Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw (1912–1982) is an American actress best known for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Mary Poppins (1964).
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Escape to Witch Mountain
A Disney Channel remake of the original 1975 film.
Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a place to stay.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter--until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
The Loved One
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is the Disney musical film version of the Australian children’s book. One of the classic Disney films and the first film to combine live action with animation in a story about the magical nanny named Mary Poppins who comes and goes by flying with her umbrella.
Bachelor in Paradise
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Pollyanna
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts it's attitude with her determination to see the best in life
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Change of pace comedy casts Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler as competing pilots who fall in love.
The Pajama Game
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
Man Afraid
A burglar is surprised by David and Lisa Collins in their son's room. In the struggle, Lisa's eyes are hurt and David throws an ornament, unintentionally killing the young thief. It's not easy for Reverend Collins to deal with the resulting publicity, his own conscience, or Lisa's temporary blindness.
Picnic
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.