Peter Pan (film) Story of the magical boy who wouldn’t grow up who teaches the three Darling children—Wendy, John, and Michael—to fly to Never Land with him where they embark on adventures with the chief inhabitants, Captain Hook and his crew of pirates. The fairy, Tinker Bell, is jealous of Peter’s attentions to Wendy, and …
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Peter and the Wolf (film) Segment of Make Mine Music, told by Sterling Holloway, about the brave young boy who goes with a duck, cat, and bird to catch the wolf, with each character represented by a musical instrument in the orchestra. Peter is represented by a string quartet; Sasha the bird by a flute, …
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Peter and the Starcatchers A prequel to Peter Pan, telling the backstory of the characters, written as a novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson and published by Hyperion in 2004. A stage version of the novel prepared in conjunction with Disney Theatrical Productions had its premiere performance in a tryout engagement at California’s La …
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Pete Also known as Peg Leg Pete and Black Pete, this gruff, cat-like character appeared first in the Alice Comedies in 1925, but soon became better known as Mickey Mouse’s and later Donald Duck’s primary nemesis. Since Steamboat Willie, Pete appeared in 31 cartoons. In the earliest cartoons he had a peg leg, but that …
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Pests of the West (film) Pluto cartoon; released on July 21, 1950. Directed by Charles Nichols. Bent-Tail, the coyote, and his son, Junior, try again to steal what Pluto guards, this time chickens in a henhouse, but this proves as unsuccessful as their previous outing in Sheep Dog (1949).
See morePetal to the Metal (film) Special cartoon, starring Bonkers; released on August 7, 1992. Directed by David Block. A production of Walt Disney Television Animation. 8 min. In delivering a bouquet of flowers across town to a stunning starlet named Fawn Deer, a delirious delivery-cat named Bonkers D. Bobcat turns a relatively easy assignment into …
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Pet Store, The (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on October 28, 1933. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Working in a pet store, Mickey, with the help of the store animals, saves Minnie from a gorilla that escapes from its cage. In the fight, the store is trashed. Mickey quits and he and Minnie leave just before …
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Persephone Female lead character in The Goddess of Spring (1934) which may have been an attempt by the Disney animators to practice animating a human character before Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
See morePersoff, Nehemiah Actor; appeared on television in Michael O’Hara IV and The Treasure of San Bosco Reef.
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Perri (film) The first, and only, True-Life Fantasy. Directed by N. Paul Kenworthy Jr. and Ralph Wright. Released on August 28, 1957. The story of a little pine squirrel named Perri and her life from childhood to maturity. When Perri’s life is threatened by a marten, her father sacrifices his life to lure it away …
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