Fun surprise: new to us Swiss Family Robinson film

[yonder]

Last night we were paying minor attention to the 60's version of that movie we selected on the Disney channel. Who hasn't seen that more than a few times, right?

After it was over, another Swiss Family Robinson qued up behind it. What? We've never seen or heard of it. Ever. RKO 1940 production in B/W. There were a few religious overtones and other glitches but IMO, really a good movie considering it's 1940 production values. And every bit as good as the one everybody has seen before.

What a fun and delightful surprise it was — kind of like watching the old King Kong for the first time.

Has anyone else seen this before?

[Shell_Seas]

1. Somehow I feel like I've seen every version and there's more than those two.

There was another remake in the 80s or 90s and also a cartoon version. That's actually one of my favorites stories.

[applegrove]

2. I loved that as a kid. When my parents took us to Disneyland in Florida

they gave us a choice of one ride each to pick. There were 4 of us. I chose the Swiss Family Robinson tree house.

[kimbutgar]

5. And now that same tree in Disneyland is Tarzan's home

They repurposed it but old timesrs like me remember when it was the Swiss Family Robinson home. I was in Disneyland in March before it closed and commented to my son that it used to be the Swiss family Robinson home. A couple overheard me and commented it should have stayed as Robinson home. We all laughed in agreement.

[applegrove]

7. Oh. That is too bad.

[lkinwi]

3. Thanks, I'm watching the 40's version now on YouTube.

I’d never heard of it.

[yonder]

4. Let me know what you think.

[lkinwi]

6. I just finished it and liked it!

[2naSalit]

8. That's the only one I've ever seen...

never watched the Disney version. I never liked what Disney did in their remakes.

[yonder]

9. That's the crazy thing.

2/3 of the way through my first century, I figured I would have at least heard of the RKO one.

[2naSalit]

10. Well, I remember

watching it shortly after my brother and I read the book and that had to be around1960ish. We watched a lot of older movies then, when they came on the teevee. B&Ws were free to broadcast, I guess. There were movies in the afternoons after school so we watched them and this was one we wanted to see because we just read the book.

I wonder if it was a more regional thing that caused you to never see it. We moved a lot and some places had really different teevee options when it wasn't national news time or prime time network time.

[yonder]

11. Mystery to me.