Balloon Farm (television)
Balloon Farm (television) Two-hour movie airing on The Wonderful World of Disney on March 28, 1999. A peculiar farmer, Harvey H. Potter, arrives in the small town of Waterston where the families are facing financial ruin because of a drought. Potter’s crop turns out to be a field of brilliantly colored balloon plants. The townsfolk …
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Ballard, Kaye (1925-2019) Actress, appeared in Freaky Friday (Coach Betsy).
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Ballerina (television) Television show; aired in two parts on February 27 and March 6, 1966. Directed by Norman Campbell. Story of a young ballet student in Denmark who succeeds despite her mother’s objections. Partly filmed at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. Stars Kirsten Simone, Astrid Villaume, Ole Wegener, Poul Reichardt, Jenny Agutter. This film introduced …
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Balk, Fairuza Actress, appeared in Return to Oz (Dorothy) and The Waterboy (Vicki Vallencourt).
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Ballad of Davy Crockett, The One of the most popular songs to come out of a Disney production, with sixteen weeks at the top of the Hit Parade. It was written by George Bruns and Tom Blackburn, who dashed it off simply because the film was running short and something was needed to fill in …
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Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog, The (television) Two-part television show, aired on January 5 and 12, 1964. Directed by Vincent McEveety. The two parts were titled Where the Heck is Hector? and Who the Heck is Hector? A trained Airedale separated from his owner, who is the first mate on a freighter in Portugal. …
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Ballad of Nessie, The (film)
Ballad of Nessie, The (film) Short cartoon released with Winnie the Pooh on July 15, 2011. Nessie is really a very gentle sea monster, who is devastated when her home pond is taken over by a golf course developer named MacFroogle. With her only friend, a rubber duck named MacQuack, she goes on a quest …
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Baldwin, Stephen Actor, appeared in Crossing the Bridge (Danny Morgan).
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Bakersfield P.D. (television) Television series, airing on Fox beginning September 14, 1993 and ending January 4, 1994. An African-American big-city detective tries to fit in with an all-white central California police department headed by a timid chief. Stars Giancarlo Esposito (Paul Gigante), Ron Eldard (Wade Preston), Brian Doyle-Murray (Phil Hampton), Chris Mulkey (Denny Boyer), Jack …
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