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| Walt Disney's classic "The Gnome-Mobile" celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. |
Disney's classic family fairy film “The Gnome-Mobile”
celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This delightful movie is
based on a book by the famous novelist Upton Sinclair. The movie stars
character actor Walter Brennan in the dual roles of D.J. Mulrooney and Knobby
the gnome, and Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber (from Disney's “Mary Poppins”)
as his grandchildren.
The Gnome-Mobile is the story of millionaire lumber baron
D.J. Mulrooney, who learns the importance of conservation after befriending a
pair of gnomes. Mulrooney and his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Rodney, go on a
picnic in the woods, where Elizabeth encounters a lonely gnome named Jasper.
Jasper tells Elizabeth that he and his grandfather, Knobby,
are the last gnomes in the great redwood forest. He believes there may be other
gnomes elsewhere, but they have no way to search for them. Elizabeth introduces
Jasper to her brother and grandfather and offers to take Knobby and Jasper to
look for other gnomes in her grandfather's Rolls Royce. The group dubs the car
“the Gnome-Mobile.”
Their journey is complicated by a greedy freak show owner
who wants to exploit the gnomes, and by one of Mulrooney's employees, who has
the lumber baron locked in a mental hospital. With the help of the Gnome-Mobile
the children must rescue their grandfather and the little gnomes.
Sadly, this enchanting movie is not remembered by many
people, and does not air on television. Luckily, it is available on Amazon
Instant Video as well on DVD alone, or along with another great fairy movie,
“Darby O'Gill and the Little People” in a Disney collection at Amazon.com.
“The Gnome-Mobile” is great family fun, and a must have for
a fairy movie collection.
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