Toby Tyler is a film released on January 21, 1960 by the Walt Disney Company, based on the 1880 children's book Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis Kaler. It was issued on DVD on August 2, 2005 (same day as Johnny Tremain). The film aired repeatedly on the Walt Disney anthology series, and stars several actors best known for their work on the other two pioneering Disney television shows of the late 1950s: Kevin Corcoran (better k...
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Toby Tyler is a film released on January 21, 1960 by the Walt Disney Company, based on the 1880 children's book Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis Kaler. It was issued on DVD on August 2, 2005 (same day as Johnny Tremain). The film aired repeatedly on the Walt Disney anthology series, and stars several actors best known for their work on the other two pioneering Disney television shows of the late 1950s: Kevin Corcoran (better known as Moochie) from the Spin and Marty serials on Mickey Mouse Club, and Zorro co-stars Henry Calvin and Gene Sheldon who speaks in this movie. This was shot at Golden Oak Ranch in Newhall, California.
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself...
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