Sherman Brothers
The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of brothers Robert B. Sherman (1925 – 2012) and Richard M. Sherman (born 1928).
Together they received various accolades including 2 Academy Awards and 3 Grammy Awards.
In 1976 they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Sherman Brothers wrote more motion-picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history.
Among their most famous works are the theme park songs There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and It's A Small World (After All). According to Time magazine, the latter song is the most performed song of all time. Listen to the song here.
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Together they received various accolades including 2 Academy Awards and 3 Grammy Awards.
In 1976 they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Sherman Brothers wrote more motion-picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history.
Among their most famous works are the theme park songs There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and It's A Small World (After All). According to Time magazine, the latter song is the most performed song of all time. Listen to the song here.
Which is your favorite Sherman Brothers title?
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- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsHayley MillsMaureen O'HaraBrian KeithTeenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
- DirectorBill JusticeWolfgang ReithermanStarsPaul FreesGloria WoodBilly StormProfessor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsHayley MillsMaurice ChevalierGeorge SandersIn 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsHayley MillsDorothy McGuireBurl IvesA Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanClyde GeronimiDavid HandStarsRickie SorensenSebastian CabotKarl SwensonA poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsWalter PidgeonGilles PayantÉmile GenestA wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsTommy KirkAnnette FunicelloLeon AmesMerlin Jones, resident genius at Midvale College, inadvertently gets into a string of scrapes, both in college and with the law-much to the distress of his long-suffering girlfriend and the local district judge.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsTommy KirkAnnette FunicelloLeon AmesA student is able to save Midvale College's football reputation using his radical invention.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsHayley MillsDean JonesDorothy ProvineAfter a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsSterling HollowayJunius MatthewsRalph WrightChristopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsRoddy McDowallSuzanne PleshetteKarl MaldenA young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsFred MacMurrayTommy SteeleGreer GarsonClever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisSebastian CabotLouis PrimaBagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.(all songs except "The Bare Necessities")
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsWalter BrennanBuddy EbsenLesley Ann WarrenThe eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsDick Van DykeSally Ann HowesLionel JeffriesA down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanBen SharpsteenStarsSebastian CabotSterling HollowayJohn FiedlerWinnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisEva GaborSterling HollowayWith the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
- DirectorRobert StevensonWard KimballStarsAngela LansburyDavid TomlinsonRoddy McDowallAn apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsChad WebberRobin KohnStephen SheaWhen Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named Lila, who's in a hospital, he goes on a journey with Woodstock to see her.
- DirectorCharles NicholsIwao TakamotoStarsDebbie ReynoldsHenry GibsonPaul LyndeWilbur is a farm pig who's terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table. His friend Charlotte, a charming spider, comes to his rescue. She weaves words into her web, convincing the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsJohnny WhitakerCeleste HolmWarren OatesTom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsJeff EastPaul WinfieldHarvey KormanIn 1840s Missouri, young Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his violent drunkard father, joins Black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
- DirectorJohn LounsberyWolfgang ReithermanStarsSebastian CabotJunius MatthewsJohn FiedlerRabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Rabbit suggests they take him into the middle of nowhere and leave him overnight. The idea backfires and Rabbit, Piglet and Pooh find themselves lost, but Pooh's tummy guides them home. Then, Tigger and Roo go out for a bounce and get caught in a tree, which Tigger is too afraid to get out of, and Rabbit makes Tigger promise that if they help get Tigger down, that Tigger can never bounce again. So Tigger is rescued and feels sad that he can no longer bounce, but everyone, including Rabbit, agrees they liked the old bouncy Tigger better.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsSherrie HewsonJohn TurnerRosalind AyresA musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.
- DirectorJohn LounsberyWolfgang ReithermanBen SharpsteenStarsSebastian CabotJunius MatthewsBarbara LuddyIn this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsJames StewartMickey RooneyPernell RobertsLassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all the way from Colorado to California. Her loving owner is looking for her too.
- DirectorMurray LernerChildren are shown in a series of dream and fantasy sequences, with imagery (such as a kite soaring out of the screen) designed to take advantage of the 3-D format.
- DirectorRick ReinertStarsHal SmithRalph WrightLaurie MainWinnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.
- DirectorMasami HataMasanori HataWilliam T. HurtzStarsGabriel DamonMickey RooneyRene AuberjonoisEach night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.
- DirectorArt ScottStarsDudley MooreJodi BensonRandy HamiltonBoosting this family-friendly take on the 1933 film are the acting talents of Jodi Benson and Dudley Moore.
- DirectorJun FalkensteinKarl GeursGary KatonaStarsGregg BergerBrady BluhmJim CummingsJoin Pooh and his friends in three stories about the seasons.
- DirectorJun FalkensteinStarsJim CummingsNikita HopkinsKen SansomTigger goes looking through the hundred-acre-wood to find his family.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsNeel SethiBill MurrayBen KingsleyAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsEwan McGregorHayley AtwellBronte CarmichaelA working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.