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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Marx, Louis, and Co. Licensee manufacturing Disney toys from 1936 to 1961, and then again beginning in 1968. Some of the more valuable Marx items are the windup or mechanical tin toys, usually sold under the LineMar trademark. The Disneykins, a series of over 100 tiny Disney character figures, were manufactured by Marx; they have …
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Martins and the Coys, The (film) Segment of Make Mine Music about two feuding families. Sung by the King’s Men. Re-released as a short on June 18, 1954.
See moreMartin, Strother (1919-1980) Actor; appeared in The Shaggy Dog (Thurm), and on television in The Boy and the Bronc Buster.
See moreMartin, Ross (1920-1981) Actor; appeared on television in Donovan’s Kid, Zorro, and Texas John Slaughter.
See moreMartin, Pete (1902-1980) He ghost-wrote Diane Disney Miller’s biography of her father.
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 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, 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 moreMarsupilami (television) Animated television series; airing on CBS beginning September 18, 1993, and ending August 27, 1994. Based on a popular European comic book character from the mid-1960s. Marsupilami, called Marsu, and his ape pal, Maurice, don’t go looking for trouble, but it usually finds them. Marsupilami segments had debuted earlier on Raw Toonage. Voices …
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