Bugs in Love (film)

Bugs in Love (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on October 1, 1932. Directed by Burt Gillett. Nestled in a junk pile, a girl and boy bug are in love in their tiny village. When a crow captures the girl, the bugs sound the alarm and rescue her, imprisoning the crow in an old shoe.

Bug Juice (television)

Bug Juice (television) 18-episode documentary series on Disney Channel about a group of kids, aged 12 to 15, that goes off to summer camp at Camp Waziyatah in Waterford, Maine. Premiered on March 1, 1998, after a preview the previous night. A new camp, Camp Highlander near Asheville, North Carolina, was featured in a second …

Buffalo, The—Majestic Symbol of the Plains (film)

Buffalo, The—Majestic Symbol of the Plains (film) Part of The Vanishing Prairie, released on 16mm for schools in September 1962. Describes the appearance, habitat, and food of the buffalo and human’s efforts to prevent their extinction.

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution See Buena Vista Distribution Company.

Buena Vista Palace

Buena Vista Palace Hotel at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World, opened on March 3, 1983. It became the Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa on November 1, 1998, then reverted to the Buena Vista Palace name in August 2005.

Buena Vista Street

Buena Vista Street Located in Burbank, California, where the Walt Disney Studios are located (500 South Buena Vista Street). At first, in the 1940s, the company used a 2400 W. Alameda address. The Studio lot is bordered on four sides by Buena Vista, Alameda, Keystone, and the Los Angeles River. Riverside Drive runs through the …

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista International Company incorporated in 1961 to handle the foreign distribution of Disney films. Occasionally, BVI will handle the foreign distribution of non-Disney films, including such titles as Die Hard with a Vengeance, Face/Off, Starship Troopers, and Air Force One. It changed its name to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International in July 2007.

Buena Vista Club

Buena Vista Club Golf club, opened at Lake Buena Vista on November 22, 1974, and closed on March 21, 1994. Also known as Lake Buena Vista Club. The restaurant in its country-club atmosphere featured the chef’s specialty, a fantastic onion soup, with thick melted cheese overflowing the edges of the bowl. Renamed Disney Village Clubhouse …

Buena Vista Distribution Company

Buena Vista Distribution Company Founded by Disney in 1953 to distribute its films; its first release was The Living Desert (see more detail under that entry). The headquarters were located in New York until the 1970s when they were moved to California. Irving Ludwig headed Buena Vista until his retirement, when Dick Cook took over. …

Buena Vista Games

Buena Vista Games New parent in 2003 for Disney Interactive, the interactive games division of Disney Consumer Products. Buena Vista Games creates, markets, and distributes a broad portfolio of PC and multiplatform video games worldwide, as well as licensing Disney properties to other game publishers. It changed its name to Disney Interactive Studios on February …