Churchill Films

Churchill Films aka Churchill Media was a producer and distributor of direct-to-video/educational films founded by Robert Churchill (1911-1997){{cite web| title=Obituaries - Jan. 17, 1998|website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 17, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-17-mn-9195-story.html}} and Sy Wexler (1916–2005){{cite web| title=Sy Wexler|url=http://afana.org/wexlersy.htm|access-date=2021-11-27}} in 1948 as Churchill Wexler Film Productions.{{Cite web| title = Robert Churchill; Educational Film Producer|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 16, 1998 | accessdate = 2019-01-27| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-16-me-9053-story.html}} They have produced The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986) based on the 1965 book by Beverly Cleary and many other award-winning children's films.[http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/catalog/critics.asp Website to Weston Woods Books and Films, successor to Churchill Films]

Churchill Films was acquired by American Educational Products in 1994. The Churchill Films catalog is now part of Discovery Education.{{Cite book| publisher = McFarland| isbn = 978-0-7864-6000-7| pages = 76–77| last = Alexander| first = Geoff| title = Academic Films for the Classroom: A History| chapter = Churchill Films| date = 2014-01-10|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLMxASznLzoC}}

In December 2009, The Jungle (1967), a film distributed by Churchill Films in 16mm for the educational film market, was named to the National Film Registry.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_en_mo/us_classic_films "Thriller and 24 Other Films Named to National Film Registry", Associated Press via Yahoo News (December 30, 2009)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106013322/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_en_mo/us_classic_films |date=January 6, 2010 }}

Filmography

(Incomplete)

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!Year

!Title

!Starring

!Director

!Producer(s)

!Runtime

!Notes

1967

|The Jungle

| Charlie "Brown" Davis,

Charlie "Brown" Davis,

Reginald "Reggie" Ackridge

David "Bat" Williams

Jimmy "Country" Robinson {{Citation|title=The Jungle|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594563/|access-date=2021-11-27}}

|Charlie "Brown" Davis,

Jimmy "Country" Robinson

David "Bat" Williams

|22:00

|Made under the direction of the Temple University professor Harold Haskins.

1971

|Hopscotch

|June Foray,

Jane Webb,

Kimie Calvert,

Joan Drake,

Barbara Baldwin,

Lillian Peel,

Faith Peel

|Spencer Peel,

Alan Zaslove,

Robert Churchill{{Citation|title=Hopscotch|url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/140933-Hopscotch |access-date=2021-11-27}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|Robert Churchill

|12:00

1975

|Sooper Goop

|Robert Ridgely,

Julie McWhirther

Fred Wolf

|Charles Swenson{{Citation|title=Sooper Goop|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194593|access-date=2021-11-27}}

|Robert Churchill

|13:00

10:00 (1989 short version)

|The music is composed by Joseph Byrd{{Citation|title=Sooper Goop|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194593|access-date=2021-11-27}} who is known as a composer and the leader of the short-lived experimental band The United States of America. It was considered for an Academy Award in 1976, which did not make the cut.{{cite web|url= https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1975|title=Cartoons Considered for an Academy Award 1975|publisher=Cartoon Research|author=Jerry Beck|date=November 13, 2017|access-date=2021-11-27}}

1983

|Curious George Goes to the Hospital

|Ruth Buell,

Corey Burton

Bobbie Speidel{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/watch-curious_george_hospital.php|title=John Clark Matthews {{!}} Filmmaker / Songwriter / Musician|website=www.johnclarkmatthews.com|access-date=2019-12-01}}

| rowspan="4" |John Clark Matthews

| rowspan="4" |Robert Churchill,

George McQuilkin

|15:15

|Based on Curious George Goes to the Hospital (1966) by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey.

1984{{cite web |url=https://www.jcm51.com/filmography | title=Filmography |website=jcm51.com |access-date=2024-04-01}}

|Curious George

|Corey Burton,

June Foray{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/watch-curious_george_zoo.php|title=John Clark Matthews {{!}} Filmmaker / Songwriter / Musician|website=www.johnclarkmatthews.com|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|14:33

|Based on Curious George (1941) by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey.

rowspan="2" |1985

|Frog and Toad Are Friends

|Hal Smith,

Will Ryan,

Jan Colmar{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/watch-frog_and_toad_are_friends.php|title=John Clark Matthews {{!}} Filmmaker / Songwriter / Musician|website=www.johnclarkmatthews.com|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|17:54

|Based on Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970) by Arnold Lobel.

Frog and Toad: Behind the Scenes

|John Clark Matthews{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/watch-frog_and_toad_behind_the_scenes.php|title=John Clark Matthews {{!}} Filmmaker / Songwriter / Musician|website=www.johnclarkmatthews.com|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|9:23

|Based on Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985) by Churchill Films

1986

1987 (Home video)

|The Mouse and the Motorcycle

|Philip Waller,

Mimi Kennedy,

Thom Sharp{{Citation|title=The Mouse and the Motorcycle|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196767/|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|Ron Underwood

|George McQuilkin,

John Clark Matthews

|40:54

|Based on The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1970) by Beverly Cleary

1987

|Frog and Toad Together

|Hal Smith (Toad),

Will Ryan (Frog)

|John Clark Matthews

|Robert Churchill,

George McQuilkin

|17:34

|Based on Frog and Toad Together (1971, 1972) by Arnold Lobel.

1988

|Runaway Ralph

|Fred Savage,

Conchata Ferrell,

Sara Gilbert{{Citation|title=Runaway Ralph|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094541/|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|Ron Underwood

|George McQuilkin,

John Clark Matthews

|40:11

|Based on Runaway Ralph (1970) by Beverly Cleary

rowspan="2" |1989

|Morris Goes to School

|Will Ryan,

Diane Michelle

|John Clark Matthews

| rowspan="2" |George McQuilkin

|14:37

|Based on Morris Goes to School (1970) by Bernard Wiseman.

Stanley and the Dinosaurs

|Will Ryan,

Jim Cummings,

Corey Burton{{Cite web|title=John Clark Matthews {{!}} Filmmaker / Songwriter / Musician|url=http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/watch-stanley.php|access-date=2020-06-11|website=www.johnclarkmatthews.com}}

|John Clark Matthews

|15:42

|Based on Stanley (1962) by Syd Hoff.

1990

|Ralph S. Mouse

|Robert Oliveri,

Britt Leach,

Lou Cutell{{Citation|title=Ralph S. Mouse|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196895/|access-date=2019-12-01}}

|Thomas G. Smith

|George McQuilkin,

John Clark Matthews

|41:35