Product Review

TCM Greatest Classic Films: Family (4FE) (DVD)

THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET A mild-mannered bookkeeper who longs to serve his country gets his wish – when he turns into a fish – and becomes the U.S. Navy’s new secret weapon. Don Knotts plays one of his best-loved roles in this delightful and fondly remembered blend of live-action and animation. FLIPPER The beloved dolphin first swam into the world’s minds and hearts in this warm and winning adventure starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as young Sandy, the boy who rescues him and then is saved by Flipper from sharks. The basis for the popular 1964-68 TV series that followed. NATIONAL VELVET In her starmaking role, Elizabeth Taylor plays a wide-eyed adolescent who, helped by jockey pal Mickey Rooney, trains a horse she won in a raffle, for the Grand National Steeplechase. This wonderful winner of two Academy Awards* co-stars Donald Crisp and a young Angela Lansbury. LASSIE COME HOME In “one of the all-time great family films” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide), a remarkable collie – sold by her poor family – braves storms, hunger and peril to return to her young master (Roddy McDowall). Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester and 11-year-old Elizabeth Taylor form a top supporting cast.