When I was a kid I just loved the idea of traveling around on a flying bed. Seeing this movie again after many decades I see that Miss Price's goal was much nobler than merely changing people into rabbits and flying on a broom.
To even make as cheerful as a movie as this surrounding such a dire event is a feat in itself. England was in disarray as they prepped for invasion from Germany. The children in this movie were all orphans and happened to land in the care of Miss Price (Angela Lansbury). The fact that I was wholly unaware of all of that as a child shows how Disney can disguise almost anything.
To even make as cheerful as a movie as this surrounding such a dire event is a feat in itself. England was in disarray as they prepped for invasion from Germany. The children in this movie were all orphans and happened to land in the care of Miss Price (Angela Lansbury). The fact that I was wholly unaware of all of that as a child shows how Disney can disguise almost anything.