![]() When I first created this website devoted to Kukla, Fran and Ollie, I immediately began to get emails about The CBS Children's Film Festival, and the films shown during its run. Like me, many of
you were introduced to the Kuklapolitans through the
Festival, and
never saw their first series. And many of you had no
interest in KFO,
but did want to know about the many foreign films
shown on the Festival. Well, thanks to
some
incredible research by a fan of the show, we now
have info on all the
films that were aired on the series. If you
have any questions about the list below, please email Phil.
Only a
few of the films are available for purchase, and
I've included links in
the list. A couple are available for free download
at the Internet
Archive, and I've included links. Happily, there are video clips of a number
of the films
available
on YouTube, including this 1972
commercial.
I've included more links in the list below. For those of you
who want more info, here's a Message
Board for your requests. Hopefully
other fans will be
able to fill in the gaps in your memories! All
the info I
have is on this page - if you send questions, all
I can do is refer you
back here and to the Message
Board. |
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I recently found some black & white clips of the Festival's second season premiere (you'll need RealPlayer to see them). It's clear from watching these clips that Burr was playing to a much different audience than he had in the 50s. Fran is definitely speaking to children, in an almost educational way, something that rarely happened on Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Perhaps that's why I was never a big fan of KFO until I saw the original series. |
![]() February 12 to March 26, 1967 February 4 to March 24, 1968 January 1 to April 6, 1969 March 22, 1970 February 14 to March 3, 1971 From September of 1971 to August of 1977, the CCFF ran all year. From September of 1977 to August of 1979, it was renamed The CBS Saturday Film Festival, and ran 30 minutes without KFO, also airing occasionally until 1984. |
This
is, I
believe, a comprehensive list of all films that aired
on the
Festival. For casts, crew and other info, click
on the titles in
red. If you have additions or corrections,
please email
Phil, who created this
list. For airdates and more, visit
his
page. Adventure
in Golden
Bay Dobrodružství
na Zlaté zátoce Czechoslovakia, 1956, 69
minutes Watch
video clip
An orphan lives in the country with his grandfather. A predatory pike threatens his playmates (birds, frogs and a carp). Award winner at the Venice Children’s Film Festival Adventure in the
Hopfields
1954 Britain,
1954, 60 minutes The
Angel and Big Joe
1975, 27 minutes Anoop
and the
Elephant
Britain, 1972
55
minutes Bag
on Bag
Soviet
Union Birds
Come Flying to
Us Ptitzi
dolitat
Bulgaria, 1971 A
Bird of Africa
Japan The
Blind Bird Slepaya
Ptitsa
Soviet Union, 1963 Watch
video clip The Boy and the Airplane The
Boy Who Wore
Spectacles
Soviet
Union The
Boy
With Glasses
Japan, 1962 Bunnie
Poland, 1973 Watch
video clip The
Camerons
Australia, 1974, 60 minutes Captain
Korda Kapitan
Korda
Czechoslovakia, 1970, 84 minutes Captain
Mikula, the
Kid Kapetan
Mikula
Mali
Yugoslavia, 1974,
95
minutes Carole,
I Love You
France, 17 minutes Charlie
the Rascal
Sweden Chipmates
Britain The
Chiffy Kids
Britain, 1976 Circus
Adventure
Netherlands Circus Angel Fifi la plume France, 1965, 80 minutes Clown
Spain,
1969,
11 minutes Watch video clips: One Two Cold
Pizza
Canada,
1972, 19 minutes Countdown
to Danger
Britain, 1967, 63
minutes Cry
Wolf Britain,
1968 Watch
video clip Danger
Point
Britain, 1971, 56 minutes Death
of a Gaudy
Dancer
Canada Digby,
the Biggest Dog in the
World
Britain,
1973 Doggie
and Three Obusku
z pytle ven!
