Billy Barty
Also Known As: William John Bertanzetti
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti, October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 feet, 9 inches (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: October 25, 1924
Age: 100 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 23, 2000
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Bride of Frankenstein
Overview: Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-20
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Willow
Overview: The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-20
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The Rescuers Down Under
Overview: A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-16
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Tough Guys
Overview: Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-03
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The Day of the Locust
Overview: Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-07
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A Hollywood Theme Song
Overview: During the war, a hick soldier bursts into song at every turn.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-07
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Harum Scarum
Overview: Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is traveling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so impressed with his on-screen adventures that they want to hire him to carry out an assassination for them.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-15
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Overview: During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Masters of the Universe
Overview: When the evil Skeletor finds a mysterious power called the Cosmic Key, he becomes nearly invincible, seizing Castle Grayskull and the surrounding city. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe which will bestow god-like power upon him. However, courageous warrior He-Man locates the locksmith inventor Gwildor, who created the Key and has another version of it. During a battle, one of the Keys is transported to Earth, where it is found by teenagers Julie and Kevin. Now, both He-Man and Skeletor's forces arrive on Earth searching for the potent weapon.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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UHF
Overview: The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-21
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Legend
Overview: Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-28
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Alice in Wonderland
Overview: In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-18
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The Undead
Overview: Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Overview: It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a nasty fever, while dodging cats, owls and a guest's noisy dog.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-07
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Great Day
Overview: Pilot that was not picked up by ABC about the escapades of skid-row bums living at an inner-city mission.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-23
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Clown Alley
Overview: An all-star cast joins Red Skelton in this lavish 60-minute salute to circus clowns.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Under the Rainbow
Overview: In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-31
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W.C. Fields and Me
Overview: In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Mickey's Whirlwinds
Overview: Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother Billy Barty to bed for a nap, and wins a basketball game against Stinky Davis' team in this episode of the series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-27
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Body Slam
Overview: M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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Writing Magic with Figment and Alice in Wonderland
Overview: While reading his favorite book, "Alice In Wonderland", Andy discovers that all signs of Alice are missing from his book. Alice has taken another wrong turn and ended up in Figonia! How will she get back to Wonderland? Through Figment's magic screen, cartoon characters reveal that to return, Alice must write a new story.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-07
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Night Patrol
Overview: Melvin White, a neurotic, accident-prone cop who gets demoted to the night shift, secretly moonlights as the Unknown Comic, an anonymous stand-up comedian who performs with a paper bag over his head. When someone using the same guise commits a string of bar robberies in town, some begin to suspect that White is the culprit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-16
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Skatetown, U.S.A.
Overview: A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Rabbit Test
Overview: Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-09
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Sixpack Annie
Overview: A buxom, beer-guzzling and naive country gal travels from her small town to Miami to find a 'sugar daddy' to save the family restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-12
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EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
Overview: Welcome to this very special place, EPCOT Center, Walt Disney’s dream is now a reality. Epcot Center has two major themed areas, Future World, A showplace for new ideas, and new technologies. World Showcase presents a colorful array of architectural styles and landmarks, a true community of nations. In this Souvenir VHS Cassette, we get a look at EPCOT Center as it appeared in 1983.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
Overview: The world's most famous madame is called to Washington to testify before Congress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-15
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Fol-de-Rol
Overview: A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-27
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Mickey's Race
Overview: Mickey and his gang of children enter a mule in a racing contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-13
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Mickey's Luck
Overview: Mickey and the gang become fire fighters. Features ridiculous stunts (including a car getting hit by a train, and Spencer Bell sharing a scene with a live lion).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-29
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Mickey's Ape Man
Overview: Mickey, Stinky, and Billy all try to compete in an Ape Man contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-19
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The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl
Overview: The special consists of a series of performances and skits based around the shows of Sid and Marty Krofft. Johnny Whitaker hosts the show and performs "Friends," the theme song from Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. Jack Wild appears as Jimmy, who searches high and low for his friend H.R. Pufnstuf (Van Snowden). H.R. Pufnstuf 's resident villain, Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (Louise DuArt, substituting for Billie Hayes) and Lidsville 's wacky magician Horatio J. Hoodoo (Paul Gale, substituting for Charles Nelson Reilly) each showcase their unique magic talents. The Brady Bunch Kids perform a medley of songs, though they would not appear in a Sid and Marty Krofft TV production until The Brady Bunch Hour in 1976.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-24
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Mickey's Pals
Overview: The second short from the "Mickey McGuire" film series. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip "Toonerville Trolley". "Mickey McGuire" was a popular rival to Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Perhaps the most notable note about the series is that it launched Mickey Rooney's film career. The film follows Mickey McGuire (Rooney) and his pals as they start a "Pet Xchange".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-02
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Mickey the Detective
Overview: Mickey and the gang play detective. Later, the dog gets stuck with a professor's time bomb.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-27
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Mickey's Mix-Up
Overview: An early sound short, where Mickey and the gang put on another show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-12
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Mickey's Warriors
Overview: A high society lady tries to bring peace between the Mickey's Scorpions and Stinky Davis' gang.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-24
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Mickey's Stampede
Overview: A sound remake of "Mickey's Eleven", in which the gang play yet another game of football against Stinky Davis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-06
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Mickey's Rebellion
Overview: A.k.a. "Mickey's Revolution". Needing to raise money for their caddy friend, Mickey and the gang put on a show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-23
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Mickey's Tent Show
Overview: Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-26
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Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Overview: Mickey and the gang wind up in Harold Lloyd territory, when the kids work as window washers on a dangerous skyscraper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-18
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Mickey's Wildcats
Overview: Mickey and the gang come across a baby. Billy Barty plays a dual role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-11
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Mickey's Champs
Overview: Mickey and the kids befriend a couple of tramps. But when the tramps are accused of stealing, Mickey and Hambone find themselves trying to expose who they think is the real crook: a doctor in a spooky house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-02
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Mickey's Big Moment
Overview: The film finds Mickey and Hambone trying to dig up some dirt on Stinky Davis' father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-09
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Mickey's Helping Hand
Overview: One of the few films in the series without Mickey Rooney. Costar Marvin Stephens ("Katrink'") stands in for Rooney. The short finds the gang preparing for a Christmas party for the poor kids in the neighborhood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-18
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Mickey's Covered Wagon
Overview: Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-29
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Mickey's Big Business
Overview: One of the few films in the series without Mickey Rooney. Costar Marvin Stephens ("Katrink'") stands in for Rooney. The film finds the gang competing with Stinky's gang in the junior Olympics.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-20
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Mickey's Minstrels
Overview: In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-10
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Mickey's Medicine Man
Overview: The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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Mickey's Touchdown
Overview: Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special guest star USC coach Howard Jones.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-13
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The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Overview: A Halloween-themed television special starring Paul Lynde which aired only once on October 29, 1976 on ABC. It features guest stars including Margaret Hamilton (who reprises her role as the Wicked Witch of the West), Billie Hayes (as Witchiepoo from H.R. Pufnstuf), Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Florence Henderson, rock band KISS, Billy Barty, Betty White and, in an unbilled surprise appearance, Donny and Marie Osmond.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-30
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The Naked Truth
Overview: Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The Franks hide by impersonating make-up women for a beauty pageant. While in drag, the mafioso falls in love with one of the Franks.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-29
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Who's Who in the Zoo
Overview: Billy takes a trip to the the zoo with his wife and two sons. He is proud to show his knowledge about wild animals to his older son, who is preparing for an exam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-11
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Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
Overview: This 51 minute documentary of the movie "Legend" can be found as an extra on the 2002 2-disc boxed-set 'Ultimate Edition' DVD release of "Legend". The first part of the documentary deals with the fruition of the idea and the making of the movie. It includes interviews with almost all the main participants of the feature, with the exception of actor Tom Cruise, who was a no show. The second half is much more fascinating and deals with what went wrong with the movie, and it's marketing failures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-21
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Mickey's Midnite Follies
Overview: Part of the Mickey McGuire short series starring Mickey Rooney. Currently only reel #2 has been found.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-18
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
Genres: Fantasy Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-09
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Overview: The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Genres: Fantasy Family Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-07
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Roustabout
Overview: After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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Out All Night
Overview: A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-08
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Second Hand Kisses
Overview: Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-29
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Would You Eat a Blue Potato?
Overview: Katie and Scott are invited to eat at the home of Figment the dragon. The snack consists of green milk, blue potatoes, pink cauliflower, and orange sandwiches. Figment realizes the food just doesn't feel right to the children. They read a story of a sad king who painted his kingdom blue to match his mood. The children go through a series of "colorful" experiences and discover color through their senses and imaginations—imagining how the world would look and feel if everything was just one color. In the end, the children realize they like all the colors together best of all—and the King agrees!
