WGN-TV]]. Thomas not only hosted classic films, but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing.{{sfn|Okuda and Mulqueen|2004|pp=60-62}} After Thomas' death in 1985, [[Roy Leonard]] took over the program.<ref name=Feder/> The series continued sporadically until its initial cancellation in 2000.<ref name=Feder/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-04-03/features/9804030139_1_wgn-independent-tv-stations-bob-bell|title=At 50, WGN Finds The TV Picture and Audiences Have Changed|author=Johnson, Allan|date=3 April 1988|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=17 February 2011}}</ref>
'''''Family Classics''''' is a [[Chicago]] [[television series]] which began in [[1962 in television|1962]] when [[Frazier Thomas]] was added to another program at [[WGN-TV]]. Thomas not only hosted classic films, but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing.{{sfn|Okuda|Mulqueen|2004|pp=60-62}} After Thomas' death in 1985, [[Roy Leonard]] took over the program.<ref name=Feder/> The series continued sporadically until its initial cancellation in 2000.<ref name=Feder/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/04/03/at-50-wgn-finds-the-tv-picture-and-audiences-have-changed/|title=At 50, WGN Finds The TV Picture and Audiences Have Changed|author=Johnson, Allan|date=3 April 1988|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=17 February 2011}}</ref>


On November 10, 2017, WGN announced that ''Family Classics'' would be returning after a 17-year [[Hiatus (television)|hiatus]] with a presentation of the 1951 version of ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' to air on Friday, December 8, 2017, and announced that its longtime entertainment reporter, [[Dean Richards (reporter)|Dean Richards]], would be the new host.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2017/11/10/wgn-tv-becomes-chicagos-merry-own-for-the-holidays-family-classics-returns-for-special-holiday-showing-of-scrooge-hosted-by-dean-richards/|title=Chicago's Merry Own: 'Family Classics' returns to WGN-TV for special holiday showing of 'Scrooge' hosted by Dean Richards|date=11 November 2017|website=WGN 9 Chicago}}</ref> Since then, it has continued to air each holiday season.
On November 10, 2017, WGN announced that ''Family Classics'' would be returning after a 17-year [[Hiatus (television)|hiatus]] with a presentation of the 1951 version of ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' to air on Friday, December 8, 2017, and announced that its longtime entertainment reporter, [[Dean Richards (reporter)|Dean Richards]], would be the new host.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2017/11/10/wgn-tv-becomes-chicagos-merry-own-for-the-holidays-family-classics-returns-for-special-holiday-showing-of-scrooge-hosted-by-dean-richards/|title=Chicago's Merry Own: 'Family Classics' returns to WGN-TV for special holiday showing of 'Scrooge' hosted by Dean Richards|date=11 November 2017|website=WGN 9 Chicago|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118101927/http://wgntv.com/2017/11/10/wgn-tv-becomes-chicagos-merry-own-for-the-holidays-family-classics-returns-for-special-holiday-showing-of-scrooge-hosted-by-dean-richards/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, it would continue to air each holiday season.


==History==
==History==
In 1962, [[Fred Silverman]], then a WGN-TV executive, conceived the idea of the show by scheduling classic family films at a [[prime time]] Friday night position rather than a late show slot where children wouldn't see them. The show was a huge ratings success and inspired the networks to schedule recently released films in prime time. When the networks began showing first-run films in prime time, the show was rescheduled to Sunday afternoons.{{sfn|Okuda and Mulqueen|2004|pp=60-62}}<ref name=Thomas>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotelevision.com/frazier.htm|title=Frazier Thomas|publisher=Chicago Television|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref>
In 1962, [[Fred Silverman]], then a WGN-TV executive, conceived the idea of the show by scheduling classic family films at a [[prime time]] Friday night position rather than a late show slot where children wouldn't see them. The show was a huge ratings success and inspired the networks to schedule recently released films in prime time. When the networks began showing first-run films in prime time, the show was rescheduled to Sunday afternoons.{{sfn|Okuda|Mulqueen|2004|pp=60-62}}<ref name=Thomas>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotelevision.com/frazier.htm|title=Frazier Thomas|publisher=Chicago Television|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref>


For the series' December 2019 airing of the 1942 film ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'', and New Year's Eve airings of the Marx Brothers' ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]'' & ''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'', WGN veteran anchor, Steve Sanders, filled in as host as current host Dean Richards was recovering from a fractured wrist and facial abrasions before the episode's taping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/12/12/robservations-steve-sanders-saves-day-wgns-family-classics/|title=Robservations: Steve Sanders saves the day on WGN's 'Family Classics'|last=Feder|first=Robert|date=12 December 2019|website=Robert Feder|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>
For the series' December 2019 airing of the 1942 film ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'', and New Year's Eve airings of the Marx Brothers' ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]'' & ''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'', WGN veteran anchor, Steve Sanders, filled in as host as current host Dean Richards was recovering from a fractured wrist and facial abrasions before the episode's taping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/12/12/robservations-steve-sanders-saves-day-wgns-family-classics/|title=Robservations: Steve Sanders saves the day on WGN's 'Family Classics'|last=Feder|first=Robert|date=12 December 2019|website=Robert Feder|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>

For the series' December 2021 airing of the 1946 film ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', and New Year's Eve airings of the Bryan Spicer's ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'', WGN weekend evening anchor, Jackie Bange, filled in as host as current host Dean Richards was recovering from a fractured wrist and facial abrasions before the episode's taping.


