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 moreSwitch, The (film) Neurotic Wally Mars is a financial success in New York with his stock trading partner Leonard, but still he has a gloomy perspective on the world. The one bright spot is his girlfriend, Kassie, who, unfortunately for Wally, just wants to be friends. Even when she decides she wants a child, she …
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).
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 moreSwayze, Patrick (1952-2009) Actor; appeared in Father Hood (Jack Charles) and Tall Tale (Pecos Bill).
See moreSweeney, Bob (1918-1992) Actor; appeared in Toby Tyler (Harry Tupper), Moon Pilot (Senator McGuire), and Son of Flubber (Mr. Harker).
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