Marvel Entertainment Disney announced an agreement on Aug. 31, 2009, to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a reported $4 billion deal. Marvel’s strong global brand includes a library of 5,000 characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor. Marvel CEO Isaac (Ike) Perlmutter will continue to oversee the brand. The …
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Mary Poppins (film) A magical English nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Banks, facing the park at No. 17, Cherry Tree Lane in London, to the delight of their young children, Jane and Michael. The proper English father is too preoccupied with his responsibility at the bank; the mother, …
See moreMartin, Pete (1902-1980) He ghost-wrote Diane Disney Miller’s biography of her father.
See moreMartin, Strother (1919-1980) Actor; appeared in The Shaggy Dog (Thurm), and on television in The Boy and the Bronc Buster.
See moreMartin, Steve Actor; appeared in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II (George Banks), A Simple Twist of Fate (Michael McCann), and Bringing Down the House (Peter Sanderson). In Father of the Bride, Martin’s character name was coincidentally the same as that of the father in Mary Poppins. Martin had as …
See moreMartin, Ross (1920-1981) Actor; appeared on television in Donovan’s Kid, Zorro, and Texas John Slaughter.
See moreMartha (film) “Song-o-reel” film made by Walt Disney for his Laugh-O-gram Films company in Kansas City in 1923. A filmed rendition of the song “Martha; Just a Plain Old-Fashioned Name” by Joe L. Sanders.
See moreMartin, Lucille (1922-2012) She began at Disney in the steno pool in 1964, and has the distinction of serving with Disney chief executives over four decades. She became one of Walt Disney’s two executive assistants shortly before his death. Later she served as Ron Miller’s executive secretary and Michael Eisner’s administrative assistant. In 1995, she …
See moreMartin, Bill (1917-2010) Designer; joined Disney in 1953 to aid in the design effort for Disneyland. He was associated with such attractions as Snow White’s Scary Adventures, Peter Pan’s Flight, Nature’s Wonderland, the Monorail, the Submarine Voyage, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Haunted Mansion. He was named vice president of design at WED Enterprises …
See moreMartin, Dewey Actor; appeared in Savage Sam (Lester White) and on television as Daniel Boone.
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