Harline, Leigh

Harline, Leigh (1907-1969) Composer at Disney from 1932 to 1941, he wrote songs for short subjects and features, including the underscoring on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio with Paul Smith, and the music for several Pinocchio songs. He died in 1969, and was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 2001. His name …

Harman, Hugh

Harman, Hugh (1903-1982) One of Walt Disney’s first employees, originally at Laugh-O-gram Films in Kansas City, and then in Hollywood. He worked on the Alice Comedies and left in 1928 to partner with another early Disney employee, Rudolf Ising.

Harman-Ising

Harman-Ising Cartoon production organization, headed by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, who had worked for Walt Disney in Kansas City. Disney hired them to produce the cartoon Merbabies (1938) for him.

Harambe

Harambe Disney designers and native craftsmen created an African jungle town, featuring the Kilimanjaro Safaris, along with shops and restaurants, in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Harambe means “come together” in Swahili.

Harbor Blvd.

Harbor Blvd. Anaheim street on which Disneyland is located. It is a major thoroughfare, beginning at the Pacific Ocean, some miles from Disneyland.

Hard Time on Planet Earth (television)

Hard Time on Planet Earth (television) Television series on CBS; aired March 1 to July 5, 1989. An alien warrior from the planet Andarius is sent to earth, transformed into human form, kept under surveillance by a “correctional unit” named Control, and forced to perform a series of good deeds before he can return home. …

Hardball (television)

Hardball (television) Television series; debuting on September 4, 1994 on Fox, and airing until October 23, 1994. About the trials and triumphs of the Pioneers, a fictitious American League baseball team. Stars Bruce Greenwood (Dave Logan), Mike Starr (Mike Widmer), Dann Florek (Ernest “Happy” Talbot), Alexandra Wentworth (Lee Emory), Rose Marie (Mitzi Balzer).

Hardy Boys, The: The Mystery of Ghost Farm (television)

Hardy Boys, The: The Mystery of Ghost Farm (television) Serial on the Mickey Mouse Club during the 1957-1958 season. Directed by Robert Springsteen. Joe discovers a haunted farm, and Frank helps him investigate. Stars Tim Considine (Frank), Tommy Kirk (Joe), Carole Ann Campbell, Sarah Selby, Russ Conway, John Baer, Hugh Sanders, Bob Amsberry, Andy Clyde. …

Happiest Millionaire, The (film)

Happiest Millionaire, The (film) In words and music, this is the story of “the happiest millionaire, ” nonconformist Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, and his unusual Philadephia family, seen through the eyes of their new to the U.S. Irish butler. The year is 1916, and in the busy household on Rittenhouse Square each of the family …

Happy

Happy One of the Seven Dwarfs; voiced by Otis Harlan.