Swiss Family Treehouse Adventureland attraction at Disneyland; opened on November 18, 1962. John Mills, daughter Hayley, and the rest of the family were there for the dedication with Walt Disney. Mills had starred in the Disney 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson. The tree has been called a Disneyodendron semperflorens grandis (translated as large ever-blooming Disney …
See moreSwing Vote (film) Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser in the small town of Texico, New Mexico, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve-year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on election day, when she …
See moreSwing Kids (film) In 1939, German youths Peter and Thomas enjoy American swing music, despite its illegality under Hitler’s regime. Hitler’s harsh discipline which crushes individuality is sweeping Germany as the country prepares for full-scale war, and the two friends fight to remain loyal to their music. But soon Thomas is drawn into the Hitler …
See moreSwenson, Karl (1908-1978) He voiced Merlin in The Sword in the Stone, and appeared in The Wild Country (Jensen).
See moreSweet Home Alabama (film) New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city’s most eligible bachelor. But Melanie’s past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks …
See moreSwift, David (1919-2001) He initially worked for the Disney Studio in the 1930s first as an office boy and then as an animator and assistant to Ward Kimball, but left in the 1940s, establishing himself in television directing the successful series Mr. Peepers. He returned as a director and screenwriter of Pollyanna and The Parent …
See moreSweeney, D.B. Actor; provided the voice of Aladar in Dinosaurs, and appeared in Roommates (Michael). He was a regular on Life As We Know It (Michael Whitman), and appeared on Disney Channel in Going to the Mat (Coach Rice).
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Sweeney, Anne Hired by Disney in 1996 to be president of The Disney Channel and executive vice president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks. She was promoted to president, Disney/ABC Cable Networks in 1998 and president, ABC Cable Networks Group/Disney Channel Worldwide in 2000. In 2004 she became co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC …
See moreSweatbox, The (film) Documentary about production problems during the making of The Emperor’s New Groove. Directed by John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler. Produced by Xingu Films; distributed by Buena Vista Films. Premiered on September 13, 2002, at the Toronto Film Festival. 86 min., rated PG-13. Styler is the wife of Sting, who wrote the music …
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