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The Gnome-Mobile (1967) was a Adventure - Family Film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by James Algar.

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The Gnome-Mobile ( 1967 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 7, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"Hunting for gnomes in the Gnome-Mobile...." Jaspar ( Tom Lowell ) and his grandfather Knobby ( Walter Brennan ) fear that they may be the last of the gnomes residing in the giant redwoods of California. As many of us know, gnomes live forever, but Knobby is so disheartened at the thought of his gr... Read full article

March to Disney: The Gnome-Mobile

By Bernardo Villela on Mar 11, 2013 From The Movie Rat

This is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. It’s rather impressive how many Disney themes can run through one innocuous little film like The Gn... Read full article

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Matthew Garber's final film role. He died of hemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis on June 13, 1977, at the age of 21, in Hampstead, London, England.
Throughout his career, Walter Brennan approached roles in one of two ways: with teeth or without, as he had false teeth. In The Gnome-Mobile, he had it both ways: teeth in for D.J. Mulrooney, and teeth out for Knobby the gnome.
The title song, a.k.a. "The Gnome-Mobile Song", was written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. They were also the songwriters of the songs in Mary Poppins, which also featured Ed Wynn, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber.
Many of the same special effects used for this movie were also used in Disney's earlier film Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Ed Wynn's final film role. He died of throat cancer almost a year before the film was released, on June 19, 1966 in Beverly Hills, California.
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