Storybook Land Canal Boats Fantasyland attraction at Disneyland; opened June 16, 1956. Formerly Canal Boats of the World (1955). Boats cruise past miniature scenes from Disney movies, from the homes of the Three Pigs to Geppetto’s Village. Above on the hill is Cinderella Castle, with the pumpkin coach visible on its way up the winding …
See moreStorybook Theater In Fantasyland at Hong Kong Disneyland; opened on September 12, 2005, with “The Golden Mickeys.”
See moreStory of Menstruation, The (film) Educational film, made for International Cellucotton Co.; delivered on October 18, 1946. Through animation and diagrams, the film discusses the female reproductive organs and functions and follows development from babyhood to motherhood. A popular Disney film for girls in school for several decades.
See moreStoryboards Disney storyman Webb Smith is credited with coming up with the idea of storyboards in the early 1930s. These 4×8-foot boards had story sketches pinned up on them in order, and the Disney artists found it much easier to visualize a story this way than to read a script. Since the 1930s, storyboards as …
See moreStory of the Silly Symphony, The (television) Television show; aired on October 19, 1955. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Walt Disney provides a look at some of the Silly Symphony cartoons, while explaining how newly learned techniques were later used by his artists on the animated features.
See moreStory of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The (film) When King Richard the Lionhearted leaves England for the Crusades, his evil brother, Prince John, conspires for the throne with the Sheriff of Nottingham. But loyal Robin Hood and his followers defy them with the aid of Maid Marian, ward of King Richard, raising the …
See moreStory of the Animated Drawing, The (television) Television show; aired on November 30, 1955. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, William Beaudine. Walt discusses the history of animation, beginning with J. Stuart Blackton and his Humorous Phases of Funny Faces in 1906, and including Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay). Disney composer Oliver Wallace, who at one time …
See moreStory of Donald Duck, The Alternate title of The Donald Duck Story.
See moreStory of Dogs, A (television) Television show; aired on December 1, 1954. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, C. August Nichols, Robert Florey. A look behind the scenes at Lady and the Tramp, with information on the work of the animators, director, voice artists, background artists, inkers and painters, and camera operators, along with a group of …
See moreStormy; the Thoroughbred with an Inferiority Complex (film) Featurette; released on March 12, 1954. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. 46 min. Stormy, a handsome colt with a famous bloodline, is sold to a cattle ranch when he misses his chance to be a glamorous race horse, but soon he accepts and enjoys his new life. He …
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