Over 50 Kiddie Matinee faves from The Lost Media Archive
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- DirectorElisabeta BostanNicolae CodrescuStarsCarmen StanescuEmanoil PetrutAnna SzélesA young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time
- DirectorRadim CvrcekStarsErik PardusRadim CvrcekVera StepánováEleven-year old Mísa has the temperament of a proper boy and endless problems with the grown-ups. It is no wonder that he longs to become an adult without further delay. Mísa keeps house together with his father and has various duties. After a failed attempt at dish-washing he goes off to the research institute where his father is working on an important invention. He is trying to produce a substance that would make poultry and other animals bigger and thus help the struggle against famine in the world, but so far he has only managed to produce a shrinking substance. After his father leaves the laboratory, Mísa mixes up different ingredients and makes the growth substance. He drinks it and instantly becomes an adult. His father, conversely, turns into a toddler after drinking the shrinking substance with his beer by mistake.
- DirectorDaisaku ShirakawaTaiji YabushitaOsamu TezukaStarsKiyoshi KomiyamaNoriko ShindôHideo KinoshitaA monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, he is sent on a mission to accompany a prince who is the son of the gods on a journey through a land filled with dangers, monsters, cannibals and demons.
- DirectorHerschell Gordon LewisStarsNancy Jo BergDennis JonesDavid Blight Jr.A boy makes a reckless wish, and everybody in the world stops moving. A wizard's daughter tries to help him get the world restarted again.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsUrho SomersalmiAnna OrochkoIvan VoronovThe evil witch Louhi kidnaps Lemminkäinen's sister to build for her a Sampo, a device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsAlbert SharpeJanet MunroSean ConneryA wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsPeter Lind HayesMary HealyHans ConriedA young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
- DirectorJean ImageCharles FrankStarsPaul CollineSuzy DornacFred PasqualiJohnny sets out to rid the land of an evil giant but the giant uses a machine to reduce Johnny to the size of a bee. He is welcomed into Bee-Land, and herocially defends the Queen Bee. Johnny then leads the bees and their friends in an attack against the giant, uses the machine to reduce the giant to a miniature and restores himself to human size.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsVladimír BejvalZdenek HustakJosef LukásOne day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.
- DirectorRoberto RodríguezStarsMaría GraciaManuel 'Loco' ValdésSantanónThe classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.
- DirectorJules BassStarsBoris KarloffAllen SwiftGale GarnettOn the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
- DirectorRichard C. ParishStarsChris KroesenValerie HobbsDarlene LohnesA boy is given a ring by an old witch. He uses the ring along with a magic Christmas tree which grants him 3 wishes.
- DirectorBernard GosselinStarsCatherine LeducFrançois GosselinMarcel SabourinThe film tells the story of an alien from outer space who befriends two young children when he lands in a small town in Quebec.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsKenny GardnerJack MercerTedd PierceThe happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsShirley TempleSpring ByingtonNigel BruceMytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
- DirectorRoberto RodríguezManuel San FernandoStarsSantanónAntonio RaxelHumberto DupeyrónKing Serio must give his daughter Dorita to the evil Ogre. The Lady of Time gives a pair of boots to the shepherd Juanito, who tries them on his cat. This becomes a big and helpful cat that poses as the servant of a marquis and together will try to vanquish the Ogre and rescue the princess.
- DirectorMasami HataStarsHitoshi TakagiMinori MatsushimaAkira KamiyaAn innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.
- DirectorScott ZakarinStarsJack MulcahyCourtney KernaghanJonathan GochZack and Ashlee discover the meaning of true friendship when they create an imaginary friend, the superhero Rem Lezar.
- DirectorAldo FlorioStarsFabio TestiCharo LópezJosé CalvoRoy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsPaul ManteeVictor LundinAdam WestStranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
- DirectorJozef MedvedStarsBeno VichFrantisek VilímI. Zagata
- DirectorRichard WinerBarry MahonStarsJay RipleyShay GarnerPat MorrellWhen Santa's sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Thumbelina.
- DirectorManuel San FernandoSanta and his elves strive mightily to defeat an evil ogre who is intent on disrupting Christmas. With the help of Merlin's magic and the Easter Bunny, they earnestly do battle with their foe. The children in Santa's Village are all counting on Santa to prevail. They cheer on his holiday crusaders and finish the film with a stirring musical finale.
