A very good musical version of Peter Pan, and deserves a DVD release

Peter Pan, worth the watch for the late, great  Mr Kaye alone!

BBC Elstree Centre/ATV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Maureen Bailey, Sondra Lee, Kent Fletcher, Edmund Gaynes, Luke Halpin, Benedict Herrman, David Komoroff, Mary Martin, Jacqueline Mayro, Cyril Ritchard, Norman Shelly, Bill Snowden, Joey Trent, and Carson Woods in Peter Pan (1960)

June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Candy Candido, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Jeffrey Silver, and Stuffy Singer in Peter Pan (1953)

Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)

Jude Law, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Ever Anderson, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, and Alexander Molony in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes

The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (1972)

Christopher Walken and Allison Williams in Peter Pan Live! (2014)

Mia Farrow and Danny Kaye in Peter Pan (1976)

Mia Farrow

Danny Kaye

Paula Kelly

J.M. Barrie

Andrew Birkin

Jack Burns

Another live-action musical version of the play, with all-new songs, rather than the ones used in the famous Mary Martin production.

Dwight Hemion

Peter Pan

Very good musical and comical TV story of Peter Pan

This TV movie of &quot;Peter Pan&quot; as a musical should also be listed as a comedy. It&apos;s a very good Hallmark production that stars Mia Farrow as Peter, Danny Kay as the father, George Darling, and as Captain Hook, and Briony McRoberts as Wendy as the girl. The rest of the cast are very good as well. Besides the musical aspects of this fable rendition, it&apos;s obvious that the producers and writers intended it to have a definite comical edge. And, with Danny Kaye in the role as Captain Hook, they could be assured of getting that. I couldn&apos;t help but wonder if a couple of instances weren&apos;t ad libs by Kaye and they liked them so much that they kept them in.

I&apos;ve seen videos and DVDs made from TV airing of made-for TV movies, and that&apos;s what I watched of this production. While the commercials are cut out, the quality is still quite choppy and rough. This is a movie that I think is good enough to be produced on DVD. The scenes with the children and Peter flying around the room are so well done, with no apparent use of wires or anything. The tricks of the trade in filming those scenes make them appear real and natural.

The main characters of J. M. Barrie&apos;s fable are here, and Nana, the nurse for the Darling children in a big furry dog (played by Peter O&apos;Farrell). One of the songs that Kaye&apos;s Captain Hook sings is about his place in the Villain&apos;s Hall of Fame. This is worth seeing if it should ever be broadcast again on TV, or from a DVD. Here are some sample lines from this film.

Mr. Darling, &quot;You know, Mary, I sometimes question the wisdom of engaging a dog for a nurse.&quot;

Captain Hook, &quot;Infamy, infamy, everybody&apos;s got it inn for me.&quot;

Captain Hook, &quot;By the way, Smee, what is a lubber?&quot; Smee (played by Tony Sympson), Oh, it&apos;s sea talk, sir.&quot; Hook, &quot;I know that - I&apos;m not a fool.&quot;

This TV movie of "Peter Pan" as a musical should also be listed as a comedy. It's a very good Hallmark production that stars Mia Farrow as Peter, Danny Kay as the father, George Darling, and as Captain Hook, and Briony McRoberts as Wendy as the girl. The rest of the cast are very good as well. Besides the musical aspects of this fable rendition, it's obvious that the producers and writers intended it to have a definite comical edge. And, with Danny Kaye in the role as Captain Hook, they could be assured of getting that. I couldn't help but wonder if a couple of instances weren't ad libs by Kaye and they liked them so much that they kept them in.

I've seen videos and DVDs made from TV airing of made-for TV movies, and that's what I watched of this production. While the commercials are cut out, the quality is still quite choppy and rough. This is a movie that I think is good enough to be produced on DVD. The scenes with the children and Peter flying around the room are so well done, with no apparent use of wires or anything. The tricks of the trade in filming those scenes make them appear real and natural.

The main characters of J. M. Barrie's fable are here, and Nana, the nurse for the Darling children in a big furry dog (played by Peter O'Farrell). One of the songs that Kaye's Captain Hook sings is about his place in the Villain's Hall of Fame. This is worth seeing if it should ever be broadcast again on TV, or from a DVD. Here are some sample lines from this film.

Mr. Darling, "You know, Mary, I sometimes question the wisdom of engaging a dog for a nurse."

Captain Hook, "Infamy, infamy, everybody's got it inn for me."

Captain Hook, "By the way, Smee, what is a lubber?" Smee (played by Tony Sympson), Oh, it's sea talk, sir." Hook, "I know that - I'm not a fool."

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