Simba

Simba Lion hero of The Lion King; voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas (young) and Matthew Broderick (adult).

Simon Birch (film)

Simon Birch (film) Simon Birch is the smallest baby ever born at Gravestown Memorial Hospital, and as he gets older, he remains small. Certain he is going to become a hero, he argues about faith with his Sunday school teacher and priest, and pals around with his best friend, Joe. However, when his first hit …

Silver Spur Steakhouse

Silver Spur Steakhouse Restaurant in Frontierland in Disneyland Paris; opened on April 12, 1992.

Silver Fox and Sam Davenport, The (television)

Silver Fox and Sam Davenport, The (television) Television show; aired on October 14, 1962. Field producer was Hank Schloss. A fox stows away in a farmer’s wagon and is soon mistakenly accused of being a chicken thief. Stars Gordon Perry (Sam).

Silver Screen Partners

Silver Screen Partners A limited partnership formed to put up money for the production costs of films, with the investors recouping their investment from the gross amounts the films earned in all their markets and forms. The partners were guaranteed their principal back five years after a film’s initial theatrical release. There have been three …

Silly Symphony

Silly Symphony A series of 75 cartoons, beginning with The Skeleton Dance in 1929. Composer Carl Stalling suggested to Walt Disney that there be a second cartoon series to be different from the Mickey Mouse series, which was based on comedic action centered around one character. The Silly Symphonies would be based on musical themes, …

Silent Trigger (film)

Silent Trigger (film) Direct-to-video release on September 16, 1997, by Hollywood Pictures of a Dolph Lundgren action/adventure feature co-starring Gina Bellman, Conrad Dunn, and Christopher Heyerdahl. A professional government hit-man partners with a novice young woman for a final hit from the top of a still unfinished skyscraper, only to discover that there are plans …

Signs (film)

Signs (film) In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a mysterious intricate 500-foot design of circles and lines appears carved into a family’s crops. Graham Hess, the family patriarch, still bereft over the accidental death of his wife, is tested in his journey to find the truth behind the unfolding mystery. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. A Touchstone …

Sigman, Paula

Sigman, Paula An archivist at the Walt Disney Archives for 15 years, she later was the founding head of the Walt Disney Collectors Society.

Sign of Zorro, The (film)

Sign of Zorro, The (film) Theatrical compilation of several Zorro shows, released first in Japan in November 1958, and in the U.S. on June 11, 1960; an edited version was released on June 9, 1978. Directed by Norman Foster and Lewis R. Foster. Don Diego returns to the pueblo of Los Angeles after completing his …