Another Stakeout (film) In this sequel to Stakeout, Las Vegas police lose an important witness when their hideout is blown up by the criminals who want the witness dead. The search for the witness moves to Seattle where two police detectives are joined by a female assistant DA in staking out a couple on Bainbridge …
See moreAnne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables (television) Movie on The Disney Channel, airing in four parts on four consecutive weeks. Directed by Kevin Sullivan. Premiered on May 19, 1987. Anne is now a teacher in Avonlea, but she leaves town for another job because she feels she cannot marry Gilbert …
See moreAnne Frank (television) Four-hour television mini-series, airing on ABC on May 20-21, 2001. Based on Melissa Müller’s book, Anne Frank: A Biography. Anne Frank, a Jew living in Amsterdam during World War II, goes into hiding with her family to escape the Nazis. This mini-series encompasses her idyllic childhood before the war, her adolescence in …
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Annapolis (film) After winning admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Jake Huard wonders if a regular kid from a poor blue-collar family can fit into the Academy’s pressure-cooker atmosphere. Barely making the grade as a plebe, Jake has one last shot at proving he has what it takes to become an officer—he decides to …
See moreAnnakin, Ken (1914-2009) For Disney, he directed The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The Sword and the Rose, Swiss Family Robinson, and Third Man on the Mountain. He was named a Disney Legend in 2002.
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Annette (television) Serial on the Mickey Mouse Club during the 1957-58 season. Directed by Charles Lamont. Country girl Annette goes to visit her town relatives and finds romance in the local school, but is also accused of theft. Stars Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, David Stollery, Judy Nugent, Richard Deacon, Sylvia Field, Mary Wickes, Roberta Shore, …
See moreAnna (television) Unsold pilot for a television series; a feisty elderly white woman and a struggling black actor share an apartment in New York City. Aired on NBC on August 25, 1990. 30 min. Directed by Noam Pitlik. Stars Maria Charles, Keith Diamond, Tom LaGrua, Dennis Lipscomb, Bill Macy, Herb Edelman.
See moreAnimation photo transfer process A process, known as APT, which was first used at the Disney Studio during the production of The Black Cauldron, whereby photography was used in the production of cels. David Spencer of the Studio’s Still Camera Department won an Academy Award in 1986 for the development of the process. The computer, …
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Anka, Paul Actor/singer; appeared in Captain Ron (Donaldson). He also had a brief show, Anka, on Disney Channel, debuting on January 8, 1984, and ending, with repeats, on November 26, 1985.
See moreAnimation Tour Opened at Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989. For the first time, guests could watch story personnel, animators, layout artists, background artists, and ink and paint technicians at work producing animated motion pictures. Large windows, and explanatory television monitors, enabled guests walking through the department to see some of the intricate work that …
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