Where the Heart Is (film)

Where the Heart Is (film) Demolition contractor Stewart McBain’s three spoiled children have grown up in the lap of luxury and are none too anxious to leave their extravagant lifestyle. But McBain is determined to teach them a lesson in self-sufficiency, so he turns them out of the family home. Forced to live in a …

While You Were Sleeping (film)

While You Were Sleeping (film) Lucy Moderatz is a subway token boothworker at the Chicago Transit Authority who falls in love with a stranger from afar. When he (Peter Callaghan) is mugged on Christmas day, Lucy saves his life and then finds herself mistaken as Peter’s fiancée when he is hospitalized in a coma. Welcomed …

Where the Heck Is Hector? (television)

Where the Heck Is Hector? (television) Television show; part 1 of The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog.

Whipping Boy, The (television)

Whipping Boy, The (television) A Disney Channel Premiere Film; first aired on July 31, 1994. In the mid-eighteenth century, a bratty prince seizes an urchin from the town to be his new whipping boy, but when the prince runs away from home with the whipping boy, they go through many adventures and learn to accept …

Where the Red Fern Grows (film)

Where the Red Fern Grows (film) Video release on December 21, 2004, by Walt Disney Home Entertainment of a film made by Crusader Entertainment, Elixir Films, and Bob Yari Productions. Based on the best-selling novel by Wilson Rawls, the story follows a young boy named Billy Coleman whose hard work and determination help him realize …

Where Do the Stories Come From? (television)

Where Do the Stories Come From? (television) Television show; aired on April 4, 1956. Directed by Jack Hannah. Walt Disney explains how the hobbies of his staff provide ideas for cartoons. Crazy Over Daisy was born from a song written by composer Oliver Wallace. The True-Life Adventure films led to R’Coon Dawg, and wartime experiences …

When You Wish Upon a Star

When You Wish Upon a Star Song from Pinocchio, written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline. It won the Academy Award for Best Song, and has become almost a theme song for The Walt Disney Company. For years it opened the Disneyland television show, and is played as guests enter the castle at Disneyland.

Where Does Time Fly? (film)

Where Does Time Fly? (film) Educational film teaching past, present, and future vocabulary words in a time travel adventure, in the Language Arts Through Imagination series; released in September 1989. 17 min.

Where I Live (television)

Where I Live (television) Television series, beginning March 5 and ending November 20, 1993 on ABC. With the support of his family and friends, offbeat teenager Doug St. Martin learns the fundamental lessons about life as he enters adulthood in his Harlem neighborhood. Stars Doug E. Doug (Douglas St. Martin), Flex (Reggie Coltrane), Shaun Baker …

When the Cat’s Away (film)

When the Cat’s Away (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released in 1929. Directed by Walt Disney. Mickey with Minnie and his band of mice raise havoc in a cat’s house including a tap dance on a piano keyboard.