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Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista StreetBurbank, California 91521U.S.A.(818) 560-1000Fax: (818) 840-1930 Public Company Incorporated: 1938 as Walt Disney ProductionsEmployees: 58,000Sales: $6.18 billionStock Exchanges: New York Pacific Midwest Tokyo A colossal force in the... Read more |
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The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521 U.S.A. Telephone: (818) 560-1000 Fax: (818) 840-1930 Web site: http://www.disney.com Public Company Incorporated: 1938 as Walt Disney Productions Employees: 117,000 Sales: $27.06 billion (2003) Stock... Read more |
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Perdita
Perdita ♀ A Shakespearean coinage, borne by a character in The Winter's Tale (1610). The feminine form of Latin perditus ‘lost’, it has a clear reference to the events of the play, and this is explicitly commented on in the text. The name is now more closely associated in some... Read more |
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Carl Stalling
STALLING, Carl Composer. Nationality:American. Career:1920s—accompanist for silent films; 1928—musical director at Walt Disney's studios; 1931–36—employed by Ub Iwerks's studio; 1936–57—musical director for Warner Bros. cartoons. Died:29 November... Read more |
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Michael Graves
Michael Graves 1934-, American architect, b. Indianapolis, Ind., educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati and Harvard. Graves was a member of the New York "Five" or "white" modernist architects during the 1960s, the other four being Richard Meier , Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, and John... Read more |
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Michael D. Eisner
Michael Eisner1942family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">– Chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company Nationality: American. Born: March 7, 1942, in Mt. Kisco, New York. Education: Denison University, BA, 1964. Family: Son of Lester Eisner and Margaret Dammann; married Jane Breckenridge;... Read more |
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken Before the age of 50, composer Alan Menken (born 1949) had won eight Academy awards and four Grammys. His scores for the Walt Disney animated films of the 1990s as well as his success on the Broad way stage have some crediting him with the return of both genres. Disney seems... Read more |
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John Hubley
John Hubley When the people who worked with animator John Hubley (1914-1977) spoke of him, they agreed that he was a creative genius, a designer who would push the envelope of his medium, a man of vision with the ability to follow a dream. Working with him could also be very difficult. ... Read more |
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) , 1901-66, American movie producer and pioneer in animated cartoons, b. Chicago. He grew up in Missouri, in the small town of Marceline and in Kansas City. He moved to Chicago in 1917, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and began (1920) his career as a... Read more |
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Jonathan Freeman
Freeman, Jonathan 1950- (Johnathan Freeman)PERSONALBorn February 5, 1950, in Bay Village (some sources cite Cleveland), OH. Education: Studied voice.Addresses:Agent—Paradigm, 200 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.Career:Actor. Provided the voice of Grand vizier Jafar for the Walt Disney World... Read more |
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JAPANESE INVESTORS DON'T THINK DISNEY FILM UNIT IS MICKEY MOUS E...
...in a month to bring Japanese money into Disney. In September, Disney formed a joint venture with Interscope Communications, the production company...Interscope to make a number of films for Disney. The partnership announced Tuesday will... |
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POLYGRAM SETS UP KEY JOINT VENTURE.(BUSINESS)
...company, to set up a joint venture in Santa Barbara...invest in the joint venture, which will handle...summer release by Disney. PolyGram, which...made similar joint venture deals with director...approach in these joint ventures with pretty ... |
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God's Property changing course of gospel music: Provides a haven for at-risk...
...s TV special "One Day," which aired on the Disney Channel. Franklin and GP dominated the print media...Lataillade, president/CEO of B-Rite Records, a joint venture deal with Interscope Records. The album was produced by Franklin... |
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ROUNDUP
...could eventually lead to a joint venture with the Soviet government...definition television system. Walt Disney Studios and Interscope Communications, a Japanese...The agreement calls for Disney and Interscope, a major Hollywood producer... |
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The name is Bush. Don't forget it
...called Acme, was a joint venture with Hollywood Records, the musical arm of Disney," says Dorrell...independent label called Interscope came to the rescue...armour," says Dorrell. Interscope struck a new deal with... |