Q: I recently found out that an edited version of The Three Caballeros was paired up as a double feature rerelease with the 1968 Dick Van Dyke vehicle Never a Dull Moment in the ‘70’s. I believe that there was also a double feature rerelease of One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Swiss Family Robinson in the late ‘60s, or at least one of those with another film from around that period. Do you know of many other double feature rereleases Disney has done besides these and the 3D screenings of the first two Toy Story films before the third film came out?
Bobo, Melbourne, Florida
A: There have been a number of double feature rereleases, such as Dumbo/Saludos Amigos (1949), The Shaggy Dog/The Absent-Minded Professor (1967), The Living Desert/The Vanishing Prairie (1971), Dumbo/The Legend of Lobo (1972), One Hundred and One Dalmatians/Swiss Family Robinson (1972) Old Yeller/The Incredible Journey (1974), Treasure Island/Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow (1975), Never a Dull Moment/The Three Caballeros (1977), and The Jungle Book/The Sign of Zorro (1978). As you will notice, many of these came in the 1970s, when the company was not making a lot of new movies. During the days that theaters regularly showed double features, Disney would often release a reissue as a companion to a new feature.
Dave Smith