==The set==
==The set==
The theme music was a piece of [[library music]] recorded on the Berry/Conroy label, entitled ''Moviescope'', and was written by [[Dennis Berry]]. The camera would slowly zoom in on the set designed by Thomas that resembled a study with a painting on the wall of [[Garfield Goose and Friends|Garfield Goose]] done by [[Roy Brown (clown)|Roy Brown]], a model sailing ship sitting on top of a shelf of books with the titles of the films to be shown that were repainted encyclopedias and dictionaries also done by Anthony M Sulla as credited in the final credits, that Frazier would introduce.<ref name=Feder>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/remembering-chicago-classic-frazier-thomas|title=Remembering a Chicago Classic:Frazier Thomas|author=Feder, Robert|date=2 May 2010|publisher=WBEZ Radio|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D83ACkuGv_gC&q=family+classics+museum+of+broadcast+communications&pg=PA76|title=Chicago Television|editor-last=Berger|editor-first=Daniel|editor2-last=Jajkowski|editor2-first=Steve|others=For the Museum of Broadcast Communications; Foreword by Bob Sirott|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|pages=168|isbn=978-0-7385-7713-5|access-date=18 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/wgntv-timeline-60simage19,0,6400592.photo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105194223/http://www.latimes.com/wgntv-timeline-60simage19,0,6400592.photo|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=This classy portrait by Roy Brown of Garfield Goose adorned a wall on the set of "Family Classics."|work=LA Times|access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref>{{sfn|Okuda and Mulqueen|2004|p=61}}
The theme music was a piece of [[library music]] recorded on the Berry/Conroy label, entitled ''Moviescope'', and was written by [[Dennis Berry]]. The camera would slowly zoom in on the set designed by Thomas that resembled a study with a painting on the wall of [[Garfield Goose]] done by [[Roy Brown (clown)|Roy Brown]], a model sailing ship sitting on top of a shelf of books with the titles of the films to be shown that were repainted encyclopedias and dictionaries also done by Anthony M Sulla as credited in the final credits, that Frazier would introduce.<ref name=Feder>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/remembering-chicago-classic-frazier-thomas|title=Remembering a Chicago Classic:Frazier Thomas|author=Feder, Robert|date=2 May 2010|publisher=WBEZ Radio|access-date=6 February 2011|archive-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728171724/http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/remembering-chicago-classic-frazier-thomas|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D83ACkuGv_gC&q=family+classics+museum+of+broadcast+communications&pg=PA76|title=Chicago Television|editor-last=Berger|editor-first=Daniel|editor2-last=Jajkowski|editor2-first=Steve|others=For the Museum of Broadcast Communications; Foreword by Bob Sirott|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|pages=168|isbn=978-0-7385-7713-5|access-date=18 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/wgntv-timeline-60simage19,0,6400592.photo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105194223/http://www.latimes.com/wgntv-timeline-60simage19,0,6400592.photo|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=This classy portrait by Roy Brown of Garfield Goose adorned a wall on the set of "Family Classics."|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=26 June 2011}}</ref>{{sfn|Okuda|Mulqueen|2004|p=61}}


