Disney movies in the starting era of the 1950s had come with a decade of transition. Some of the masterpieces such as Bambi, Snow White, and the seven Dwarfs are regarded as the best movies. Fairy tale movies, Pinocchio, Disney princesses, Fantasia, and many more with animated musical adventures.
These are some of the best old Disney movies and people still prefer these movies over upcoming Disney movies. So here we will take a look.
A few top 1950s Disney movies:
Cinderella
Cinderella is the twelfth Disney animated film which was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson. “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes”, “Sling Sweet Nightingale”, and “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”, is the classical song in this feature film.
15 February 1950 was the year when the movie was released. It is a classical fairy tale that tells a sweet and faithful story between Cinderella and adorable talking mice.
The story revolves around her miseries, she lives at her stepmother’s home. The stepmother didn’t treat her well and made Cinderella do all the household chores.
The songs of this movie were nominated three times for Academy Awards for Best Music, Best Song, and Original Songs. The movie is always remembered as a Commercial and critical hit from Disney.
This movie is still the favorite of children as well as elders. Cinderella is on the top list of Disney channel original movies.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island was released on 22 July 1950 and it was directed by Bryan Haskin. The Treasure Island Movie’s story has been taken from the novel “Robot Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island” which was published in the year 1883.
This was the first movie that made its appearance on screen in color and the version of the movie was based on the novel. The film Treasure Island was the first complete live-action film made by Disney and this was the oldest Walt Disney live-action film.
Peter Pan
The 14th animated feature film by Disney was released in February 1953. This film was made by James M. Barrie.
Peter Pan was the last animated feature film released through RKO radio picture by Disney. After that Walt Disney got his own distribution company that is Buena Vista Distribution.
Peter Pan was a fantasy adventure film and another “Disneyfied” film was based on the play “Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow UP”.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is another animated feature film based on a novel written by Charles Perrault. Sleeping Beauty is also an adaptation of a fairytale Novel and because of that, the film gets mixed critical reviews from the audience.
Sleeping Beauty was the 6th animated feature film launched by Disney. At that time, the film was not able to impress the audience and didn’t perform well in theatres.
Because of that, this Movie comes under Disney’s unsuccessful movie list and it’s never been recreated again owing to its poor storyline.
However, various intercepts of that movie have been used in different movies like Shrek.
The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog film was directed by Charles Barton and his team and released in 1959 as a live-action, black-and-white film.
The story of the film is based on the novel written by Felix Salten and published in 1923. The Shaggy Dog film tells the story of a teenage boy and his enhancing ring.
The boy’s name was the Denials Wilby who transformed himself into an old English Shaggy sheepdog through the power of that ring.
The Shaggy Dog film was the first live-action comedy film launched by Disney. This movie received critical appreciation from the audience and people loved its representation of comedy.