I don't know why this film isn't more popular because it's got so much going for it. Perhaps many thought it was a kids film but it isn't dealing with child molesting, racial issues, murder to mention a few and some darn scary scenes. Of course it is a fantasy and this makes it difficult to pigeonhole. The actors are so well cast and good, writing photography too but for me, raised in the forties and fifties, it takes me right back. This film is a little gem.