Widow Tweed

Widow Tweed Kindly farm woman who adopts Tod, the fox, in The Fox and the Hound; voiced by Jeanette Nolan.

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Disney Cartoon Wide Open Spaces with Donald Duck

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 …

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Why 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)

Why We Fight (film) Frank Capra-made series during World War II, containing animated graphs, arrows, and other effects that were supplied by Disney.

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Wickes, 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.

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Wide 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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Why 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.

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Who’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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