Wayward Canary, The (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on November 12, 1932. Directed by Burt Gillett. Minnie is thrilled with Mickey’s gift of a pet bird. But the mischievous bird escapes, takes a bath in ink, and is only saved from being a cat’s lunch by Pluto’s quick action.
See moreWayne, David (1914-1995) Actor; appeared in The Apple Dumpling Gang (Col. T. R. Clydesdale), and on television in The Boy Who Stole the Elephant and Return of the Big Cat.
See moreWaterboy, The (film) Lowly water boy Bobby Boucher is 31 years old, overly protected by his mother, and socially inept but he loves his job with the university football team, even though he is constantly the target of gross jokes and public humiliation. When he is unceremoniously fired for his ineptitude, he gets a chance …
See moreWay Down Cellar (television) Two-part television show; aired on January 7 and 14, 1968. Directed by Robert Totten. Three friends find a secret tunnel under a destroyed church that leads them to a supposedly haunted house and, incidentally, a group of counterfeiters. Stars Butch Patrick, Sheldon Collins, Lundy Davis, Frank McHugh, Richard Bakalyan, David McLean, …
See moreWater, Friend or Enemy (film) Educational film produced under the auspices of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the film shows the benefits derived from water, cautions against polluting drinking water, and teaches how to avoid cholera, typhoid, and dysentery. Delivered on May 1, 1943.
See moreWatson, Raymond L. (1926-2012) Member of the Disney board of directors beginning in 1974. When Card Walker retired in 1983, Watson was asked to take over as chairman of the board, a post which he held until Michael Eisner arrived in September 1984. He left the board in 2004. He was named a Disney Legend …
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Water Birds (film) True-Life Adventure featurette; released on June 26, 1952. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Vignettes depict the lives of waterbirds, showing how Nature has adapted each of them to meet the problems of survival, such as different types of beaks and bodies, and describe their feeding habits and courtships. Academy Award winner. 31 min.
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Water Babies (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on May 11, 1935. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. In this musical water fantasy based on Charles Kingsley’s story, myriad tiny fairy folk find fun in riding rodeo style on frogs, flying with birds, and sailing in lily pad boats. Merbabies in 1938 was a sequel.
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Watches The original Mickey Mouse watch was manufactured by Ingersoll in 1933, and sold for $3.25, later lowered to $2.95. They also made a pocket watch at the same time, selling for $1.50. The original wristwatch had a round dial, and featured three tiny Mickeys on a disk that indicated the seconds. These early watches …
See moreWashington Square (film) In 1850s New York, shy and awkward Catherine Sloper, the daughter of a wealthy and distinguished physician, and favored by neither beauty nor brilliance, is tottering into spinsterhood when she falls wildly and tempestuously in love with the smooth and dashing wastrel, Morris Townsend. She is encouraged by her incurably romantic and …
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