Children of Japan, The: Learning the New, Remembering the Old (film)

Children of Japan, The: Learning the New, Remembering the Old (film) Educational film; released in September 1987. 21 min. A day in the life of Japan and its culture as seen through the letters of pen pals.

Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (television)

Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (television) Two-hour television movie airing on The Wonderful World of Disney on May 13, 2001. At the height of America’s Depression, the number-one movie star was Shirley Temple, a six-year-old with ringlet curls and dimples who tap-danced, sang, and captivated the entire nation. She exemplified the genuine Hollywood star, …

Child of Glass (television)

Child of Glass (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on May 14, 1978. Directed by John Erman. The Ainsworths have moved into a haunted house and son Alexander discovers a ghost of a young girl who needs a riddle regarding a glass china doll solved before she can rest in peace. Alexander and a neighbor girl …

Childcraft

Childcraft Mail order company acquired by Disney in 1988.

Child Molestation: Breaking the Silence (film)

Child Molestation: Breaking the Silence (film) Educational film; released in August 1984. The film offers guidelines on how to identify symptons of child sexual abuse and how to respond and report it. It also shows how to teach children to protect themselves.

Chicken Plantation Restaurant

Chicken Plantation Restaurant In Frontierland at Disneyland, sponsored by Swift, from July 17, 1955 to January 8, 1962. The popular restaurant on the shores of the Rivers of America lasted until its space was needed for the expansion of Frontierland and the building of New Orleans Square when it was torn down. In the early …

Chief

Chief Amos Slade’s dog in The Fox and the Hound; voiced by Pat Buttram.

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote (television)

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote (television) Television show; aired on October 15, 1961. Directed by Walter Perkins. A witness to his mother’s death at the hand of a man, the coyote, Chico, has learned to hate and fear him. Taken into captivity and exhibited in a small desert roadside zoo, he learns much but never loses …

Chicken Little (film)

Chicken Little (film) Special cartoon, released on December 17, 1943. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Foxey Loxey cons the farmyard chickens and dim-witted Chicken Little into believing his cave is the only safe place when the sky is falling. Once they enter, the chickens are devoured. Originally this film was planned to have definite wartime connotations—the …

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant In Fantasyland at Disneyland, from August 29, 1955 to 1969. It then became Captain Hook’s Galley until 1982. Originally, the ship was made entirely of wood, but with the wood sitting in water for so long, it began to rot. Over the years the wood was partially …