Alberoni, Sherry

Alberoni, Sherry See Sherry Allen.

Alaskan Sled Dog (film)

Alaskan Sled Dog (film) Featurette, released on July 3, 1957. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Filmed in CinemaScope. 18 min. The story of an Eskimo father and son who train and groom a sled dog team. When the father is lost on an ice floe, the son takes the unproven team on the search, and succeeds …

Albright, Milt

Albright, Milt (1916-2014) Joined Disney in 1947 as a junior accountant, and was promoted in 1954 to manager of accounting for Disneyland. He became the manager of Holidayland in 1957 and in 1958 founded the Magic Kingdom Club. He was instrumental in beginning the Grad Nites in 1961. He was named a Disney Legend in …

Albertson, Jack

Albertson, Jack (1910-1981) Character actor; appeared in The Shaggy Dog (reporter), Son of Flubber (Mr. Barley), A Tiger Walks (Sam Grant), and provided the voice of Amos Slade in The Fox and the Hound.

Alaskan Gold Rush, The (film)

Alaskan Gold Rush, The (film) 16mm release in June 1973, of television film from A Salute to Alaska. Historical photos in a family album tell the story of the hardy pioneers in the Alaskan gold rush.

Alaskan Eskimo, The (film)

Alaskan Eskimo, The (film) People and Places featurette, released on February 18, 1953. Directed by James Algar. 27 min. Utilized footage shot in Alaska by the team of Alfred and Elma Milotte, depicting the everyday home life of the families in a typical Eskimo village. The building and hunting activities of the summer, the winter …

Alaska: Dances of the Caribou (television)

Alaska: Dances of the Caribou (television) Highlights the caribou’s annual trek to the magnificent North Slope of the Brooks Range, and the pageant of life summertime brings to this breathtaking yet forbidden landscape. Aired in syndication beginning February 14, 2000 as a New True Life Adventure. Produced by Bruce Reitherman. 45 min.

Alan Smithee Film, An: Burn Hollywood Burn (film)

Alan Smithee Film, An: Burn Hollywood Burn (film) This satirical story of the behind-the-scenes intrigue of a big budget action/adventure Hollywood film reveals director Alan Smithee’s bizarre odyssey through a series of interviews with real celebrities and fictional characters. The machinations and agendas of everyone and anyone in filmmaking—from the producer to the makeup artists—are …

Alaska’s Bush Pilot Heritage (film)

Alaska’s Bush Pilot Heritage (film) 16mm release in June 1973, of television film. The story of the special breed of pilot who has challenged the perilous Alaskan landscape.

Alamo, The (film)

Alamo, The (film) An epic retelling of the 1836 battle in San Antonio de Bexar where less than 200 men, led by James Bowie, Lt. Col. William B. Travis, and the legendary Davy Crockett, try to hold the small, ruined mission, the Alamo, against the much larger forces of Mexican general Antonio López de Santa …