==List of titles==
==List of titles==
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*''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' (1961 film) ([[Fred MacMurray]])
*''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' (1961 film) ([[Fred MacMurray]])
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*''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film)|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1939 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film)|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1939 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe]]'' (1954 film) ([[Dan O'Herlihy]])
*''[[The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe]]'' (1954 film) ([[Dan O'Herlihy]])
*''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)]]'' (1938 film) ([[Errol Flynn]], [[Olivia de Havilland]], [[Claude Rains]])
*''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1938 film) ([[Errol Flynn]], [[Olivia de Havilland]], [[Claude Rains]])
*''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[Air Bud]]'' (1997 film)
*''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992 animated film) ([[Scott Weinger]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Gilbert Gottfried]])
*''[[Aladdin's Magic Lamp]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[Aladdin's Magic Lamp]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'' (1944 film)
*''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'' (1944 film)
*''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' (1989 animated film) ([[Burt Reynolds]], [[Dom DeLuise]])
*''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' (1989 animated film) ([[Burt Reynolds]], [[Dom DeLuise]])
*''[[An American Tail]]'' (1986 animated film)
*''[[An American Tail]]'' (1986 animated film) ([[Phillip Glasser]], [[Dom DeLuise]])
*''[[An Elephant Called Slowly]]'' (1969 film)
*''An Elephant Called Slowly'' (1969 film)
*''[[Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1951 film) ([[Janet Leigh]])
*''[[Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1951 film) ([[Janet Leigh]])
*''[[The Angry Birds Movie]]'' (2016 animated film)
*''[[The Angry Birds Movie]]'' (2016 animated film)
*''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'' (1930 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'' (1930 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950 film)
*''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950 film)
*''[[Apache (film)]]'' (1954 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[Apache (film)|Apache]]'' (1954 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'' (1975 film) ([[Bill Bixby]], [[Tim Conway]], [[Don Knotts]])
*''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'' (1975 film) ([[Bill Bixby]], [[Tim Conway]], [[Don Knotts]])
*''[[Arabian Adventure]]'' (1979 film) ([[Christopher Lee]])
*''[[Arabian Adventure]]'' (1979 film) ([[Christopher Lee]])
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*''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' (1945 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Ingrid Bergman]])
*''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' (1945 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Ingrid Bergman]])
*''[[Bend of the River]]'' (1952 film) ([[James Stewart]], [[Rock Hudson]])
*''[[Bend of the River]]'' (1952 film) ([[James Stewart]], [[Rock Hudson]])
*''[[Benji (1974 film)|Benji]]'' (1974 film)
*''[[Benji (1974 film)|Benji]]'' (1974 film) ([[Peter Breck]])
*''[[Benji the Hunted]]'' (1987 film)
*''[[Benji the Hunted]]'' (1987 film)
*''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]'' (1939 film) ([[Gary Cooper]], [[Susan Hayward]])
*''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]'' (1939 film) ([[Gary Cooper]], [[Susan Hayward]])
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*''[[The Black Swan (film)|The Black Swan]]'' (1942 film) ([[Tyrone Power]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[The Black Swan (film)|The Black Swan]]'' (1942 film) ([[Tyrone Power]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''The Blind Bird'' (1963 film)
*''The Blind Bird'' (1963 film)
*''[[The Blob]]'' (1958) ([[Steve McQueen]])
*''[[Born Free]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[Born Free]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1969 animated film)
*''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1969 animated film)
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*''[[Boys Town (1938 film)|Boys Town]]'' (1938 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[Boys Town (1938 film)|Boys Town]]'' (1938 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]'' (1954 film) ([[Gene Kelly]])
*''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]'' (1954 film) ([[Gene Kelly]])
*''[[Broken Arrow (1950 film)|Broken Arrow]] (1950 film) ([[James Stewart]])
*''[[Broken Arrow (1950 film)|Broken Arrow]]'' (1950 film) ([[James Stewart]])
*''[[Brigham Young (film)|Brigham Young]]'' (1940 film) ([[Tyrone Power]])
*''[[Brigham Young (film)|Brigham Young]]'' (1940 film) ([[Tyrone Power]])
*''[[Buffalo Bill (film)|Buffalo Bill]]'' (1944 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Anthony Quinn]])
*''[[Buffalo Bill (1944 film)|Buffalo Bill]]'' (1944 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Anthony Quinn]])
*''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' (1953 film) ([[Doris Day]])
*''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' (1953 film) ([[Doris Day]])
*''[[The Canterville Ghost (1944 film)|The Canterville Ghost]]'' (1944 film) ([[Charles Laughton]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], [[Margaret O'Brien]])
*''[[The Canterville Ghost (1944 film)|The Canterville Ghost]]'' (1944 film) ([[Charles Laughton]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], [[Margaret O'Brien]])
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*''[[Captain January (1936 film)|Captain January]]'' (1936 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Captain January (1936 film)|Captain January]]'' (1936 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' (1937 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]], [[Freddie Bartholomew]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' (1937 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]], [[Freddie Bartholomew]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' (1985 animated film)
*''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' (1985 animated film) ([[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[Chad Hanna]]'' (1940 film) ([[Henry Fonda]])
*''[[Chad Hanna]]'' (1940 film) ([[Henry Fonda]])
*''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1936 film) ([[Errol Flynn]])
*''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1936 film) ([[Errol Flynn]])
*''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968 film) ([[Dick Van Dyke]])
*''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968 film) ([[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Sally Ann Howes]])
*''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]'' (1945 film) ([[Barbara Stanwyck]])
*''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]'' (1945 film) ([[Barbara Stanwyck]])
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]] (1949 film) ([[Lassie]])
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' (1949 film) ([[Lassie]])
*''[[Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)|Cheaper by the Dozen]]'' (1950 film)
