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The Tenderfoot (TV Film)
"The Tenderfoot" is a three-part live action television miniseries comedy Western (genre), Western film produced in 1964 for Walt Disney's ''Walt Disney anthology television series, The Wonderful World of Color''. It was broadcast over three weeks from October 18 to November 1, 1964. The show is based on James Henry Tevis' book ''Arizona in the '50s'', and was directed by Robert L. Friend and Byron Paul. Starring Brandon deWilde of ''Shane (film), Shane'' (1953) and Disney veteran Brian Keith (''The Parent Trap (1961 film), The Parent Trap'') in the title roles. It aired in 3 parts over 3 consecutive weeks beginning on Sunday, October 18, 1964. It also starred James Whitmore, Richard Long (actor), Richard Long, James Daly (actor), James Daly, and Nehemiah Persoff in principal roles. ''The Tenderfoot'' was aimed at teen boys and featured major character actors of the period. This was typical of past Disney live action TV productions, most notable being ''Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful World Of Disney
The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The program moved among the Big Three television networks in its first four decades, but has aired on ABC since 1997 and Disney+ since 2020. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984–85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's purchase of the network in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Since then, ABC has continued the series as an occasional special presentation from 2008 onward, the most recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |