| Peter Pan [VHS] | ![Peter Pan [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VPHBKGJDL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Actors: Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Maureen Bailey, Margalo Gillmore, Sondra Lee
Studio: Goodtimes Home Video
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,521
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 018713770028
EAN: 0018713770028
ASIN: B00000I1K8
Theatrical Release Date: December 8, 1960
Release Date: May 5, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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An entire generation of baby boomers grew up with this stagy but magical production, which originated on Broadway but was broadcast several times on TV. They may not know Mary Martin or Cyril Ritchard--two staples of the commercial theater in their time--for any other reason, but they'll always be able to name them as Peter Pan and Captain Hook. The story of the boy who wouldn't grow up includes a classic score with songs that can bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye of the middle-aged--like "I Won't Grow Up," "I've Gotta Crow," and "Neverland." The flying, the goofy comedy--it's all there in this video version of the classic TV broadcast. It's hard to know what sophisticated modern youngsters would make of it, but their parents will gladly sit and watch with them. --Marshall Fine
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 SM May 27, 2010
Steven Memis
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quality of video was very good. Shipment arrived much earlier than expected. Included a copy on DVD for our convenience which was also not expected. Would definitely buy from this person again.
My Favorite Childhood Movie February 20, 2010
gran-eeejan-eee (Michigan, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is in black and white, as it was every christmas in my childhood, until one christmas they no longer showed it anymore, which broke my heart. And that was about 50 years ago. So every now and then at christmas time I will pop my black and white Peter Pan VHS movie with Mary Martin into my VCR and remember some of the best christmas's of my life.
Peter Pan VHS February 14, 2010
Heather (OH)
This VHS arrived in great condition, just as described. It was very well packaged, wrapped in plastic wrap to protect the case, then mailed in a bubble envelope. It also shipped really fast; I had it about 3 days after ordering. Overall a great seller!
 Entertaining and refreshingly family-friendly, but still dated and inferior February 11, 2010
Gregory N. Perkins (Frankfort, KY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard give admirable performances as, respectively, Peter Pan and Captain Hook in this film of the famous stage show. Though this adaptation does show its cracks fifty years in, it still holds its own as nostalgic entertainment.
There are two songs in particular I remember from seeing this rerun on television during the 1980's. These are "I'm Flying," which is, predictably, the song played during Peter's initial flight to Neverland with Wendy, Michael and John and "Captain Hook," sung by Hook and his pirate gang to extol the Captain's status as the leader of the pirates. Amazingly, I can still plainly remember the laughable line from this song "...Mrs. Hook's little baby boy..." I suppose the creative team was trying to get a laugh out of young children who might otherwise have been scared by the villain. This is, actually, a more durable song overall than the repetitive and obvious "I'm Flying."
There are limitations to the set work in this production. Adapted from a play, the sets often look only vaguely better than the quality of sets one would expect to find in a high school production. Additionally, the politics and norms of 1960 are very much in evidence, as the Native American girl Tiger Lily is played by a lily-white blonde actress. Lastly, even though Mary Martin gives a bravura performance, I have always associated Peter Pan as being played by a male actor. While Ms. Martin is nominally playing a male character, I cannot make the mental leap to say that she IS A MALE, and as an actor that is what she is trying to sell the audience on in this role. I don't want to get too deep into gender politics, but J.M. Barrie did create a male title character. Although he didn't actually appear live onscreen, Bobby Driscoll's vocal work in Disney's animated variation on "Peter Pan" also serves as an indelible reminder that the character is, in fact, male.
While this production will always be an item of nostalgia for baby boomers and even to a much smaller degree their offspring, I predict it will lose more appeal than it will gain as time goes on and even newer generations are born.
 Peter Pan with Mary Martin TV Movie December 28, 2009
Janie V. Dellinger (SC USA)
I saw this movie when it was first aired on TV and wondered if it was available. I was elated to find it at Amazon.Com. I purchased the DVD; my great grandchildren love it. They have a couple animated copies, but now they ask to see "the one with the real people." The only negative aspect is the price for the DVD.
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