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Cavalcade of Songs (television)

Cavalcade of Songs (television) Television show; aired on February 16, 1955. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Peter Godfrey. Walt Disney discusses the importance of music in the movies, re-enacting with some of his current artists the story meeting which came up with “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” for Three Little Pigs and promoting the …

Cavemen (television)

Cavemen (television) ABC television series premiering on October 2, 2007, and ending November 13, 2007. Three cavemen struggle with prejudice as they strive to live normal lives in 2007 Atlanta. Based on characters from a group of seven popular Geico Insurance television commercials which were introduced in 2004. Stars Bill English (Joel), Nick Kroll (Nick), …

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Cel

Cel The clear celluloid on which the characters were painted during the animation process. The painted celluloid, or cel, was placed over a background and photographed, becoming one frame of the animated film. There are 24 frames per second in an animated film, but most cels containing characters are often held for two frames. If …

Cat’s Out, The (film)

Cat’s Out, The (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on July 28, 1931. Copyrighted as The Cat’s Nightmare. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. After a cat is put out of the house, it is knocked out by a falling weather vane. It has a nightmare in which giant birds, bats, scarecrows, huge spiders, and monstrous trees scare …

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Caterpillar

Caterpillar Reclining on a toadstool and punctuating his speech with puffs of smoke, this Alice in Wonderland character was voiced by Richard Haydn.

Catlett, Walter

Catlett, Walter (1889-1960) Voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio.

Catmull, Ed

Catmull, Ed President of Pixar Animation Studios, he was named president of Walt Disney Animation Studios when Disney acquired Pixar in 2006. He received the Gordon E. Sawyer Oscar for technical contributions to the industry in 2009. Before Disney’s acquisition, Catmull had received four scientific and technical Academy Awards. He retired in 2018.

Cat’s Nightmare, The

Cat’s Nightmare, The Copyright title of The Cat’s Out.

production photo from movie The Cat from Outer Space (film) featuring a cat seated on a spaceship control panel

Cat from Outer Space, The (film)

Cat from Outer Space, The (film) An off-beat physicist, his girlfriend and an odds-playing co-worker try to help an extraterrestrial space cat, ZUNAR J5/90 DORIC FOURSEVEN, or, in earth talk, Jake, fix his ship before the Army or a power-hungry business man cause a catastrophe by catnapping the feline. The plot thickens when the alien …

Catastrophe Canyon

Catastrophe Canyon Action-packed special effects area on the Backstage Studio Tour at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Also at Walt Disney Studios Paris; opened March 16, 2002.