Experience reel-to-reel films. Steve Salaba generously shares his collection of reeled films with us and pops us popcorn!Li’l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956. The film was produced by Norman Panama and directed by Melvin Frank (co-writers of the Broadway production)