*''[[Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)|Cheaper by the Dozen]]'' (1950 film)
*''A Child Called Jesus'' (1987 film)
*''A Child Called Jesus'' (1987 film)
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938 film) ([[Reginald Owen]])
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938 film) ([[Reginald Owen]])
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984 film) ([[George C. Scott]])
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984 film) ([[George C. Scott]])
*''[[A Christmas Story]]'' (1983 film)
*''[[A Christmas Story]]'' (1983 film) ([[Peter Billingsley]], [[Melinda Dillon]])
*''[[Circus World (film)|Circus World]]'' (1964 film) ([[John Wayne]], [[Rita Hayworth]])
*''[[Circus World (film)|Circus World]]'' (1964 film) ([[John Wayne]], [[Rita Hayworth]])
*''[[City Beneath the Sea (1971 film)|City Beneath the Sea]]'' (1971 film) ([[Robert Wagner]], [[Richard Basehart]])
*''[[City Beneath the Sea (1971 film)|City Beneath the Sea]]'' (1971 film) ([[Robert Wagner]], [[Richard Basehart]])
*''[[Come to the Stable]]'' (1949 film) ([[Loretta Young]])
*''[[Come to the Stable]]'' (1949 film) ([[Loretta Young]])
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*''[[The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)|The Corsican Brothers]]'' (1941 film) ([[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]])
*''[[The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)|The Corsican Brothers]]'' (1941 film) ([[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]])
*''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1934 film)
*''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1934 film)
*''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1975 film)([[Richard Chamberlain]], [[Tony Curtis]])
*''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1975 film) ([[Richard Chamberlain]], [[Tony Curtis]])
*''Cougar Country'' (1971 film)
*''Cougar Country'' (1971 film)
*''The Courage of Black Beauty'' (1958 film)
*''The Courage of Black Beauty'' (1958 film)
*''[[Courage of Lassie]]'' (1946 film) ([[Elizabeth Taylor]])
*''[[Courage of Lassie]]'' (1946 film) ([[Elizabeth Taylor]])
*''[[Courage Mountain]]'' (1990 film) ([[Charlie Sheen]])
*''[[Courage Mountain]]'' (1990 film) ([[Charlie Sheen]])
*''[[Crack in the World]]'' (1964 film)
*''[[Crack in the World]]'' (1965 film) ([[Dana Andrews]])
*''[[The Crimson Pirate]]'' (1952 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[The Crimson Pirate]]'' (1952 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (1935 film) ([[w.C. Fields]], [[Freddie Bartholomew]], [[Basil Rathbone]])
*''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (1935 film) ([[W. C. Fields]], [[Freddie Bartholomew]], [[Basil Rathbone]])
*''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951 film) ([[Patricia Neal]])
*''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951 film) ([[Patricia Neal]])
*''[[The Daydreamer (film)|The Daydreamer]]'' (1966 live action film)
*''[[The Daydreamer (film)|The Daydreamer]]'' (1966 live action film)
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*''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]'' (1967 film) ([[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]'' (1967 film) ([[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[The Drum (1938 film)|The Drum]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[The Drum (1938 film)|The Drum]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[Drums Along the Mohawk]] (1939 film) ([[Henry Fonda]], [[Claudette Colbert]])
*''[[Drums Along the Mohawk]]'' (1939 film) ([[Henry Fonda]], [[Claudette Colbert]])
*''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]'' (1933 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]'' (1933 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[Dumbo]]'' (1941 animated film)
*''[[Dumbo]]'' (1941 animated film)
*''[[Room for One More (film)|The Easy Way]]'' (1952 film) ([[Cary Grant]])
*''[[Room for One More (film)|The Easy Way]]'' (1952 film) ([[Cary Grant]])
*''[[Edison, the Man]]'' (1940 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]])
*''[[Edison, the Man]]'' (1940 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]])
*''[[Elephant Boy (film)|Elephant Boy]]'' (1937 film) ([[Sabu Dastagir|Sabu]])
*''[[Elephant Boy (film)|Elephant Boy]]'' (1937 film) ([[Sabu (actor)|Sabu]])
*''[[The Enemy Below]]'' (1957 film) ([[Robert Mitchum]])
*''[[The Enemy Below]]'' (1957 film) ([[Robert Mitchum]])
*''[[Everything's Ducky]]'' (1961 film) ([[Buddy Hackett]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[Everything's Ducky]]'' (1961 film) ([[Buddy Hackett]], [[Mickey Rooney]])
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*''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]'' (1950 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]'' (1950 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''The Flame and the Sword'' (1962 film)
*''The Flame and the Sword'' (1962 film)
*''[[Flipper (1963 film)|Flipper]]'' (1963 film) ([[Luke Halpin]], [[Chuck Connors]])
*''[[Flipper's New Adventure]]'' (1964 film) ([[Luke Halpin]])
*''[[Flipper's New Adventure]]'' (1964 film) ([[Luke Halpin]])
*''[[For the Love of Benji]]'' (1977 film) ([[Peter Bowles]])
*''[[For the Love of Benji]]'' (1977 film) ([[Peter Bowles]])
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*''[[Gentle Giant (film)|Gentle Giant]]'' (1967 film) ([[Dennis Weaver]])
*''[[Gentle Giant (film)|Gentle Giant]]'' (1967 film) ([[Dennis Weaver]])
*''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' (1947 film) ([[Gene Tierney]], [[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' (1947 film) ([[Gene Tierney]], [[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955 film) ([[Leslie Caron]], [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]])
*''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955 film) ([[Leslie Caron]], [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]])
*''[[The Golden Age of Comedy]]'' (1957 film) ([[Stan Laurel]], [[Oliver Hardy]])
*''[[The Golden Age of Comedy]]'' (1957 film) ([[Stan Laurel]], [[Oliver Hardy]])
*''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[Great Expectations (1974 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1974 film)
*''[[Great Expectations (1974 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1974 film)
*''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' (1981 film) ([[Jim Henson]])
*''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' (1981 film) ([[Jim Henson]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Charles Grodin]])
*''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1952 film) ([[Cecil B. DeMille]])
*''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1952 film) ([[Cecil B. DeMille]])
*''[[Green Grass of Wyoming]]'' (1948 film)
*''[[Green Grass of Wyoming]]'' (1948 film)
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*''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' (1952 film) ([[Danny Kaye]])
*''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' (1952 film) ([[Danny Kaye]])
*''[[Harry and the Hendersons]]'' (1987 film) ([[John Lithgow]])
*''[[Harry and the Hendersons]]'' (1987 film) ([[John Lithgow]])
*''[[Heidi (1937 film)|Heidi]]'' ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Heidi (1937 film)|Heidi]]'' (1937 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Heidi's Song]]'' (1983 animated film) ([[Lorne Greene]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]])
*''[[Heidi's Song]]'' (1983 animated film) ([[Lorne Greene]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]])
*''[[Here Come the Tigers]]'' (1978 film)
*''[[Here Come the Tigers]]'' (1978 film)
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*''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' (1942 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Fred Astaire]])
*''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' (1942 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Fred Astaire]])
*''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' (1995 film) ([[Holly Hunter]])
*''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' (1995 film) ([[Holly Hunter]])
*''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' (1993 film) ([[Sally Field]], [[Michael J Fox]])
*''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' (1993 film) ([[Sally Field]], [[Michael J Fox]], [[Don Ameche]])
*''[[Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco]]'' (1996 film)
*''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]'' (1992 film) ([[Rick Moranis]])
*''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]'' (1992 film) ([[Rick Moranis]])
*''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' (1989 film) (Rick Moranis)
*''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' (1989 film) (Rick Moranis)
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*''[[Horse Feathers]]'' (1932 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[Horse Feathers]]'' (1932 film) ([[Marx Brothers]])
*''[[The Horse Soldiers]]'' (1959 film) ([[John Wayne]])
*''[[The Horse Soldiers]]'' (1959 film) ([[John Wayne]])
*''[[Houdini]]'' (1953 film) ([[Tony Curtis]], [[Janet Leigh]])
*''[[Houdini (1953 film)|Houdini]]'' (1953 film) ([[Tony Curtis]], [[Janet Leigh]])
*''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' (2000 film) ([[Jim Carrey]])
*''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' (2000 film) ([[Jim Carrey]])
*''[[How the Toys Saved Christmas]]'' (1996 film)
*''[[How the Toys Saved Christmas]]'' (1996 film)
*''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]'' (1943 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]'' (1943 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]])
*''[[The Incredible Mr. Limpet]]'' (1964 live-action animated film) ([[Don Knotts]])
*''[[The Incredible Mr. Limpet]]'' (1964 live-action animated film) ([[Don Knotts]])
*''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'' (2002 animated film)
*''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' (2015 animated film)
*''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' (2015 animated film)
*''[[Island of the Blue Dolphins (film)|Island of the Blue Dolphins]]'' (1964 film)
*''[[Island of the Blue Dolphins (film)|Island of the Blue Dolphins]]'' (1964 film)
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*''[[It Happens Every Spring]]'' (1949 film)
*''[[It Happens Every Spring]]'' (1949 film)
*''It Nearly Wasn't Christmas'' (1989 film)
*''It Nearly Wasn't Christmas'' (1989 film)
*''[[Jack Frost (1964 film)|Jack Frost]]'' (1964 film) (English dubbed Soviet film [[Morozko]])
*''[[Jack Frost (1964 film)|Jack Frost]]'' (1964 film) (English dubbed Soviet film [[Jack Frost (1964 film)|Morozko]])
*''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'' (1959 film) ([[Robert Stack]])
*''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'' (1959 film) ([[Robert Stack]])
*''[[Journey Back to Oz]]'' (1974 animated film)
*''[[Journey Back to Oz]]'' (1974 animated film)
*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959 film)
*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959 film)
*''[[Jungle Book]]'' (1942 film)
*''[[Jungle Book (1942 film)|Jungle Book]]'' (1942 film)
*''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (1967 animated film)
*''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (1967 animated film)
*''[[The Kentuckian (1955 film)|The Kentuckian]]'' (1955 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
*''[[The Kentuckian (1955 film)|The Kentuckian]]'' (1955 film) ([[Burt Lancaster]])
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*''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]'' (1954 film) ([[Rex Harrison]], [[Virginia Mayo]])
*''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]'' (1954 film) ([[Rex Harrison]], [[Virginia Mayo]])
*''Kingdom of the Clouds'' (1968 film)
*''Kingdom of the Clouds'' (1968 film)
*''[[Kit Carson]]'' (1940 film)
*''[[Kit Carson (1940 film)|Kit Carson]]'' (1940 film)
*''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'' (1940 film) ([[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], [[Ronald Reagan]])
*''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'' (1940 film) ([[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], [[Ronald Reagan]])
*''[[Lad, A Dog (film)|Lad, A Dog]]'' (1962 film)
*''[[Lad, A Dog (film)|Lad, A Dog]]'' (1962 film)
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*''The Last of the Mohicans'' ([[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]]) (1977 TV film)
*''The Last of the Mohicans'' ([[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]]) (1977 TV film)
*''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' (1947 film)
*''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' (1947 film)
*''[[Lili]]'' (1953 film) ([[Leslie Caron]], [[Mel Ferrer]])
*''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]'' (1953 film) ([[Leslie Caron]], [[Mel Ferrer]])
*''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]'' ([[Sidney Poitier]])
*''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]'' ([[Sidney Poitier]])
*''[[The Lion and the Horse]]'' (1952 film)
*''[[The Lion and the Horse]]'' (1952 film)
*''[[The Little Colonel (1935 film)|The Little Colonel]]'' (1935 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[The Little Colonel (1935 film)|The Little Colonel]]'' (1935 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' (1980 film) ([[Rick Schroder]])
*''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' (1980 film) ([[Rick Schroder]])
*''[[A Little Princess (1973 TV serial)|A Little Princess]]'' (1973 TV film)
*''[[A Little Princess (1973 TV serial)|A Little Princess]]'' (1973 TV film)
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
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*''[[Long John Silver (film)|Long John Silver]]'' (1954 film)
*''[[Long John Silver (film)|Long John Silver]]'' (1954 film)
*''[[Lost Angel (film)|Lost Angel]]'' (1943 film)
*''[[Lost Angel (film)|Lost Angel]]'' (1943 film)
*''[[The Lost World (1960 film)|The Lost World]]'' ([[Jill St. John]], [[Claude Rains]])
*''[[The Lost World (1960 film)|The Lost World]]'' (1960 film) ([[Jill St. John]], [[Claude Rains]])
*''[[The Macahans]]'' (1976 film)
*''[[The Macahans]]'' (1976 film)
*''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' (1987 film) ([[Timothy Hutton]], [[Kelly McGillis]])
*''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' (1987 film) ([[Timothy Hutton]], [[Kelly McGillis]])
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*''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'' (1995 film)
*''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'' (1995 film)
*''A Minor Miracle'' (1983 film) (Pele)
*''A Minor Miracle'' (1983 film) (Pele)
*''[[The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima]] (1952 film)
*''[[The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima]]'' (1952 film)
