Q: Back in 1992, I visited The Walt Disney Story in the Opera House at Disneyland and was disappointed to discover that the original Oscar® given to Walt in 1932 for the creation of Mickey Mouse was no longer on display. A cast member told me then that Lillian Disney removed it as a response to the new R-rated movies being produced by the Disney Studios’ subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures. Is there any truth to this story?
Brad, Palmyra, Virginia
A: All of the awards won by Walt Disney were personally owned by Walt; they were turned over to the Disney family at their request in the mid-1980s and are now on display at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. The story about Lillian Disney’s role is untrue.
Dave Smith