Marilyn Monroe Movie:

		List Price: $29.98		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 11170 Released: February 6, 2007
		Our Price: $19.95
		Used Price: $9.99
		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Disc 1: MY FRI FLICKA Disc 2: THUNDERHEAD: SON OF FLICKA Disc 3: GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING

Description of Flicka Family Classics Collection (My Friend Flicka / Thunderhead: Son of Flicka / The Green Grass of Wyoming):

My Friend Flicka: This gorgeous 1943 family film stars Roddy McDowell as a Colorado rancher's son who takes a shine to a colt named Flicka and chooses to train her. The boy's father (Preston Foster) isn't happy about the idea: the horse is an offspring of a stormy mare who may not be right in the head. For a while, Flicka seems determined to prove the rancher's point, fiercely resisting young McDowell's efforts at domestication. But persistence and love win the day, and Flicka grows up to be a magnificent animal and friend. The film was shot by director Harold Schuster and cinematographer Dewey Wrigley as if for the ages, marrying such perfect elements as a Technicolor sweep of the beautiful Rocky Mountains setting with a wonderful story, plus McDowell's charismatic earnestness. Based on the Mary O'Hara novel, this film was popular enough in its time to inspire a couple of sequels, though the original best stands up as a perennially worthy adventure tale for kids ages 5 and up. --Tom Keogh

Thunderhead, Son of Flicka: A sequel to the wildly popular, heart-warming children’s classic My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead stars the original winsome young Roddy McDowall as the horse-lover against all odds. The sequel is every bit as touching, involving, and misty-eye-inducing as the original film. Thunderhead, a headstrong albino colt, is the son of the mare Flicka, and McDowall’s Ken McLaughlin sets out to find out what this wild thing can do. Thunderhead, when given his head, can fly as though winged, so Ken decides to enter Thunderhead in some horse races. But it becomes clear that Thunderhead can fly only if he’s free. A tragedy threatens the sweet world that Thunderhead and Ken have created, and only that magical love between child and animal can overcome the stumbling blocks. Thunderhead, Son of Flicka is a worthy successor to the original film, and a touching family film for horse lovers of all ages. --A.T. Hurley

Green Grass of Wyoming: The final installment in Mary O’Hara’s landmark horse saga that includes MY Friend Flicka, The Green Grass of Wyoming is a worthy valentine to the love of horses and the wild America they represented in the mid-20th century. Robert Arthur replaces Roddy McDowall as Ken McLaughlin, the boy horse whisperer who connects on a subliminal level with four-legged critters. The equine star is Crown Jewel, a harness-racing trotter for whom Ken has hopes of championships and financial windfalls. But Jewel has something else on her mind--love, for the stallion Thunderhead (star of O’Hara’s second installment, Thunderhead, Son of Flicka. Arthur is a talented, charming successor to McDowall, and the breathtaking scenery and cinematography will charm even those film fans who aren’t big horse lovers. (Charles G. Clark was nominated for an Oscar for best cinematography.) Burl Ives makes the most of his sidekick role as Gus, and Lloyd Nolan is sympathetic as Ken’s financially struggling dad. Extras include a detailed featurette on the life of Mary O’Hara. --A.T. Hurley

Flicka Family Classics Collection (My Friend Flicka / Thunderhead: Son of Flicka / The Green Grass of Wyoming) Reviews:
Green Grass of Wyoming -Classis
2009-10-14 - I ordered a used copy of Green Grass of Wyoming but also got Flicka and Thunderhead CD's. All 3 stories were written by Mary O'Hara many years ago.
My interest is in the Fairfied County fair ground scenes at Lancaster Ohio.
I remember this film and the excitment as a child so I was very thrilled to find the classic on CD. My husband I ususally attend the Fair every October.


Flicka Family Classics Collection
2009-06-17 - Great Grandmother wanted my great neice and nephew to see the Flicka Classics Collection. The children are 5 and 3 years old and have watched each of the three movies included in the collection several times. They play act the scenes all the time while playing. The collection was great. Lessons learned are unforgettable.

Children and Animals
2009-05-16 - Ken McLaughlin (Roddy McDowall) is a starry-eyed youngster whose love for horses gets in the way of his schoolwork. His father (Preston Foster) does not understand the boy and punishes him often in an attempt to straighten his son out. It doesn't work, and mother (Rita Johnson) suggests the boy be given a horse of his own. She reasons that if he has some responsibility, it will carry over into other aspects of his life too. Of course, Ken wants a wild horse named Flicka, the offspring of a "loco" horse named Rocket.

The cast is very good, especially the young McDowall. His sincerity and innocence is very appealing, both traits that stayed with him into later life. He was an asset to the film community and a real legend. Patti Hale is also worth mentioning for her small role as Ken's sister; she has plenty of spunk and personality.

The biggest problem with this movie is its over-sentimentality. Although these kinds of family pictures were a big hit during WWII and afterward, sometimes they were too saccharine. The ending is completely preachy and spells out the moral too plainly. It is almost insulting how blatantly we are told what we should have learned from the story. Sometimes these films were quite good and had a nice blend of legitimacy and sentimentality, but this one doesn't quite get it right.

PEGGY (Gun Crazy) CUMMINS can ride a horse!
2009-04-06 - This is the only way to get a copy of "Green Grass of Wyoming". I saw this on TCM a while back and was fascinated that the wildcat from "Gun Crazy" could play so wholesome a character as in this movie. She is terrific and worth the price for this one disc alone.

My Friend Flicka - super
2009-01-15 - I purchased My Friend Flicka for my grandaughter who is horse mad and watches Black Beauty over and over and over. She was thrilled with this movie and now watches that one over and over etc. My daughter said it was one of the best gifts she was given this past Christmas. As I live in the U.K. and she lives in Southern California I rely on Amazon.com for most of my gifts and have not been disappointed yet.