- DirectorGuy FergussonStarsMarcia ManolescueGillian HarrisonFella EdmondsA group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette MimieuxA man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
- DirectorJosef PinkavaStarsVit WeingartnerMilan ZemanFrantisek FilipovskýVasek and Honza, two pupils of an elementary school in a small village, artfully move through the expositions of the Brno fair. They collect many leaflets, thoroughly inspect everything and constantly gorge themselves with various delicacies, which gives Vasek a bad stomach. The next day, however, everything is all right. These two boys, whose overactive imaginations keep them far from the top of the class, tell their classmates about their adventures, both real and made-up. In their dreamed-up world, there is an automatic machine which can fulfill one wish to everybody.
- DirectorShuchen WangJingda XuDing Xian YanStarsKe BiBanjô GingaDaisuke GôriTells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsJosé Elías MorenoCesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito'José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky'With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.
- DirectorChih Hui ChangStarsChung-Kuang PaiTed ThomasYou've never seen Bruce Lee like this before. In this rare animated martial arts film, the legendary Bruce Lee is resurrected as a god with a third eye who helps a group of good gods defeat some bad demons.
- DirectorChung-Hsing ChaoStarsTu ChinChung-Yu HuangShadow LiuThe master of a traveling acrobatic squad is bitten off, and gets, a hopping vampire. When he begins to terrorize the city, uses Grandpa and Tien Tien master students as bait, so ghostly warriors, to eventually capture the creature.
- DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsNobuhiro KajimaMiyuki AkiyamaChristopher MurphyAliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
- DirectorMaurice MurphyStarsBen OxenbouldRebecca RiggJeremy LarssonFatty Finn raises dough for a new radio. Along the way, he encounters mishaps with a gang of bullies.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsTony RandallBarbara EdenArthur O'ConnellA mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
- DirectorMichael RubboStarsMathew MackaySiluck SaysanasyAlison DarcyPeanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.
- DirectorTheodore J. FlickerStarsAlex KarrasStephen RosenbergGuy L'EcuyerA six year old boy has a dream in which he is in jail.
- DirectorSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyHerman BingRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsShin'ichi ChibaOsamu KobayashiWataru YamagawaWhen the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
- DirectorAnna PenidoDavid SonnenscheinStarsXuxaGuilherme KaramNair AmorimWith the power of a magic crystal, a TV hostess becomes the only hope to defeat a malign subterranean entity, that is sick of her good, generous deeds.
- DirectorKiyosumi FukazawaAtsuo OkunakaStarsReiko TokunagaHiroko SaitoMasaaki KajiA woman and her two children are accidentally cryopreserved and awaken at a time when apes dominate the planet.
- DirectorNick De NoiaStarsTisha CampbellAnthony MucciRenee HaynesA young girl learns the importance of reading, when she ends up in a dystopian future where reading is banned.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsJeff BridgesMia FarrowAngela LansburyA beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
- DirectorToshio HirataOsamu TezukaStarsKatsue MiwaRyouko KitamiyaKazuko SugiyamaWhen Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness?
- DirectorVojtech JasnýStarsJan WerichEmília VásáryováVlastimil BrodskýPeople arrive in a small village with a strange cat wearing glasses. When someone takes them off, he can color people, according to their nature and mood. Adults consider him dangerous; children love him.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsShin'ichi ChibaOsamu KobayashiWataru YamagawaWhen the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
- DirectorFlávio MigliaccioStarsFlávio MigliaccioOdete LaraWalter ForsterAn uncle travels with his three nephews once a year, during the holidays, looking for adventure.
- DirectorZafer ParStarsCengiz SayhanTolga SönmezOrhan ÇagmanThe adaptation of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
- DirectorNatalya BodyulIon Popescu-GopoStarsGilda ManolescuMedeea MarinescuIngrid CeliaTwo sisters go to the fairy to help the little inhabitants of the forest. Musical film-tale with animation.
- DirectorIon Popescu-GopoStarsIoana MoraruAndrianu KuchinskaStela PopescuThe continuation of the adventures of Maria and Mirabella, in which the two girls get lost in a fabulous world inside a television set.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsYasufumi HayashiAiko AsanoVajra BarzaghiAn international school in Kobe, Japan is catapulted into the future after a time-slip occurs.
- DirectorPaul GrimaultStarsPierre BrasseurAnouk AiméeSerge ReggianiA chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
- DirectorPer ÅhlinStarsAllan EdwallRobyn CarlssonOlle SarriWhen a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
- DirectorOlle HellbomStarsLars SöderdahlMats WikströmCatrin WesterlundWhen Karlsson comes flying through Lillebror's window they are up to all sorts of high jinks.