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) 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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Rita Sensuous Afghan hound in Oliver & Company; voiced by Sheryl Lee Ralph.
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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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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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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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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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Rigdon, Cicely
Rigdon, Cicely (1923-2013) After joining Disneyland as a ticket seller in 1957, she joined the tour guide department in 1959, being responsible for initiating its growth and development, and later all of guest relations and ticket sales. From 1982 until her retirement in 1994, she headed the Disneyland Ambassador program. She was named a Disney …
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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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