opera

Directors: Michael Myerberg, John Paul (II) Writers: Padraic Colum, Adelheid Wette Anna Russell The Witch (voice) Mildred Dunnock Mother (voice) Frank Rogier Father (voice)

With brilliant imagination and technical wizardry, this 1954 feature film used stop-action animation, and hand-sculpted dolls and sets to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty. Set to Engelbert Humperdinck's classic 1892 opera, sung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the 1950's, this recording was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Directors: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo Writers: Satoshi Kon, Katsuhiro Ôtomo Shigeru Chiba Aoshima (voice) Hisao Egawa Swiveler (voice) Kayoko Fujii Sakiko (voice)

"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," three space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô.

Director: Wilfred Jackson Pinto Colvig Pluto Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Florence Gill Clara Cluck

Mickey is preparing to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto away. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits, and its doves. The opera begins: Clarabelle plays flute, Clara and Donald are the leads in Romeo and Juliet. Pluto follows the magic hat onstage, to Mickey's growing annoyance. The hat falls into a tuba, and soon the animals are filling the stage.

Director: Leo McCarey Writers: Leo McCarey, Frank Butler (I), Frank Cavett Bing Crosby Father Chuck O'Malley Barry Fitzgerald (I) Father Fitzgibbon Frank McHugh Father Timothy O'Dowd

A new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, Father O'Malley, must ingratiate himself with both the old man and his congregation. There are various ups and downs in their relationship but on the whole, it all seems to be going rather well. Then one night, the church burns to the ground.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille Writers: David Belasco (I), Cecil B. DeMille Mabel Van Buren The Girl Theodore Roberts Jack Rance House Peters Ramerrez

Road agent Ramerrez hides out in his girlfriend's store where the Sheriff knows him to be. The Sheriff plays The Girl a game of cards to decide Ramerrez's future. She wins. She later saves him from a hanging. She rides off with him.