*''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Edmund Gwenn]], [[Natalie Wood]], [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]])
*''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Edmund Gwenn]], [[Natalie Wood]], [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]])
*''Mission of the Seahawk'' (1962 film)
*''Mission of the Seahawk'' (1962 film)
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*''[[Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme]]'' (1990 film)
*''[[Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme]]'' (1990 film)
*''Mountain Man'' (1976 film)
*''Mountain Man'' (1976 film)
*''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]] (1962 film) ([[James Stewart]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962 film) ([[James Stewart]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' (1979 live action film) ([[Jim Henson]])
*''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' (1979 live action film) ([[Jim Henson]])
*''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'' (1962 film) ([[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], [[Shirley Jones]], [[Buddy Hackett]])
*''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'' (1962 film) ([[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], [[Shirley Jones]], [[Buddy Hackett]])
*''[[The Mudlark]]'' (1950 film)
*''[[The Mudlark]]'' (1950 film)
*''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935 film) ([[Charles Laughton]], [[Clark Gable]])
*''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935 film) ([[Charles Laughton]], [[Clark Gable]])
*''[[My Brother Talks to Horses]] (1947 film)
*''[[My Brother Talks to Horses]]'' (1947 film)
*''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (1964 film) ([[Audrey Hepburn]], [[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (1964 film) ([[Audrey Hepburn]], [[Rex Harrison]])
*''[[My Friend Flicka]]'' (1943 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
*''[[My Friend Flicka]]'' (1943 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
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*''[[Penrod's Double Trouble]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[Penrod's Double Trouble]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]'' (1977 live action animated film) ([[Mickey Rooney]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Shelley Winters]])
*''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]'' (1977 live action animated film) ([[Mickey Rooney]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Shelley Winters]])
*''[[The Pied Piper (1942 film)|The Pied Piper]] (1942 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
*''[[The Pied Piper (1942 film)|The Pied Piper]]'' (1942 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
*''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1936 film) ([[Gary Cooper]], [[Jean Arthur]])
*''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1936 film) ([[Gary Cooper]], [[Jean Arthur]])
*''[[Pony Soldier]]'' (1951 film) ([[Tyrone Power]])
*''[[Pony Soldier]]'' (1951 film) ([[Tyrone Power]])
*''[[Prancer (film)|Prancer]]'' (1989 film) ([[Sam Elliott]])
*''[[Prancer (film)|Prancer]]'' (1989 film) ([[Sam Elliott]], [[Cloris Leachman]])
*''[[The President's Lady]]'' (1953 film) ([[Charlton Heston]], [[Susan Hayward]])
*''[[The President's Lady]]'' (1953 film) ([[Charlton Heston]], [[Susan Hayward]])
*''[[The Pride and the Passion]]'' (1957 film) ([[Cary Grant]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Sophia Loren]])
*''[[The Pride and the Passion]]'' (1957 film) ([[Cary Grant]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Sophia Loren]])
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*''[[Seven Seas to Calais]]'' (1962 film)
*''[[Seven Seas to Calais]]'' (1962 film)
*''[[The Sheepman]]'' (1958 film) ([[Glenn Ford]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Leslie Nielsen]])
*''[[The Sheepman]]'' (1958 film) ([[Glenn Ford]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Leslie Nielsen]])
*''[[Shenandoah (film)]]'' (1965 film) ([[James Stewart]])
*''[[Shenandoah (film)|Shenandoah]]'' (1965 film) ([[James Stewart]])
*''[[The Singing Nun (film)]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[The Singing Nun (film)|The Singing Nun]]'' (1966 film)
*''[[Sink the Bismarck]]'' (1960 film) ([[Kenneth More]])
*''[[Sink the Bismarck]]'' (1960 film) ([[Kenneth More]])
*''[[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)]]'' (1948 film) ([[Clifton Webb]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)|Sitting Pretty]]'' (1948 film) ([[Clifton Webb]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], [[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1965 film)
*''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1965 film)
*''[[Terms of Endearment]]'' (1983 film)
*''[[Terms of Endearment]]'' (1983 film)
*''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976 film)
*''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976 film)
*''[[The Small Miracle]]'' (1974 TV film)
*''[[The Small Miracle]]'' (1974 TV film)
*''[[Smoky (1966 film)]]'' (1966 live action film) ([[Fess Parker]])
*''[[Smoky (1966 film)|Smoky]]'' (1966 live action film) ([[Fess Parker]])
*''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' (1972 animated film)
*''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' (1972 animated film)
*''[[Snowfire]]'' (1958 film)
*''[[Snowfire]]'' (1958 film)
*''[[Son of Lassie]]'' (1945 film) ([[Peter Lawford]])
*''[[Son of Lassie]]'' (1945 film) ([[Peter Lawford]])
*''[[The Son of Monte Cristo]]'' (1940 film)
*''[[The Son of Monte Cristo]]'' (1940 film)
*''[[The Song of Bernadette (film)]]'' (1943 film) ([[Vincent Price]])
*''[[The Song of Bernadette (film)|The Song of Bernadette]]'' (1943 film) ([[Vincent Price]])
*''[[The Spanish Main]]'' (1945 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[The Spanish Main]]'' (1945 film) ([[Maureen O'Hara]])
*''[[Stanley and Livingstone]] (1939 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]])
*''[[Stanley and Livingstone]]'' (1939 film) ([[Spencer Tracy]])
*''[[Stars and Stripes Forever (film)]]'' (1952 film) ([[Clifton Webb]], [[Robert Wagner]])
*''[[Stars and Stripes Forever (film)|Stars and Stripes Forever]]'' (1952 film) ([[Clifton Webb]], [[Robert Wagner]])
*''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939 film)
*''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939 film)
*''[[The Story of Louis Pasteur]] (1936 film)
*''[[The Story of Louis Pasteur]]'' (1936 film)
*''[[The Story of Seabiscuit]] (1949 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[The Story of Seabiscuit]]'' (1949 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Stowaway to the Moon]]'' (1975 film) ([[Lloyd Bridges]])
*''[[Stowaway to the Moon]]'' (1975 film) ([[Lloyd Bridges]])
*''[[The Sun Comes Up]]'' (1949 film)
*''[[The Sun Comes Up]]'' (1949 film)
*''[[Susannah of the Mounties]]'' (1939 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Susannah of the Mounties]]'' (1939 film) ([[Shirley Temple]])
*''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)]]'' ([[John Mills]])
*''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)|Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (1960 film) ([[John Mills]])
*''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone (film)]]'' (1963 animated film)
*''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone (film)]]'' (1963 animated film)
*''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1980 TV film) ([[Peter Cushing]])
