Scoundrels (television)

Scoundrels (television) Hour-long drama series debuting on ABC on June 20, 2010, and ending August 15, 2010. The West family is forced to change their lifestyle after the man of the house gets sent to jail. Cheryl, the loving mother and devoted wife, will do everything to keep her family together and on the straight …

Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck Donald Duck’s popular rich uncle; created by Carl Barks in a 1947 comic book story, “Christmas on Bear Mountain,” and soon starred in his own comic series. He went on to star in the films Scrooge McDuck and Money and Mickey’s Christmas Carol, and the television series, Ducktales.

Scott (Worcester), Retta

Scott (Worcester), Retta (1916-1990) The first woman animator at the Disney Studio, first receiving screen credit on Bambi. After six years at the Studio, she left Disney, but continued to illustrate Disney books as a freelance artist. She was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 2000.

Scream Team, The (television)

Scream Team, The (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, premiering on October 4, 2002. With Halloween looming, teenagers Ian and Claire Carlyle accompany their father to his childhood home of Steeple Falls for their grandfather’s funeral. The kids make a startling discovery that ghosts flock to the town as it is a “soul processing center,” …

Schwartzman, Jason

Schwartzman, Jason Actor; appeared in Rushmore (Max Fischer) and Shopgirl (Jeremy) and Saving Mr. Banks (Richard Sherman).

Scotland (film)

Scotland (film) People and Places featurette; released on June 11, 1958. Directed by Geoffrey Foot. Scotland is a country of three distinct regions—the highlands, the islands, and the lowlands. These regions are examined, showing how the isolated people contact the outside world with their use of channel boats called “Puffers,” how they observe the customs …

Schwartz, Stephen

Schwartz, Stephen Lyricist; wrote the words for the songs in Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant

Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant Opened at Disney-MGM Studios on April 20, 1991. The restaurant re-creates a 1950s drive-in theater, as guests sit in pseudo-convertibles under an evening sky facing a huge drive-in movie screen on which clips of B-movie trailers and intermission animation are shown.

Schumann China Corp.

Schumann China Corp. One of the earliest of the Disney licensees, the company had a license from 1932 to 1934 to sell Disney chinaware they had manufactured in Bavaria. These early dishes are quite collectible today.

Schumacher, Thomas

Schumacher, Thomas He joined Disney in 1988 to serve as producer of The Rescuers Down Under, and later was executive producer of The Lion King. He served as executive vice president of Feature Animation for several years, and in January 1999 was promoted to president. He left animation to concentrate on Disney stage productions in …