I’m not going to lie, I don’t think I even knew this film existed prior to this project. Maybe I noticed it when I was checking out Fess Parker’s IMDB credits but either way, I’m very glad I got the…
Secrets of Life Movie Review (1956)
This next film is a first for me with this project. It’s the 32nd film which means it’s the first film that I’m actually seeing for the first time since the official start of the DFP. I definitely had no…
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates Movie Review (1956)
Before fighting in the Creek Indian War, before Congress or the Alamo, Davy Crockett’s legend was growing with tales such as the two in this next film. For this project, I’m focusing on the story itself, including dialogue, character development,…
The Great Locomotive Chase Movie Review (1956)
During a university film class a few years ago, I watched Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’ that was inspired by the same event that this next film is based on. While Keaton’s film was a comedy, Walt Disney’s version is dramatic,…
The Littlest Outlaw Movie Review (1955)
Heading to Mexico for the first time since 1945’s The Three Caballeros, this next film became one of my delightful discoveries. I’d never seen it prior to this project and I’m so glad I had the opportunity. For this project,…
The African Lion Movie Review (1955)
There’s not really a Pride Rock in this next film but there are lions and warthogs and wildebeest. For this project, I’m focusing on the story itself, including dialogue, character development, any subplots, how a story presents itself, the speed…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Movie Review (1954)
A journey beneath the waves is the setting of the next film. I saw this film the first time when I was 12 and it has since become one of my favorite Disney films of all time. For this project,…
The Vanishing Prairie Movie Review (1954)
“Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam…” The tune for ‘Home on the Range’ is heard several times throughout this next film, suiting quite well with the location of the 2nd full-length True-Life Adventure. For this project, I’m…
Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue Movie Review (1954)
We’ve come to the last of the Richard Todd films for Disney. With this last adventure, we travel to the Scottish Highlands and then all the way to London, England. For this project, I’m focusing on the story itself, including…
The Living Desert Movie Review (1953)
With this next film, I had to pay attention differently than I have been with earlier films. This True-Life Adventure film was the first full-length film of the True Life Adventure series and presented a unique challenge for me as there…
The Sword and the Rose Movie Review (1953)
One of the things I love best about this project, is the opportunity to view movies I have never seen before. This next film is just such a movie. Loosely based on the 1898 novel, When Knighthood was in Flower,…
Peter Pan Movie Review (1953)
Who doesn’t want to fly off to Neverland? With pirates and mermaids, adventure and more? For this project, I’m focusing on the story itself, including dialogue, character development, any subplots, how a story presents itself, the speed at which it…
