Wideload Games
Wideload Games Disney announced in September 2009 that it had acquired Wideload Games, with founder, Alexander Seropian, selected to oversee creative development for Disney Interactive. Wideload was originally founded in 2003.
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Wiest, Dianne Actress; appeared in The Associate (Sally) and The Horse Whisperer (Diane Booker).
See moreWide World of Sports, Disney’s
Wide World of Sports, Disney’s Opening in 1997, this complex accommodates professional-caliber training and competition, festival and tournament-type events, and vacation-fitness activities in more than 25 individual and team sports. It includes classrooms, office space, and media facilities, and serves as headquarters for sporting events taking place elsewhere throughout the Walt Disney World Resort. Facilities …
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Wide Open Spaces (film)
Wide Open Spaces (film) Donald Duck cartoon; released on September 12, 1947. Directed by Jack King. Donald tries to get accommodations at a motel, and is told he can sleep on the porch for $16. When he complains, he is kicked out. He tries an air mattress, which flies through the air and onto the …
See moreWhy Exercise? (film)
Why Exercise? (film) Educational film in the Fitness and Me series, released in March 1984. The adventures of two knights show students that exercise strengthens the heart, muscles, and other body systems, giving more energy for work and play.
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Why We Fight (film) Frank Capra-made series during World War II, containing animated graphs, arrows, and other effects that were supplied by Disney.
See moreWickes, Mary
Wickes, Mary (1916-1995) Actress; appeared in Napoleon and Samantha (clerk), Snowball Express (Miss Wigginton), Sister Act and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Sister Mary Lazarus), and on television in the Annette serial on the Mickey Mouse Club. She voices Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
See moreWhy Be Physically Fit? (film)
Why Be Physically Fit? (film) Educational film from the Fun to Be Fit series; released in March 1983. Shows students how being fit can help them have more energy, look better, and cope with stress.
See moreWho’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Popular song hit from the 1933 cartoon Three Little Pigs, probably the most famous song to come out of a short cartoon. It was written by Disney composer Frank Churchill. Walt Disney re-created the writing of the song for Cavalcade of Songs on his television show two decades …
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Whoopee Party, The (film)
Whoopee Party, The (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on September 17, 1932. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. After a buffet supper, Mickey and the gang engage in a red-hot treatment of “Running Wild.” The rhythm is so catchy that the furniture, household items, and even cops sent to quiet the noise get caught up in the …
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