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Thu, 01/15/2009 - 19:21
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Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

I was sad to see of the passing yesterday of Patrick McGoohan, who starred in several Disney features in the early 60's, including MY favorite, 'The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh'. (He was also #6 in the British cult series, 'The Prisoner')

Man of us waited for a VERY long time for Scarecrow to be released on DVD, and it was for this past Christmas. I bought it as a present for myself and would highly recommend it if you have good memories of this series. There are a lot of 'behind the scenes' goodies on the DVD, ad it is introduced by Uncle Walt himself from the original introductions on "Wonderful World of Color".

I think it was released in a very limited number, but you might be able to find a copy if you look around.

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Thu, 01/15/2009 - 19:28
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I knew him best from "The Prisoner." It has apparently been discontinued by Disney, which is a bummer, but they have it on Amazon.com [affiliate].

Definitely one of the great things about the internet is we'll all eventually be able to download whatever classic television we want (for a price of course.) Looking forward to the day when I don't have to cross my fingers that things are offered online.

Thu, 01/15/2009 - 22:47
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Is this the show?

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Kinda creepy! I'm surprised I missed it too...It looks like it would have been right up my alley!

Thu, 01/15/2009 - 22:53
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I was just thinking the same thing: "How did I miss that?"

The camera work reminds me of Darby O'Gill and the Little People, which I must have watched 1000000 times.

Thu, 01/15/2009 - 23:47
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Yeah, thats it. McGoohan was the Vicar in the local village, and by night he would lead the locals in their smuggling operations against the King's high taxes. Of course he did it in the guise of the Scarecrow, and only his two closest confidants knew his real identity.

I have really good memories of this as a child, so I was really excited when they finally released it again this fall.

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Fri, 01/16/2009 - 00:01
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So this was from 1963. Darby O'Gill was from 1959. Those were several years before MLK was assassinated (1968). Weird to try to get that chronology working in my head.

Fri, 01/16/2009 - 01:48
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I think I thought Darby O'Gill was new when I used to watch it in the 80s. I guess I should have noticed how young James Bond was!

Fri, 01/16/2009 - 18:30
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Are these the kind of movies that were supplanted by "Tween" programming these days?

I can't think of much that Dinsey has produced, other than its animated stuff, that is appealing to all members of the family. Or maybe, those old shows weren't so great either, and I just remember them fondly. It sure seemed like an adult could enjoy them though.

Sun, 01/18/2009 - 18:16
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I would love to see a list of Disney productions from that era.

Sun, 01/18/2009 - 18:37
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There is a neat "extras" part of the Scarecrow DVD that talks about Walt's English productions. Disney had made a bunch of money in England, and after the war the British basically froze accounts. You couldn't remove your cash from England, and had to spend it there.

That is why so many features in the late 50's and early 60's were made over there.

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Sun, 01/18/2009 - 21:24
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It's a bummer that it's "out of print." Although who ever knows what that means with Disney.

Tue, 01/20/2009 - 00:18
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cdub wrote:
It's a bummer that it's "out of print." Although who ever knows what that means with Disney.

Probably means they'll release it again at some point and tell you it's "Going back in the vault soon, so get your copy now!!!!"

Tue, 01/20/2009 - 19:24
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What other films were made while Walt's money was being confiscated by the British authorities? silly

Wed, 01/21/2009 - 15:43
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They weren't all British, but here are some movies from that period that stood out for me:

The Shaggy Dog
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Pollyanna
The Absent Minded Professor
The Parent Trap

Those are the ones I remember.

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dsoup wrote:
I think I thought Darby O'Gill was new when I used to watch it in the 80s. I guess I should have noticed how young James Bond was!

Me too. They used to show us Wonderful World of Disney movies in elementary school one day a week if we were good (pretty cool considering it was a public school). I watched these movies in the late eighties.

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LifeIsForLiving wrote:
dsoup wrote:
I think I thought Darby O'Gill was new when I used to watch it in the 80s. I guess I should have noticed how young James Bond was!

Me too. They used to show us Wonderful World of Disney movies in elementary school one day a week if we were good (pretty cool considering it was a public school). I watched these movies in the late eighties.

That's so much better than normal school activities! awesome

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cdub wrote:
LifeIsForLiving wrote:
dsoup wrote:
I think I thought Darby O'Gill was new when I used to watch it in the 80s. I guess I should have noticed how young James Bond was!

Me too. They used to show us Wonderful World of Disney movies in elementary school one day a week if we were good (pretty cool considering it was a public school). I watched these movies in the late eighties.

That's so much better than normal school activities! awesome

Heck yes it was mickey And honestly, I do think it was time well spent. You have to admit at that age, in school there is a good amount of down time. To take say two hours a week and show us wholesome (sometimes even enriching) Disney programming was good for us.

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I really love the post-war live action stuff Disney did. The British period really did produce some memorable films.

The first Disney film I ever remember seeing at the movies was 'The Cat From Outer Space' in 1978. I don't think I've seen it in its entiretiy since, but at the time I thought it was filmmaking at it's finest!

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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 14:08
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We actually watched Darby O'Gill in school too, which was funny because it was on HBO all the time at the same point. Who knows how many times I watched it.

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Imagineer wrote:
I really love the post-war live action stuff Disney did. The British period really did produce some memorable films.

The first Disney film I ever remember seeing at the movies was 'The Cat From Outer Space' in 1978. I don't think I've seen it in its entiretiy since, but at the time I thought it was filmmaking at it's finest!



Making mental note to go find The Cat From Outer Space (never heard of it!)

 
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