Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Plummer, Tracey Lee Smythe, Stevie Vallance, A.J. Bond, Kyle Labine
• Format: Animated, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0307142620
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,208 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Miss Clavell takes her class to visit a toy factory owned by an old friend. But while the old pals chat, the red-haired "smallest one" leaps onto the doll conveyor belt and before one can say "Oh, Madeline!" she is boxed up with the rest of the dolls and shipped off to a toy store. The mother of an ailing girl purchases her to lift her daughter's spirits, which, of course, the amazingly lifelike doll does. Miss Clavell and company track down their missing schoolgirl, leaving the sickly girl even more bereft, until Madeline finds a way to make it up to her. Like the others in this series, this tape is based on Ludwig Bemelmans's book of the same name and features Christopher Plummer narrating Madeline's gentle lesson that people's feelings are more important than playing games. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Madeline - Always good., June 13, 2000

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Madeline and the Toy Factory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Seeing the children run amok in a toy store, Miss Clavell decides to take them to a toy factory. The ever-energetic Madeline falls onto a conveyor belt, and is boxed up as a doll. Thinking that this will be great fun, Madeline plays the part, and is purchased for a sickly little girl named Gizelle. Gizelle has no friends of her own, and feels quite bad when Miss Clavell arrives to take Madeline home. Madeline comes to the rescue, but organizing an outing for all of Miss Clavell's girls to Gizelle's house, where they make her part of the group.

I loved this movie for several reasons. First of all, this movie has the same quality of all the Madeline cartoons. Secondly, I loved the lesson that it taught. This is an excellent movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story & Great Lesson, April 20, 2011

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This review is from: Madeline and the Toy Factory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this VHS when my daughter was 4 years old. It is one that she wanted to watch over and over again.
Simple story, simply animated, yet with a touching message and cute songs. I would find myself singing "Me & My Doll" while cleaning the house! Great story to demonstrate true friendship.