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Ted Sears has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · Movie · Writer
Top 9%Disney+ · Included

Sleeping Beauty
1959 · Movie · Writer
Top 17%Disney+ · Included

Cinderella
1950 · Movie · Writer
Top 19%Disney+ · Included

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 · Movie · Writer
Top 20%Disney+ · Included

Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Movie · Writer
Top 50%Disney+ · Included

Peter Pan
1953 · Movie · Writer
Top 50%Disney+ · Included

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Dir. David Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Wilfred Jackson · With Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
Dir. Clyde Geronimi · With Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson · With Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.
Dir. Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Jack Kinney · With Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore

On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske · With Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske · With Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried
The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".
Dir. Burt Gillett · With Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
Dir. Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske · With Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
Dir. Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, William Morgan · With Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.
Dir. Norman Ferguson, Bill Roberts, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Harold Young · With Clarence Nash, Sterling Holloway, Joaquin Garay
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.
Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Norman Ferguson · With Fred Shields, Zé Carioca, Pinto Colvig
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