Water Birds (film) True-Life Adventure featurette; released on June 26, 1952. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Vignettes depict the lives of waterbirds, showing how Nature has adapted each of them to meet the problems of survival, such as different types of beaks and bodies, and describe their feeding habits and courtships. Academy Award winner. 31 min.
See moreWashington, Ned (1901-1976) Lyricist; worked at Disney from 1938 to 1940, during which time he wrote songs for Pinocchio, Saludos Amigos, and Dumbo. “When You Wish Upon a Star” and the score from Pinocchio won him two Oscars. He was named a Disney Legend in 2001.
See moreWashington Square (film) In 1850s New York, shy and awkward Catherine Sloper, the daughter of a wealthy and distinguished physician, and favored by neither beauty nor brilliance, is tottering into spinsterhood when she falls wildly and tempestuously in love with the smooth and dashing wastrel, Morris Townsend. She is encouraged by her incurably romantic and …
See moreWatcher in the Woods, The (film) When an American composer and his family rent a foreboding house in England from an eccentric recluse, Mrs. Aylwood, a series of terrifying events occur, primarily to 17-year-old Jan. It turns out that the eerie experiences are connected to Mrs. Aylwood’s teenage daughter’s disappearance 30 years earlier. A reenactment …
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Watches The original Mickey Mouse watch was manufactured by Ingersoll in 1933, and sold for $3.25, later lowered to $2.95. They also made a pocket watch at the same time, selling for $1.50. The original wristwatch had a round dial, and featured three tiny Mickeys on a disk that indicated the seconds. These early watches …
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Water Babies (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on May 11, 1935. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. In this musical water fantasy based on Charles Kingsley’s story, myriad tiny fairy folk find fun in riding rodeo style on frogs, flying with birds, and sailing in lily pad boats. Merbabies in 1938 was a sequel.
See moreWarren, Lesley Ann Actress; appeared in The Happiest Millionaire (Cordelia Drexel Biddle), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (Alice Bower), and Color of Night (Sondra).
See moreWarrick, Ruth (1915-2005) Actress who played Johnny’s (Bobby Driscoll) mother, Sally, in Song of the South.
See moreWarrior’s Path, The (television) Television show; part 1 of Daniel Boone.
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