I remember being very excited about going to see In Search Of The Castaways when it first came out, mainly because I was completely besotted. And she didn't disappoint me! Neither did the film, a fun romp about two kids, in the company of assorted adults, searching for their missing father. The large part of the search took place in South America and featured, as set pieces, a slide through ice caverns and taking refuge from a flood in a giant tree.
Throughout all this, Maurice Chevalier oozed avuncular gallic charm and occasionally warbled a cheery Disney ditty, occasionally accompanied by Miss Mills (whose singing, notwithstanding her hit record Let's get Together, was not her strongest point).
The South American search turned out to be largely unsuccessful, mainly because dad wasn't in South America, he was in New Zealand. So the final sequence involved escaping from a Maori tribe, led by singer and totem pole carver Inia Te Wiata.
The special effects aren't quite so special these days - like so many films of the time, miniatures were often the only way of achieving certain results, and miniatures are no longer convincing after more than a decade of digital simulation. Even so, the film is still full of charm and excitement, and is well worth watching.
Throughout all this, Maurice Chevalier oozed avuncular gallic charm and occasionally warbled a cheery Disney ditty, occasionally accompanied by Miss Mills (whose singing, notwithstanding her hit record Let's get Together, was not her strongest point).
The South American search turned out to be largely unsuccessful, mainly because dad wasn't in South America, he was in New Zealand. So the final sequence involved escaping from a Maori tribe, led by singer and totem pole carver Inia Te Wiata.
The special effects aren't quite so special these days - like so many films of the time, miniatures were often the only way of achieving certain results, and miniatures are no longer convincing after more than a decade of digital simulation. Even so, the film is still full of charm and excitement, and is well worth watching.