The Gnome-Mobile is a 1967 Disney musical film, directed by Robert Stevenson. It was one of the last films personally produced by Walt Disney. It was based on a 1936 book by Upton Sinclair entitled The Gnomobile. Walter Brennan gives a double performance as D.J. Mulrooney, the kind-hearted lumber tycoon of Irish descent; and as the irascible 943 year-old gnome Knobby. The children, Elizabeth and Rodney, were played by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber, familiar from their roles as Jane and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins. Tom Lowell who plays the young gnome Jasper in this movie, also appeared... in the 1965 Disney film That Darn Cat! as Canoe, the befuddled surfer boy-friend of Hayley Mills. The Gnome-Mobile was Ed Wynn's last movie as he died before the movie was released. The story opens with the children's grandfather, D.J. Mulrooney , a well-known executive officer of a vast timber-trading company. D.J., an eccentric and passionate man with a distinctive snore, as well as vast dedication and determination, has bought up a preserve of ancient virgin forest to show his descendants the majesty of the Redwood trees. In order to meet with business clients in Seattle, D.J.
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| Release date: | 1967 |
| Directed by: | Robert Stevenson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 84 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walt Disney, James Algar |
| Music by: | Buddy Baker |
| Cinematography: | Edward Colman |
| Adapted from: | The Gnomobile |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy |