Annette Funicello
Biography: Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of the original Mickey Mouse Club, and went on to appear in a series of beach party films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Funicello , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 22, 1942
Deathday: April 07, 2013
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Overview: William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990-07-01
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Overview: Celebration of Disneyland's 35th Anniversary
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-01
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965-07-14
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Overview: When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-14
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Babes in Toyland
1961-12-14
Babes in Toyland
Overview: All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and double-crosses! The "March Of The Wooden Soldiers" helps put Barnaby in his place, and ensures a "happily ever after" for Tom and Mary!
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-14
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Back to the Beach
1987-08-07
Back to the Beach
Overview: Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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Beach Party
1963-08-07
Beach Party
Overview: Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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Beach Blanket Bingo
1965-04-14
Beach Blanket Bingo
Overview: In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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Muscle Beach Party
1964-03-25
Muscle Beach Party
Overview: Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-25
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The Shaggy Dog
1959-03-19
The Shaggy Dog
Overview: Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-19
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964-03-25
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Overview: Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
Genres: Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-25
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Bikini Beach
1964-07-22
Bikini Beach
Overview: A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-22
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The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006-03-07
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Overview: Reminiscences by the kids from the original 1959 Disney film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-07
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Head
1968-11-06
Head
Overview: In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-06
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Troop Beverly Hills
1989-03-24
Troop Beverly Hills
Overview: A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-24
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Pajama Party
1964-11-11
Pajama Party
Overview: A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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Thunder Alley
1967-03-22
Thunder Alley
Overview: Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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Fireball 500
1966-06-07
Fireball 500
Overview: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-07
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The Wrecking Crew
2008-03-11
The Wrecking Crew
Overview: A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-11
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Lots of Luck
1985-02-03
Lots of Luck
Overview: A middle-aged Annette Funicello stars in this made-for-Disney film about a blue-collar family whose lives are forever transformed when they win the lottery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-03
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The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991-05-20
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Overview: Celebrities salute Disney Studios' 50th year in Burbank, California.
Genres: Documentary Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-20
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Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977-10-11
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Overview: Dick Clark reviews popular music of the '50s and '60s.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-11
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Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
1978-11-25
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
Overview: The early years of rock and roll are revisited in a night club setting, with table conversations, old film clips, and stage performances by the stars.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-25
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The Monkey's Uncle
1965-08-18
The Monkey's Uncle
Overview: College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
Genres: Family Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-18
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Holiday Time at Disneyland
1962-12-23
Holiday Time at Disneyland
Overview: We see numerous Disneyland attractions over the early years of Disneyland that were opened on, or around, official holidays.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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The Rainbow Road to Oz
1957-09-11
The Rainbow Road to Oz
Overview: Walt Disney's unfinished adaptation of L Frank Baum's Oz series, previewed on the Fourth Anniversary Show of The Magical World of Disney.
Genres: Music Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-11
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Overview: Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Men Who Rate a 10
1980-10-07
Men Who Rate a 10
Overview: Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men whose sex appeal transcends age and the ages.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-07
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DTV: Golden Oldies
1984-09-01
DTV: Golden Oldies
Overview: Compilation of DTV music videos from on The Disney Channel, combining tunes from the 1940s through the 1960s with footage of Disney animation.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980-03-06
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Overview: Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and others.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995-10-22
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Overview: This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-22
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Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988-11-13
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Overview: This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the angry magi so that no one will recognize him until he finds his own magic within. While Mickey is on his quest, network news teams around the country desperately try to find the famous, beloved mouse who has mysteriously disappeared. On his quest, Mickey goes into the "Cheers" bar, meets up with the characters from "Family Ties", and winds up on Disneyland's Main Street the night before his Birthday celebration is to take place. It is there that he finds he has all the magic inside him that he will ever need. The spell is broken and the Birthday bash commences as the whole World celebrates the beloved Mickey Mouse.
Genres: Family Animation TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-13
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Walt Disney Treasures - The Mickey Mouse Club
2004-12-07
Walt Disney Treasures - The Mickey Mouse Club
Overview: "M-I-C--K-E-Y--M-O-U-S-E." Before the theme song's memorable spelling became an audio icon, before the series even aired, the Mickey Mouse Club was the most anticipated children's programming ever. This volume features the five episodes of week one of the black-and-white series that launched a television revolution.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-07
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Escapade in Florence
1962-09-30
Escapade in Florence
Overview: American students, Tommy and Annette, find themselves in a heap of trouble when they accidentally discover an art forgery ring in Florence, Italy.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
1965-11-06
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Overview: In this campy spy movie spoof Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Secret agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) and millionaire Todd Armstrong set out to foil his fiendish plot.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-06
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Six Gun Law
1962-12-01
Six Gun Law
Overview: Re-edited version of two episodes from the Disney series "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" starring Robert Loggia as a lawyer trying to save a friend from being framed for robbery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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The Horsemasters
1961-10-01
The Horsemasters
Overview: American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox is overly cautious because of memories of an accident, but Danny Grant gives her confidence. The strict, but admired, instructor fears she must sell her favorite horse because of school tradition, but the students end up taking up a collection to buy it back for her.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-01
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Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
2007-01-30
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Overview: Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-30
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Disneyland After Dark
1962-04-15
Disneyland After Dark
Overview: Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
Mickey's 50
Overview: "Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-19
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Gala Day at Disneyland
1960-01-21
Gala Day at Disneyland
Overview: The gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at Disneyland—Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and the new Monorail—include a parade down Main Street with appearances by Walt and Roy Disney and members of their families, along with Vice President Richard Nixon and family, and numerous film stars. The celebrations end at night with a fireworks display.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-21
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The Golden Horseshoe Revue
1962-09-23
The Golden Horseshoe Revue
Overview: The 10,000th performance of Disneyland's venerable "Golden Horseshoe Revue," featuring special guest stars.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-23
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Back Stage Party
1961-12-17
Back Stage Party
Overview: Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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Ski Party
1965-06-30
Ski Party
Overview: Two college boys from SoCal attend a spring break vacation at a ski lodge in Idaho to get insider tips on how the president of the ski club manages to attract so many girls as a way to make amends to their girlfriends. Alongside this relatively simple endeavor are ice-skating polar bears, love triangles, musical numbers, and quick-switching in and out of drag to achieve the goal of discovering what went wrong in the boys' romantic lives.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-30
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Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1985-02-18
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Overview: Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-18
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3D Jamboree
1956-06-16
3D Jamboree
Overview: 3D film showcasing the Mousketeers, produced for the Disneyland Resort.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-16
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Spring Break Reunion
1987-07-08
Spring Break Reunion
Overview: A rock 'n roll extravaganza with hosts Frankie Avalon and Connie Stevens, as they preside over music, contests, parties, and fireworks from the beach in Fort Lauderdale and other Florida locations.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-08
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