What is the name of the animated Disney film, released in 1959, that underperformed at the box office and stared a voice actress who also performed in an earlier animated Disney film in the same decade?
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Maleficent Maleficent ( or ) is the antagonist of Walt Disney's 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty". She is characterized as the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday. She was voiced by Eleanor Audley, who earlier voiced Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in "Cinderella" (1950). Maleficent was created by Marc Davis and is based on the evil fairy godmother from the original fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm.
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Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. The 16th Disney animated feature film, it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution. This was the last Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for some years because of its initial mixed critical reception and underperformance at the box office; the studio did not return to the genre until 30 years later, after Walt Disney died in 1966, with the release of "The Little Mermaid" (1989).
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Cliff Edwards Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer, actor and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' In The Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).
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The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 Disney animated feature film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1989 animated film "The Little Mermaid". Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original film, and focuses on Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. This sequel stars the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Charendoff as Melody and Pat Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. It is the last film in the chronology of Walt Disney's version of "The Little Mermaid". It's followed by a prequel, "", a 2008 direct-to-video animated feature.
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Belle (Disney song) "Belle" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). Originally recorded by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara and American actor Richard White, "Belle", a mid-tempo French and classical music-inspired song, incorporates both Broadway and musical theatre elements. The film's first song and opening number, "Belle" appears during "Beauty and the Beast "as a large scale operetta-style production number that introduces the film's heroine Belle, considered a book-loving nonconformist by the townspeople of the village, who has grown weary of the provincial life in which she is supposed to live, and Gaston, the film's narcissistic villain who wishes to desire her hand in marriage despite Belle's rejections.
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Melissa Disney Melissa Disney (born November 20, 1970) is an American voice actress, actress, singer-songwriter, writer, and film producer.
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The Princess and the Frog (soundtrack) The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score is the soundtrack of the 2009 Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog". It was released by Walt Disney Records on November 23, 2009, just a day before the limited release of the film in New York City and Los Angeles. It contains ten original songs and seven score pieces, all but one of which were composed, arranged and conducted by composer Randy Newman. "Never Knew I Needed" was written and performed by Ne-Yo. The song had an accompanying music video which featured rotation on Disney Channel. The song was also sent to rhythmic radio on October 27, 2009. The songs are performed by various artists most of which lend their voices to characters in the film. The score features African-American-influenced styles including jazz, zydeco, blues and gospel.
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Destino Destino is an animated short film released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. "Destino" is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was originally a collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Domínguez and performed by Mexican singer Dora Luz. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2003.
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Don Donald Don Donald is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon follows Donald Duck attempting to woo a female Mexican duck named Donna. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features music by Paul J. Smith which was adapted from the Mexican folk songs "Cielito Lindo" and "Jarabe Tapatío." Clarence Nash voiced both Donald and Donna.
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Kat Cressida Kathryn "Kat" Cressida (born March 1, 1968) is an American voice actress. She guest-starred in several television shows and was featured in a few films before moving into voice-over full-time in 2000. She is notable as a top celebrity voice matcher, impersonating top female stars for Disney Channel, DreamWorks, and gaming companies, among others. She is noted for being the first woman to do live announcing for ESPN's coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft, as well as announcing for several other shows for ESPN, NBC Sports, and Versus. She is famous as the voice of Dee Dee in season 2 and 4 of the Cartoon Network program "Dexter's Laboratory", Uta in the F/X animated series "Archer", Jayna of the Wonder Twins in a Cartoon Network eyecatch to differentiate "fact and fantasy" in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for voicing the first new character added to Disneyland and Disney World's The Haunted Mansion since its inception in 1969, as Constance, the Black Widow Bride. She can also be heard in other attractions throughout the Disney Parks, including Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Epcot "Character Spot". She has been featured as a lead and featured voice for several game titles, notably several LucasArts games, "EverQuest", "Titan Quest", "Dragon Age", and "World of Warcraft", among others.
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Nala (Disney) Nala is a fictional lioness, a character who appears in the Disney "Lion King" franchise. Introduced in the animated film "The Lion King" in 1994, Nala subsequently appears as a less prominent character in the film's sequels "" (1998) and "The Lion King 1½" (2004). In the original film, the adult Nala was voiced by American actress Moira Kelly. Young Nala's speaking voice is provided by actress Niketa Calame, while singers Laura Williams and Sally Dworsky provide the singing voices of young and adult Nala respectively.
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The Two Mouseketeers The Two Mouseketeers is a 1952 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 65th "Tom and Jerry" short, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on March 15, 1952 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse and Irven Spence. Musical supervision was done by Scott Bradley, using a version of the theme music "Soldier of Fortune", from the movie "The Girl of the Golden West". The character of Nibbles was voiced by six-year-old Francoise Brun-Cottan.
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Frolicking Fish Frolicking Fish is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1930.
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List of animated feature films of the 1960s A list of animated feature films released in the 1960s.
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Slide, Donald, Slide Slide, Donald, Slide is a 1949 American animated short film directed by Jack Hannah. Part of the "Donald Duck" film series, the film was produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on November 25, 1949.
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Dea, in a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and its screenplay written by Lawrence Edward Watkin after the books of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh.
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Betty Lou Gerson Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly active in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress. She is best known as the voice of the villainous, selfish socialite Cruella de Vil from Walt Disney's animated film, "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961) for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
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Lady and the Tramp Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated romantic musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Buena Vista Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process. Based on "Happy Dan, The Whistling Dog" by Ward Greene, "Lady and the Tramp" tells the story of a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family, and a male stray mongrel called the Tramp. When the two dogs meet, they embark on many romantic adventures. A direct-to-video sequel, "", was released in 2001.
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A Pizza Tweety Pie A Pizza Tweety-Pie is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon. Written by Warren Foster and directed by Friz Freleng, it features Tweety, Sylvester and Granny, with Mel Blanc providing the voices of Sylvester (speaking in an Italian accent) and Tweety, and June Foray (uncredited) providing Granny's voice.
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Kathryn Beaumont Kathryn Beaumont (born 27 June 1938) is an English actress, singer and school teacher. She is best known for providing Disney animated films with the voices of both Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951); and Wendy Darling in "Peter Pan" (1953) for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1998. Walt Disney personally cast Beaumont after seeing the film "On an Island with You" (1948), in which she had a small role. Beaumont reprised her voice acting role as Alice in two episodes of the animated series, "Disney's House of Mouse" (2001 – 2003); and as both Alice and Wendy in the 2002 video game "Kingdom Hearts".
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Mulan II Mulan II is a 2004 American direct-to-video Disney animated film directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland and is a sequel to the 1998 animated film "Mulan" (originally released in theaters). The entire cast from the first film returned, except for Eddie Murphy (Mushu), Miriam Margolyes (The Matchmaker), Chris Sanders (Little Brother) and Matthew Wilder (Ling's singing voice). Murphy and Margolyes were replaced by Mark Moseley and April Winchell, respectively; Little Brother was voiced by Frank Welker, and Gedde Watanabe does his own singing for the sequel.
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Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 direct-to-video computer animated Barbie film, and the first musical in the Barbie film series. It is directed by William Lau and stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan, who has been voicing Barbie in all the CGI films to date, as both Anneliese and Erika. The story is loosely inspired by the Mark Twain novel "The Prince and the Pauper", but it is unrelated to the 1939 film "The Princess and the Pauper".