WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY, THE: TOWER OF TERROR (TV)
Summary
One in this series of Disney movies presented under the umbrella title "The Wonderful World of Disney." This children's drama concerns a brave uncle and niece who must solve a sixty-year-old mystery and help save five lost souls. Anna often helps her Uncle Buzzy with his work for tabloid newspapers like The National Inquisitor. Ever since he lost his high-profile job at the The Los Angeles Banner, Buzzy has given up serious journalism and has made a living writing fantastic tales of alien abductions and ghostly encounters. But he still dreams of rebuilding his damaged career and stays in touch with his friend Jill at the Banner. Buzzy gets his chance to start afresh when an elderly lady, Abigail Gregory, approaches him with a lead on the famous mystery of five people who vanished from the Hollywood Tower Hotel on Halloween of 1939. Abigail claims she can prove the cause of the disappearance of all five people -- including child star Sally Shine, her nanny Miss Partridge, two guests named Gilbert and Caroline, and Dewey the bellhop. Abigail says she saw the evil Miss Partridge conducting a black magic ritual that backfired, causing the five people to be tossed into a spiritual limbo. She even reveals where to find the book of magic spells in the deserted hotel. Buzzy and Anna team up with Abigail and Chris, the hotel caretaker -- who is also Dewey's grandson -- and they embark on a mission to solve the mystery. In the empty hotel, Buzzy and Anna realize that the building is haunted by five ghosts who have been there since 1939. Terrified at first, they become acquainted with the ghosts and grow determined to help these lost souls trapped in the hotel. They must find out exactly what happened on the Halloween of 1939 in order to liberate the five ghosts; and as a result, Buzzy could revive his career with a groundbreaking news story, and Chris could inherit and reopen the hotel. But just as they think they have the solution to their problems, Jill uncovers a sixty-year old secret that changes the entire scenario and almost leads to total disaster. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. Commercials include John Madden for Ace Hardware, Paul Reiser for AT&T, and Phylicia Rashad for Pop-Secret; public service announcements include Joely Fisher for Children First.
(Network varies; this series was also telecast on NBC from 1961 to 1981 and on CBS from 1981 to 1983.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: October 26, 1997 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:55:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:51711
- GENRE: Drama; Children's programs
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Children's programs
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997-2008
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Batman & Robin" (home video)
- TV - Commercials - "Bean" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - AFLAC insurance
- TV - Commercials - AT&T communications
- TV - Commercials - Ace Hardware stores
- TV - Commercials - Aetna US Health Care
- TV - Commercials - Boston Market restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - Caress soap
- TV - Commercials - Children's Tylenol fever reducer/pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Chiquita bananas
- TV - Commercials - Fisher-Price toys
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark cards
- TV - Commercials - Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Kix cereal
- TV - Commercials - Kodak cameras and film
- TV - Commercials - Kraft Singles cheese
- TV - Commercials - Little Debbie snack cakes
- TV - Commercials - LÕOreal Kids hair care products
- TV - Commercials - Mazda automobiles
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food
- TV - Commercials - National car rental and Walt Disney World
- TV - Commercials - Pace salsa
- TV - Commercials - Pay Day candy bars
- TV - Commercials - Pillsbury cookie dough
- TV - Commercials - Pizza Hut restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Pontiac automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Pop-Secret microwave popcorn
- TV - Commercials - Quilted Northern bathroom tissue
- TV - Commercials - Sears Auto Center and Good Year tires
- TV - Commercials - Secret anti-perspirant
- TV - Commercials - St. Ives lotion
- TV - Commercials - Subaru automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Toyota automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum
- TV - PSA - Children First
- TV - PSA - Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra
- TV - Promos - "Angels in the End Zone"
- TV - Promos - "Boy Meets World"
- TV - Promos - "Dharma & Greg"
- TV - Promos - "Doug"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Hiller and Diller"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "Oliver Twist"
- TV - Promos - "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings"
- TV - Promos - "Over the Top"
- TV - Promos - "Pepper Ann"
- TV - Promos - "PrimeTime"
- TV - Promos - "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella"
- TV - Promos - "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
- TV - Promos - "Soul Man"
- TV - Promos - "Spin City"
- TV - Promos - "Teen Angel"
- TV - Promos - "The DevilÕs Child"
- TV - Promos - "The Santa Clause" (telecast of a feature film)
- TV - Promos - "You Wish"
CREDITS
- George Zaloom … Executive Producer
- Les Mayfield … Executive Producer
- Joey Plager … Executive Producer
- D.J. MacHale … Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- Iain Paterson … Producer
- Louis Febre … Composer
- Steve Guttenberg … Cast, Buzzy Crocker
- Nia Peeples … Cast, Jill
- Michael McShane … Cast, Q/Chris Todd
- Amzie Strickland … Cast, Abigail Gregory
- Melora Hardin … Cast, Carolyn/Claire
- Alastair Duncan … Cast, Gilbert Lawrence
- Lindsay Ridgeway … Cast, Sally Shine
- John Franklin … Cast, Dewey Todd
- Wendy Worthington … Cast, Ms. Emmaline Partridge
- Kirsten Dunst … Cast, Anna
- Lea Ivey … Cast, Patricia Petterson
- Richard Minchenberg … Cast, Dr. Daniels
- Marcus Smythe … Cast, the Surgeon
- Don Perry … Cast, the Great Grand Dad
- Michael Waltman … Cast, the Reporter
- Ben Kronen … Cast, Mr. Galvao
- Bill Elliot … Cast, the Bandleader
- Shira Roth … Cast, Young Abigail
- Lynne Donahoe … Cast, Chloe
- Dean Marsico … Cast, the Photographer