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November 22nd, 2007 by admin


Treasure Island


Treasure Island


$9.88


For many people, this 1934 version is the definitive Treasure Island: the great chemistry between Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, the rousing pirate anthems, and the stubborn parrot on the shoulder. The pairing of the actors was a cinch, coming three years after their tremendously popular teaming in The Champ. Cooper plays Jim Hawkins, the English boy who discovers a treasure map amongst the po…

Timeless Tales: Hansel and Gretel


Timeless Tales: Hansel and Gretel


$1.59


Studio: Timeless Media Group Release Date: 02/27/2007…

Timeless Tales: The Three Little Pigs


Timeless Tales: The Three Little Pigs


$1.90


No Description Available.Genre: Children’s VideoRating: NRRelease Date: 3-APR-2007Media Type: DVD…

The Ugly Duckling: Timeless Tales - Hanna Barbera (original cover)


The Ugly Duckling: Timeless Tales – Hanna Barbera (original cover)



Settle back for pure storytelling enchantment as OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN and friends transport you and your family to a brilliantly animated, whimsically updated rhelm of classic fairy-tale wonder.

Scorned for looking different, a poor little UGLY DUCKLING is abandoned when his family flies south for the winter. Befriended by the warmheated Runabout Rabbit, he soon finds that he doesn’t fit in with bu…


Timeless Tales: Thumbelina [VHS]


Timeless Tales: Thumbelina [VHS]


$1.94


The Timeless Tales series covers classic fables and stories of American heritage. This episode: Thumbelina…

More Timeless Tales Results At The Bottom Of The Page

Timeless Tales

It very well might have been 1982 in my living room that evening. Candles radiated a warm and comforting glow that lent a little mystery and magic to my ordinary domicile as the incense sparked to life and I slid the movie into the DVD player.

Could it be, after all these years, the miracle that was Netflix has brought home to me one of my most cherished childhood experiences? What would it look like 26 years after the memory of a young girl filed it away as one of the most magical and inspirational occurrences of her life?

I allowed my mind to wander as the player queued and I think I remembered the brilliant strength of the Hero, Talon, and his amazing sword of steel. I braced myself for the eerie beginning of a king and a witch who raise a sorcerer from his tomb, but mostly because I have chilling recollection of screaming faces and tortured souls that lined the coffin. This was the stuff that adventures were made of! This was the evil that spawned a hundred Dungeons and Dragons games…and I was immediately captured by the ‘Sword and the Sorcerer’ in the same way that I had always been.

I was a little girl again, in love with the Hero and wishing I were the woman he risked his life to be with for one night. I realized then how much the movie had influenced my writing as I grew into the process; how many games it inspired me to play along the way and how it set the bar for the fantasy worlds I would come to write.

The credits dwindled away and I watched every single one, of course. At the very end, when I knew it would be over, I saw a special message! Did they just say to watch for more of Talon’s adventures in ‘Tales of an Ancient Empire’?

I rushed to the internet, the glorious connection to all things great and small in the universe…And therein I found a special announcement. Albert Pyun, the original director of the ‘The Sword and the Sorcerer’ had indeed announced a special sequel, ‘Tales of an Ancient Empire’ to be released in 2010!

I don’t know what it’s about, and my only regret is that I didn’t have a chance to work on the project in any way. I do know, for sure, that I’ll be there with bells on. After all, two years is nothing after I’ve waited 26 for this occasion.


The Ugly Duckling: Timeless Tales - Hanna Barbera (original cover)


The Ugly Duckling: Timeless Tales – Hanna Barbera (original cover)



Settle back for pure storytelling enchantment as OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN and friends transport you and your family to a brilliantly animated, whimsically updated rhelm of classic fairy-tale wonder.

Scorned for looking different, a poor little UGLY DUCKLING is abandoned when his family flies south for the winter. Befriended by the warmheated Runabout Rabbit, he soon finds that he doesn’t fit in with bu…


Timeless Tales: Thumbelina [VHS]


Timeless Tales: Thumbelina [VHS]


$1.94


The Timeless Tales series covers classic fables and stories of American heritage. This episode: Thumbelina…

Timeless Tales ~ Thumbelina/Rumpelstiltskin/The Elves and The Shoemaker


Timeless Tales ~ Thumbelina/Rumpelstiltskin/The Elves and The Shoemaker


$8.77


Reader’s Digest Young Families Presents Timeless Tales Features: 1) Thumbelina 2) Rumpelstiltskin and 3) The Elves and The Shoemaker all on one videocassette tape….

Tales of Wells Fargo - Starring Dale Robertson - 6 DVD SET!


Tales of Wells Fargo – Starring Dale Robertson – 6 DVD SET!


$30.77


Studio: Timeless Media Group Release Date: 07/14/2009…

Peter and the Wolf


Peter and the Wolf


$4.38


Movie DVD…

Disney's Timeless Tales, Vol. 1 - The Prince and the Pauper/Three Little Pigs/The Tortoise and the Hare


Disney’s Timeless Tales, Vol. 1 – The Prince and the Pauper/Three Little Pigs/The Tortoise and the Hare


$10.10


Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 08/16/2005 Run time: 58 minutes Rating: Nr…

Treasure Island


Treasure Island


$9.88


For many people, this 1934 version is the definitive Treasure Island: the great chemistry between Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, the rousing pirate anthems, and the stubborn parrot on the shoulder. The pairing of the actors was a cinch, coming three years after their tremendously popular teaming in The Champ. Cooper plays Jim Hawkins, the English boy who discovers a treasure map amongst the po…

Timeless Tales: Hansel and Gretel


Timeless Tales: Hansel and Gretel


$1.59


Studio: Timeless Media Group Release Date: 02/27/2007…

Timeless Tales: The Three Little Pigs


Timeless Tales: The Three Little Pigs


$1.90


No Description Available.Genre: Children’s VideoRating: NRRelease Date: 3-APR-2007Media Type: DVD…

Beyond Atlantis II & Riddle of the Sphinx Combo


Beyond Atlantis II & Riddle of the Sphinx Combo


$11.99


Immerse yourself in a timeless tale…secrets liewaiting for you to discoverProduct InformationIn Beyond Atlantis II you assume the role of an archaeologist as you search for the existence of a metropolis built according to myth and legend by the ancient Egyptians. Plunge into the most mysterious intriguing and dangerous of adventures – the quest for Atlantis. New Worlds Await You. As you v…

Thumbelina Part 1

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