Rip Girls (television)

Rip Girls (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, first airing on April 22, 2000. Thirteen-year-old Sydney returns to her native Hawaii to claim an inheritance consisting of a faded plantation set on several acres of pristine beachfront property. As the sole heir, she has to decide whether to sell the plantation to land developers or …

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Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon (television)

Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon (television) Television show; aired on March 3, 1974. A raccoon’s habitat is destroyed by construction of a new shopping center and he gets into all sorts of trouble trying to find a new place to live. Finally, he is transported to the forest by the Humane Society. Stars William Hochstrasser, the …

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Right on Track (television)

Right on Track (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, first airing on March 21, 2003. When Erica Enders enters the male-dominated world of drag racing at the age of eight, she quickly becomes a force to be reckoned with on the drag strip. Her younger sister, Courtney, follows in her footsteps, helping make Enders a …

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Right Spark Plug in the Right Place, The (film)

Right Spark Plug in the Right Place, The (film) Training film made for the Electric Auto-Lite Company; delivered to them on February 12, 1945. The film stresses the need to keep spark plugs in good order to keep in harmony with the ignition system.

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Ring of Endless Light, A (television)

Ring of Endless Light, A (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, first airing on August 23, 2002. When three kids go to visit their grandfather for the summer, they meet a boy who is studying dolphins and trying to save them from fishermen using illegal methods. Sixteen-year-old Vicky discovers she has a unique ability to …

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Ride ‘em Plowboy (film)

Ride ‘em Plowboy (film) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, released on April 16, 1928.

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Right of Petition, The (film)

Right of Petition, The (film) Educational film in the History Alive! series, produced by Turnley Walker; released in 1972. John Quincy Adams and Thomas Marshall clash over a gag rule preventing antislavery petitions to be introduced in the House.

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Right of Dissent, The (film)

Right of Dissent, The (film) Educational film in the History Alive! series, produced by Turnley Walker; released in 1972. Should a private citizen have the right to criticize the president, as shown in the story of John Adams vs. Matthew Lyon, 1798.

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Ridgway, Charlie

Ridgway, Charlie (1923-2016) Publicity director for Walt Disney World beginning two years before its opening. He had earlier started in publicity at Disneyland in 1963. Ridgway was instrumental in arranging for so much free publicity for the opening of Walt Disney World that paid advertising was felt unnecessary. He oversaw all of the major press …

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