The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

Disney

December 20, 1968

Children's, Comedy

DVD

D+

Surprisingly flat, considering the cast and the set-up, but I didn't even get up to Dean Jones meeting the title character.  This is based on the Louis Pelletier book The Year of the Horse, and directed by Norman Tokar.

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!

Disney

December 1, 1966

Historical Drama

DVD
C+

Long, uneven, but somewhat entertaining tale of a dedicated scoutmaster, with the un-Disney topics of alcoholism and infertility handled in the Disney manner.  Kurt Russell, in his first Mouse House movie, gives the best performance.  Note that part of the muddle of the movie is the way it handles a "feminist" speech.  This is based on MacKinlay Kantor's book God and My Country and directed by Norman Tokar, eleven years before Candleshoe.

Candleshoe

Candleshoe
Walt Disney
December 16, 1977
Dramedy
DVD
C-

Although this came out the same year as Foster's Freaky Friday, and I suppose I've seen it once or twice, it definitely doesn't hold the same place in my heart as FF (reviewed here https://reviewingeverymovieiown.blogspot.com/2014/07/freaky-friday.html).  Watching it today, I can see why.  Jodie here plays a self-described delinquent who is essentially kidnapped, without initial explanation, and then cheerfully agrees to a swindle, as long as she gets her cut.  I tuned out soon after she found out about an old pirate's will, so, yes, well before David Niven and Helen Hayes show up.

Like Freaky, this is based on a book, in this case written by Michael Innes.  Norman Tokar directed.