*''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1980 TV film) ([[Peter Cushing]])
*''[[The Rescuers]]'' (1977 animated film) ([[Bob Newhart]], [[Eva Gabor]])
*''[[The Rescuers]]'' (1977 animated film) ([[Bob Newhart]], [[Eva Gabor]])
*''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990 film) ([[Bob Newhart]], [[Eva Gabor]])
*''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990 film) ([[Bob Newhart]], [[Eva Gabor]], [[George G. Scott]], [[John Candy]])
*''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)]]'' (1949 film) ([[Robert Mitchum]], [[Myrna Loy]])
*''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)|The Red Pony]]'' (1949 film) ([[Robert Mitchum]], [[Myrna Loy]])
*''[[The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (film)]]'' (1959 film)
*''[[The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (film)|The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker]]'' (1959 film)
*''[[The Return of Monte Cristo]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[The Return of Monte Cristo (1946 film)|The Return of Monte Cristo]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[The Rocketeer (film)]]'' (1991 film)
*''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' (1991 film)
*''[[The Tender Years]] (1948 film)
*''[[The Tender Years]]'' (1948 film)
*''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)]]''(1940 film)
*''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940 film)
*''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' (1948) ([[Gene Kelly]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Lana Turner]])
*''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1948) ([[Gene Kelly]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Lana Turner]])
*''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)]]'' (1960) (Directed [[George Pal]]) (Starring [[Rod Taylor]])
*''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]]'' (1960 film) (Directed [[George Pal]]) (Starring [[Rod Taylor]])
*''[[The Time Machine (1978 film)]]'' (1978 film)
*''[[The Time Machine (1978 film)|The Time Machine]]'' (1978 film)
*''[[The Unfinished Dance]]'' (1947 film)
*''[[The Unfinished Dance]]'' (1947 film)
*''[[The Wacky World of Mother Goose]]'' (1967 animated film)
*''[[The Wacky World of Mother Goose]]'' (1967 animated film)
*''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)]]'' (1953 film)
*''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953 film)
*''[[The Wild and the Free]]'' (1980 film)
*''[[The Wild and the Free]]'' (1980 film)
*''[[The Yearling (1946 film)]]'' (1946 film) ([[Gregory Peck]], [[Jane Wyman]], [[Claude Jarman Jr.]])
*''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]'' (1946 film) ([[Gregory Peck]], [[Jane Wyman]], [[Claude Jarman Jr.]])
*''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'' (1941 film) ([[Errol Flynn]], [[Olivia de Havilland]])
*''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'' (1941 film) ([[Errol Flynn]], [[Olivia de Havilland]])
*''[[Thoroughbreds Don't Cry]] (1937 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]])
*''[[Thoroughbreds Don't Cry]]'' (1937 film) ([[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]])
*''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965 film)
*''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965 film)
*''[[Thundercloud]]'' (1950 film) ([[Lloyd Bridges]])
*''[[Thundercloud]]'' (1950 film) ([[Lloyd Bridges]])
*''[[Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (film)]] (1945 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
*''[[Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (film)|Thunderhead, Son of Flicka]]'' (1945 film) ([[Roddy McDowall]])
*''A Time for Every Season'' (1972 film)
*''A Time for Every Season'' (1972 film)
*''[[Tobor the Great]]'' (1954 film)
*''[[Tobor the Great]]'' (1954 film)
*''To Find a Rainbow'' (1971 film)
*''To Find a Rainbow'' (1971 film)
*''Treasure Galleons'' (1973 film)
*''Treasure Galleons'' (1973 film)
*''[[Treasure Island (1934 film)]]'' ([[Wallace Beery]], [[Jackie Cooper]])
*''[[Treasure Island (1934 film)|Treasure Island]]'' ([[Wallace Beery]], [[Jackie Cooper]])
*''[[Treasure Island (1990 film)]]'' (1990 film) ([[Charlton Heston]], [[Christopher Lee]])
*''[[Treasure Island (1990 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1990 film) ([[Charlton Heston]], [[Christopher Lee]])
*''[[Treasure of the Golden Condor]]'' (1955 film)
*''[[Treasure of the Golden Condor]]'' (1955 film)
*''[[Two Years Before the Mast (film)]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[Two Years Before the Mast (film)|Two Years Before the Mast]]'' (1946 film)
*''[[Uncle Sam Magoo]]'' (1970 TV film)
*''[[Uncle Sam Magoo]]'' (1970 TV film)
*''[[Union Pacific (film)]]'' (1939 film) ([[Barbara Stanwyck]])
*''[[Union Pacific (film)|Union Pacific]]'' (1939 film) ([[Barbara Stanwyck]])
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961 film) ([[Barbara Eden]], [[Robert Sterling]])
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961 film) ([[Barbara Eden]], [[Robert Sterling]])
*''[[Wee Willie Winkie (film)]]'' (1937 film) ([[Shirley Temple]], [[Cesar Romero]])
*''[[Wee Willie Winkie (film)|Wee Willie Winkie]]'' (1937 film) ([[Shirley Temple]], [[Cesar Romero]])
*''[[Wells Fargo (film)]]'' (1937 film)
*''[[Wells Fargo (film)|Wells Fargo]]'' (1937 film)
*''[[Western Union (film)]]'' (1941 film) ([[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]])
*''[[Western Union (film)|Western Union]]'' (1941 film) ([[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]])
*''[[When the North Wind Blows]]'' (1974 film)
*''[[When the North Wind Blows]]'' (1974 film)
*''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)]]'' (1951 film)
*''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)|When Worlds Collide]]'' (1951 film)
*''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988 live action/animated film)
*''Wilderness Journey'' (1970 film)
*''Wilderness Journey'' (1970 film)
*''[[White Christmas (film)]]'' (1954 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Danny Kaye]])
*''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]'' (1954 film) ([[Bing Crosby]], [[Danny Kaye]])
*''[[White Fang (1991 film)]]'' (1991 film)
*''[[White Fang (1991 film)|White Fang]]'' (1991 film) ([[Ethan Hawke]])
*''[[White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf]]'' (1994 film) ([[Ethan Hawke]])
*''[[White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf]]'' (1994 film) ([[Ethan Hawke]])
*''[[White Feather (1955 film)]]'' (1955 film) ([[Robert Wagner]])
*''[[White Feather (1955 film)|White Feather]]'' (1955 film) ([[Robert Wagner]])
*''[[Willy McBean and his Magic Machine]]'' (1965 animated film)
*''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' (1942 film) ([[James Cagney]])
*''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' (1942 film) ([[James Cagney]])
*''[[Yellow Jack]]'' (1938 film)
*''[[Yellow Jack]]'' (1938 film)
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*{{epguides|FamilyClassics}}
*{{epguides|FamilyClassics}}
* [http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxfcxx&c=4605 Various original ''Family Classics'' openings], courtesy [[The Museum of Classic Chicago Television]]
* [http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxfcxx&c=4605 Various original ''Family Classics'' openings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211090001/http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxfcxx&c=4605 |date=2015-02-11 }}, courtesy [[The Museum of Classic Chicago Television]]


