Mediterranean Cruise (television)

Mediterranean Cruise (television) Television show; aired on January 19, 1964. Directed by Hamilton S. Luske. Ludwig Von Drake looks at countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In Portugal, we see the Corrida festival. Village singers are featured in Italy, then we go to Africa to learn about the tribes of nomads. Finally, Von Drake leads viewers …

Meck, Ed

Meck, Ed (1898-1973) Veteran entertainment publicist who became the head of publicity for Disneyland in 1955, and helped make the world aware of the new park. He retired in 1972, after helping with the opening of Walt Disney World, and passed away a year later. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 1995.

Medicine Man (film)

Medicine Man (film) In the Amazon rain forest a brilliant but eccentric research scientist, Dr. Robert Campbell, is on the verge of a medical breakthrough, a cure for cancer, but he has lost the formula and must now rediscover the elusive serum. The pharmaceutical corporation sponsoring the research has sent another biochemist, Dr. Rae Crane, …

MDs (television)

MDs (television) Two San Francisco superdoctors pay little heed to the rules while saving lives and having fun. Hour-long drama series premiered on ABC on September 25, 2002, and ended December 11, 2002. Stars William Fichtner (Dr. Bruce Kellerman), John Hannah (Dr. Robert Dalgety), Leslie Stefanson (Shelly Pangborn), Aunjanue Ellis (Dr. Quinn Joyner), Jane Lynch …

Mechanical Cow, The (film)

Mechanical Cow, The (film) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon; released on October 3, 1927.

Measuring Up (film)

Measuring Up (film) Educational film in the Fitness for Living series; released in September 1982. The film explains the reasons behind fitness measurements.

Mazurki, Mike

Mazurki, Mike (1907-1990) Actor; appeared in Davy Crockett (Bigfoot Mason), The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (Mountain Ox), and Dick Tracy (old man at hotel).

Meador, Josh

Meador, Josh (1911-1965) Longtime Disney special-effects animator and painter, loaned out to create the animation effects for Forbidden Planet (1956). He worked at Disney from 1936 until his death in 1965.

Maybe It’s Me (television)

Maybe It’s Me (television) Half-hour series on the WB Network, premiering on October 5, 2001, and ending on July 19, 2002. Fifteen-year-old Molly Stage, like most girls her age, feels that she is surrounded by a family of freaks. From Warner Bros. Television and Touchstone Television. Stars Reagan Dale Neis (Molly Stage), Julia Sweeney (Mary …

Maxwell House Coffee House

Maxwell House Coffee House Restaurant on Town Square at Disneyland; from December 1, 1955, to October 8, 1957. It later became Hills Brothers Coffee House.