Disney’s animated fare gets all the glossy DVD treatment and Academy laurels, but its estimable live action canon is the focus of a special screening series July 11-15 at the Aero Theatre.

Thursday, July 12, starting at 7:30 p.m., there’s a double feature of 1961’s wonderful, Oscar-nominated (for its lush, black-and-white cinematography) The Absent Minded Professor, starring Fred MacMurray, and the same year’s The Parent Trap, with Haley Mills preceding Lindsay Lohan. The following night, also kicking off at 7:30 p.m., is Escape From Witch Mountain, with Donald Pleasance, and 1977’s superb Freaky Friday, starring Barbara Harris and a young Jodie Foster. Other films screening during the series include 1960’s spry, delightful Swiss Family Robinson, 1950’s Treasure Island, the classic Mary Poppins and more. The Aero Theatre is located at 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica; for 24-hour recorded information on tickets, directions and the venue’s upcoming schedule, phone (323) 466-FILM.