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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No Kidding
Overview: Snub and Loback try to hide a baby they’re watching from their landlord.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-01
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Daddy Long Legs
Overview: Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-05
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Overview: Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Overview: Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-21
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Star Fairies
Overview: A princess star fairy named Sparkle lives up in the clouds in Castle WishStar. Her job is to grant wishes to children when they wish upon a star. But lately, she has been overwhelmed by the increasing number of wishes being made. So she asks for help and receives not one but five new star fairy helpers. But more troubles arise when they meet a little girl who is upset but cannot think of a wish to make her happy.
Genres: Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-08
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The Hollywood Shorties
Overview: In 1980s Los Angeles, a professional dwarf basketball team composed of recognizable-but-typecast actors finds itself the unwitting vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects of curiosity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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Roman Scandals
Overview: A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-27
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Pufnstuf
Overview: Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to impress the visiting Witches' Council and win the Witch of the Year Award.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
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Mickey the Great
Overview: A group of young actresses reminisces about their days as part of a gang of kids, headed by Mickey McGuire. Their memories take the form of clips from episodes of the long running Mickey McGuire series of short comedies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-06
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Mickey in School
Overview: It's the first day back at school for Mickey and the gang, which means plenty of pain for the schoolteacher. But things really heat up when a fire breaks out in the schoolhouse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-06
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Mickey's Eleven
Overview: Mickey and the gang play a game of football against Stinky Davis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-07
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Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Overview: Mickey and the gang go game hunting, and come across a live lion. No, seriously, we see eight year old Rooney share a scene with a real lion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-22
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Mickey's Disguises
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-17
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Diggin' Up Business
Overview: A black comedy set in a funeral home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Nothing Sacred
Overview: When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-25
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Overview: After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible tragic misunderstandings, they go on the run, leaving a bloody trail wherever they go.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-17
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Runaway Ralph
Overview: Join Ralph on a string of adventures after he runs away from home at the Mountain View Inn, and makes a new friend.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Lobster Man from Mars
Overview: Young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl, and an army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and the producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio hot shot.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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Wishful Thinking
Overview: A screenwriter rescues a gnome. When the gnome tells him he will grant him a wish, he uses it to get the girl of his dreams.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Radioland Murders
Overview: A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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Soup to Nuts
Overview: Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-28
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Joys
Overview: Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-05
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Being Different
Overview: A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time husband, Siamese twins joined at the midsection, and several little people including actor Billy Barty. We meet some at Gibsonton, Florida, where carnival folk winter. They talk about their lives and accomplishments. The camera also goes on the road to visit a grandfather with a distinctive face, a legless mechanic from Kentucky on a second honeymoon in LA, a marathon runner and motivational speaker who has no feet, a karate student with partial limbs, and an armless, down-to-earth mom in Texas.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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The Hollywood Gad-About
Overview: A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-04
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Mickey's Rescue
Overview: When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-22
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Hardly Working
Overview: In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-30
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The Lord of the Rings
Overview: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
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Punch and Jody
Overview: When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years earlier. The now teen-aged daughter enters his life. Can they form a relationship?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-26
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Rumpelstiltskin
Overview: A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-01
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The Amazing Dobermans
Overview: An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
Genres: Crime Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-24
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Footlight Parade
Overview: A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-21
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Fireman Save My Child
Overview: Comedy about the members of an early 1900s fire company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-02
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Life Stinks
Overview: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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Three Wise Fools
Overview: An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-26
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Firepower
Overview: A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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Goldie
Overview: Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against her, but Spike ignores the warning until he finds Bill's tatoo on Goldie as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-27
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Billy Rose's Jumbo
Overview: The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-06
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Overview: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Overview: Super Dave Osborne, our accident-prone stuntman hero, comes out of a self-imposed retirement to raise money for his new girlfriend's son's heart operation.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-11
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The Clown
Overview: Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a comeback. He persuades "Uncle" Goldie, Dodo's agent in the good old days, to find a booking for Dodo. He can't, and Dink is sent to live with his remarried-and-wealthy mother, Paula. The unhappy Dink runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Dodo the courage needed to try a knockabout TV show offered by Goldie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-16
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Foul Play
Overview: A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-14
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Over the Hill
Overview: In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-29
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Gift of Gab
Overview: Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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Pygmy Island
Overview: Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-22
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The Godmothers
Overview: Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-12
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Off the Mark
Overview: A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several years later, as adults, the two find themselves competing against each other in a Triathlon competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Overview: A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-26
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What's an Abra Without a Cadabra?
