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Category Archives: Fairy Tale

December 25th, 2012: Babes in Toyland aka March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

Dec25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Musical, Slapstick Tagged boogeyman, fairy tale, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Brandon, MGM, Mickey Mouse, monkey, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, toy soldiers, toys, toys as weapons, Zepplin

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

Apr2 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

February 20th, 2012: Coraline

Feb20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged apartment, Best Animated Film Nominee, buttons, Dakota Fanning, daughter, Dawn French, don't eat anything, door to another realm, father, Focus Features, Henry Selick, Ian MacShane, Interscope Communications, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Keith David, mother, mother-daugther relationship, Neil Gaiman, Teri Hatcher, They Might Be Giants, wicked stepmother

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