Czechoslovakia,
1955, 70 minutes Egghead’s
Robot
Britain, 1970, 90
minutes Elephant River
Ceylon, 1956 The
Firefighters
Britain, 1975, 60 minutes Flash
the Sheepdog
Britain,
1966, 58 minutes Fly
Away Dove
1982, 19 minutes The
Flying Sorcerer
Britain, 1973, 52 minutes For
Boys Only is For
Girls,Too Ivana
v útoku Czechoslovakia
Watch
video clip Friends
for Life Тропой
бескорыстной любви Soviet
Union, 1971
72 minutes Watch
video clip Friend
or Foe
Britain Get
Used to It Ghost
Of
A Chance
Britain, 1968 Watch
video clip Giamador
The
Giant Eel
Czechoslovakia, 1971 The
Goalkeeper
Also Lives On Our Street
Czechoslovakia, 1957 Watch
video clip The
Golden Fish Histoire d'un poisson
rouge
France, 1959 Gosha
the Bear Король
манежа
Soviet Union, 1971 Hand in Hand
Britain,
1960,
72 minutes Watch video clips: One Two Headline
Hunters
Britain, 1967 Heidi
Germany/Austria, 1965 Joey
United States
The
Johnstown
Monster
Britain, 1971, 54
minutes Watch
video clip J.T. A boy living in the projects befriends a stray cat. Often associated with the CBC Children's Film Festival, this film was actually broadcast as part of the CBS Children’s Hour from 1969-1972, usually in December. Starring Kevin Hooks Jumping Over Puddles
Uz
Zase Skacu Pres Kaluze Czechoslovakia,
1970, 91
minutes Watch
video clip The
Legend of Paul
Bunyon and The
Legend of John
Henry The
Little
Bearkeepers
Czechoslovakia,
1957 The Little Ones
Britain, 1965, 66
minutes Little
Pig
China Lone
Wolf
Yugoslavia,
1972 Watch
video clip Lost
in
Pajamas
Czechoslovakia, 1966 Lucy and the Miracles
Lucie a
zázraky/Lucia und die Wunder Czechoslovakia, 1970
72
min. Watch
video clip The
Magnificent 6
½ Britain,
1967 Ghosts
and
Gholies Boy spends an hour in a haunted house.
When Knights were Bold A boy is trapped in a suit of armor Pee-Wee’s Pianola The kids find a runaway player piano with a mind of its own. Mauro
the Gypsy
Britain Me
and You, Kangaroo
Australia, 1974, 19 minutes Miguel,
Felipa and
Geronimo Jones
(directed by Bert Salzman) Miguel:
Up From
Puerto
Rico 1970, 15 minutes
Story of a boy who moves to New York City with his family. He finds his ability to speak English and Spanish puts him at an advantage in assisting his family in their new surroundings. Miguel later stretches his ingenuity to an extreme when, to put food on his family’s table, he goes fishing in the heavily polluted East River. Available on 16mm film, and for free download at the Internet Archive. Felipa: North of the Border 1971, 17 minutes A bilingual girl of Mexican-American parents has ambitions to be a teacher. She gets early experience when she helps her uncle learn English so he can obtain a driver’s license for a new job. Free download available at the Internet Archive. Geronimo Jones 1970, 20 minutes A young Apache is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded or the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. Free download available at the Internet Archive. Miguel’s
Navidad
Mexico Mischief
Britain,
1968, 57 minutes Mr. Horatio Knibbles
Britain, 1971, 60 minutes Watch
video clip My
Father, Sun-Sun
Johnson
Jamaica My Main
Man Nikkolina
Canada Nina
and the Street
Kids
Sweden Nunu
and the Zebra
South Africa, 25 minutes On
Snow White
Czechoslovakia, 1972 The
Orange Watering
Cart
Hungary
Paganini
Strikes
Again
Britain, 1974 Pero
and His
Companions
Druzba Pere Kvrzice
Croatia, 1970 Watch
video clip The
Promise The Ransom of Red
Chief Soviet Union,
1963 The Red
Balloon Le
Ballon Rouge France, 1956,
34 minutes Soapbox
Derby
French-Canadian Scramble
Britain, 1969, 61 minutes. A
Seafaring Dog
Soviet Union The
Secret The Seven
Ravens Sieben
Raben Germany, 1937, 50
minutes Shok and Sher
Soviet
Union, 1972, 68 minutes Shopping
Bag Lady
United States, 1975, 19 minutes The
Show Must Go On
Soviet Union Six
Bears and a Clown Sest
medvedu s Cibulkou
Czechoslovakia,
1972 Watch
video clip Sirius
Czechoslovakia, 1974, 50 minutes Skinny
and Fatty
Japan, 1959, 55 minutes Watch
entire film Stowaway
in the
Sky Le Voyage en Ballon
France,
1959 Watch
video clip Strange
Holiday
Australia, 1969 Testa di
Rapa Blockhead
orTurniphead
Italy, 1965 That’s
My Name, Don’t
Wear It Out
Britain
Thunderstorm
France Ticko
Sweden
Tjorven,
Batsman and
Moses Tjorven,
Båtsman
och
Moses
Sweden,
1964, 89 minutes Watch
video clip Tony
and the
Tick-Tock Dragon Hahó, Öcsi! Hungary,
1971,
90 minutes Watch
video clip Tymancha’s
Friend
Soviet Union, 1970 Up
in the Air
Britain, 1969, 55 minutes Un
Amico A
Friend
Italy,
1967 The
Violin
Canada, 1974, 17 minutes What
Next?
Britain, 1974, 60 minutes Where’s Johnny?
Britain, 1974, 59
minutes White Mane
Crin-Blanc
France, 1952,
40 minutes Winter
of the Witch
Britain, 1969, 24
minutes Watch
video clip The
Yellow Slippers Historia
zóltej
cizemki
Poland, 1961, 83 minutes Watch
video clip |