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Family Classics
The set of Family Classics and host Frazier Thomas.
GenreClassic Films
Created byFred Silverman
Frazier Thomas
Presented byFrazier Thomas
Roy Leonard
Dean Richards
Steve Sanders
Theme music composerDennis Berry
Opening theme"Moviescope"
Ending theme"Moviescope"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons40
No. of episodes1001[2]
Original release
NetworkWGN-TV
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1962 (1962-09-14)[1] –
December 25, 2000 (2000-12-25)[1]
ReleaseDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08) –
January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)

Family Classics is a Chicago television series which began in 1962 when Frazier Thomas was added to another program at WGN-TV. Thomas not only hosted classic films, but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing.[3] After Thomas' death in 1985, Roy Leonard took over the program.[4] The series continued sporadically until its initial cancellation in 2000.[4][5]

On November 10, 2017, WGN announced that Family Classics would be returning after a 17-year hiatus with a presentation of the 1951 version of Scrooge to air on Friday, December 8, 2017, and announced that its longtime entertainment reporter, Dean Richards, would be the new host.[6] Since then, it would continue to air each holiday season.

History

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In 1962, Fred Silverman, then a WGN-TV executive, conceived the idea of the show by scheduling classic family films at a prime time Friday night position rather than a late show slot where children wouldn't see them. The show was a huge ratings success and inspired the networks to schedule recently released films in prime time. When the networks began showing first-run films in prime time, the show was rescheduled to Sunday afternoons.[3][7]

For the series' December 2019 airing of the 1942 film Holiday Inn, and New Year's Eve airings of the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business & Animal Crackers, WGN veteran anchor, Steve Sanders, filled in as host as current host Dean Richards was recovering from a fractured wrist and facial abrasions before the episode's taping.[8]

The set

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The theme music was a piece of library music recorded on the Berry/Conroy label, entitled Moviescope, and was written by Dennis Berry. The camera would slowly zoom in on the set designed by Thomas that resembled a study with a painting on the wall of Garfield Goose done by Roy Brown, a model sailing ship sitting on top of a shelf of books with the titles of the films to be shown that were repainted encyclopedias and dictionaries also done by Anthony M Sulla as credited in the final credits, that Frazier would introduce.[4][9][10][11]

List of titles

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Tufts, Chris. "Family Classics-titles and air dates". epguides. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "WGN 9 Chicago "Family Classics" Movie Timeline". WGN 9 Chicago. 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Okuda & Mulqueen 2004, pp. 60–62.
  4. ^ a b c Feder, Robert (2 May 2010). "Remembering a Chicago Classic:Frazier Thomas". WBEZ Radio. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. ^ Johnson, Allan (3 April 1988). "At 50, WGN Finds The TV Picture and Audiences Have Changed". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Chicago's Merry Own: 'Family Classics' returns to WGN-TV for special holiday showing of 'Scrooge' hosted by Dean Richards". WGN 9 Chicago. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Frazier Thomas". Chicago Television. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  8. ^ Feder, Robert (12 December 2019). "Robservations: Steve Sanders saves the day on WGN's 'Family Classics'". Robert Feder. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  9. ^ Berger, Daniel; Jajkowski, Steve, eds. (2010). Chicago Television. For the Museum of Broadcast Communications; Foreword by Bob Sirott. Arcadia Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-7385-7713-5. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  10. ^ "This classy portrait by Roy Brown of Garfield Goose adorned a wall on the set of "Family Classics."". LA Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  11. ^ Okuda & Mulqueen 2004, p. 61.

Bibliography

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  • Okuda, Ted; Mulqueen, Jack (2004). The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television. Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 978-1-893-12117-1.
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