Overview: Justin and his sister Kim are magically transported to Figonia by reciting the magic words in a mysterious magic kit. Once there, Figment hesitantly informs them that he doesn't know the magical words to return them home, so they enlist the help of Merlin to figure out a solution. Comparing and contrasting the sound, spelling, and meaning of words is the key to getting them back home again.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan
Overview: Figment is visited unexpectedly by Peter Pan who has lost his way back to Wendy's house and is in need of assistance. Apparently, he temporarily got pixie dust in his eyes. When Figment begins to write down directions for Peter, the boy who refused to grow up reminds him that he never learned to read. Figment agrees to bring Wendy to Figonia, but a miscalculation brings Amy instead. Through reading, Figment and his friend Amy vividly make the point that books can transport you to faraway lands, transform you into other characters, and open you up to innumerable adventures. By program's end, Peter agrees that being able to read is wonderful and magical. He may even learn to read himself!
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-01
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How Does Sound Sound?
Overview: "Toot!" "Tick!" "Chirp!" Onomatopoeia is introduced in this "soundsational" adventure. To learn the importance of sound in the world, Peter and Jessica accept Figment's invitation to go with him into Soundspace where they unlock the power of words and the magic of their imaginations. By journey's end, our intrepid explorers learn that language and sound have rhythm—and that the five senses may be used to explore the world around us.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Where Does Time Fly?
Overview: Figment needs a story for the story contest he wants to win, and flies through time to find the inspiration to write a wonderful story. In original animation, he visits dinosaurs, the Wild West, and outer space, but can't seem to come up with an idea he likes. He invites two young children, Nick and Jessie, to help him. Nick's favorite stories are about pirates, so they decide on a pirate story-- which a pirate helps them write.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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How Does It Feel to Be an Elephant?
Overview: Figment takes Matt and Lisa on an "imagination safari" where they meet a menagerie of both real and imaginary animals. There they discover how animals communicate, and also imagine what it would feel like and how to express what it feels like to be certain animals.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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How Does It Feel to Fly?
Overview: Figment needs Beth and Danny's help right away: King Dreary has banished him and all his friends from the kingdom, for being make-believe fliers. Beth and Danny hit upon the idea of identifying and making lists of real fliers and man-made fliers, and then persuading them to leave the kingdom also unless the King lets the imaginary fliers back in. In the process they learn that every flight, just like a story, has a beginning, middle, and end.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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What Can You See by Looking?
Overview: Figment needs Todd and Dhara to help him. He is on a treasure hunt, looking for the "Bookus Dragonius," which contains all of the world's wisdom. The book was hidden by his Uncle Max (The Reluctant Dragon) who loved word play, puzzles, and anagrams. Together they find many clues left by Uncle Max: rhyming clues, anagrams, puzzles, books, brain-teasers, and a rebus are all part of this mystery. They solve these clues—and then finally figure it all out.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Do Dragons Dream?
Overview: Educational film in which Figment introduces children to their imaginations.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Stand Tall
Overview: This documentary is very much in the style of Pumping Iron, but like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Rebuild it is centered around its "Star", Lou Ferrigno. It charts his early years as a kid from Brooklyn, New York who had to deal with having 85% hearing loss due to ear infections in his infancy. He fought against low self esteem by working out with weights in his father's garage, and boy did he win that battle with Mr. Universe (twice), and Mr. World among his physique title wins. Internationally known as a world class bodybuilder and star of The Incredible Hulk, we see him once again step up to the challenge of trying to win the Master's Olympia title in his '40's!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Half a Hero
Overview: A short comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-31
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Twin Detectives
Overview: Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics, but soon find themselves involved in a murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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Demon, Demon
Overview: An executive falls in love with and marries his secretary. However, he soon begins to suspect that she may be a demon who is after possession of his soul.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-11
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The Perils of Pauline
Overview: Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars
Overview: Fall preview special highlighted by original comedy skits and musical performances by the Bay City Rollers and others.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-08
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Mickey's Busy Day
Overview: A Mickey McGuire short comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-13
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Snow White
Overview: A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When she realizes that the girl is still alive and living with the dwarfs, she sets out to destroy her only rival once and for all.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-14
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