Q: In Saving Mr. Banks, when P.L. Travers goes to Disneyland with Walt Disney, Walt is met by a group of fans wanting autographs. But instead of hand-signing everything for them, he hands out pieces of paper with his autograph already on them. Did Walt really do that and if so, were they authentic signatures?
Avi, Irvine, California
A: Walt found out that when he started signing autographs at Disneyland, he got this huge crowd around him, and he was unable to get his work done. So he made a point of hand-signing pages from his notepads, and he would hand them out to guests on request. The signatures were authentic.
Dave Smith