Toby Tyler
by Charles Barton
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Actor: Bob Sweeney, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin, Kevin Corcoran, Richard EasthamDirector: Charles Barton
Cinematographer: William E. Snyder
Editor: Stanley E. Johnson
Producer: Bill Walsh
Writer: Bill Walsh
Writer: James Otis Kaler
Writer: Lillie Hayward
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-02
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Toby Tyler
Movie Review: A lost classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on an 1880 children's novel, this captivating 95-minute drama is nostalgic but never gets too cute. Star Kevin Corcoran is likable, while other characters have surprising depth. Modern audiences will find the pace slow, sort of like an episode of the 1970s television series The Waltons. For the most part picture quality is great, audio OK. The bare-bones DVD has no bonus features.
Summary of Toby Tyler
TOBY TYLER takes you back in time to when the day the circus came to town was the biggest day of the year! Now on Disney DVD, Kevin Corcoran stars as the lovable, determined runaway who believes his uncle and aunt no longer want him, and life under the Big Top will put things right. Along the way he meets Ben, Mr. Tupper, and the mischievous Mr. Stubbs -- a playful chimpanzee! Together they fall into hilarious jams and scams more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Get your peanuts, popcorn, and candied apples, and jump into a classic three-ring circus that will have the whole family in stitches!Straight from the vault of Disney's bygone classics comes this 1960 family film about a boy who joins the circus, based on the book of the same name by James Otis Kaler. Kevin Corcoran (Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson) is unsurpassed as the earnest and endearing Toby Tyler, an orphan who lives with his poverty-stricken aunt and uncle until the day he is told he's a "millstone around their necks." When the circus comes to town, Toby runs away to join the vagabond life of the big top. Although his concessionaire boss is a con man, Toby makes fast friends with Ben Cotter (Henry Calvin) and Sam Treat (Gene Sheldon) who protect him and, in the end, receive much more from Toby than they give. The movie's best moments center on Toby's camaraderie with a mischievous chimp he names Mr. Stubbs. The final circus scenes of Toby's equine acrobatics with the pretty Mademoiselle Jeanette (Barbara Beaird), and comedic stunts with Mr. Stubbs are well worth the price of admission. The three-ring comedy is sweet and simple, sprinkled with a few wholesome life lessons. Marvelously directed in Disney's vintage style by Charles Barton (The Shaggy Dog), the overall effect will tug on a family's heartstrings and funny bone. (All ages) --Lynn Gibson
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