Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Main Street attraction at Disneyland, opened on July 18, 1965, featuring an Audio-Animatronics Abraham Lincoln reciting excerpts from several of his speeches. Succeeded the State of Illinois attraction at the New York World’s Fair (1964-1965). Closed on January 1, 1973 so the Walt Disney Story could take its place, but …
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See moreGreat Locomotive Chase, The (film) On April 22, 1862, a party of 22 Union spies stole a train from right under the noses of 4,000 Confederate troops near Atlanta, Georgia, and began a race that might have brought an early end to the Civil War had it succeeded. Intrepid Confederates, led by the train’s conductor, …
See moreGreat Guns (film) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon; released on October 17, 1927.
See moreGreat Expectations (television) Adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic, airing in three parts as a Disney Channel Premiere Film. Set in the Victorian era, the story follows the fortunes of Pip from his meeting with a convict, Magwitch, to his early adulthood. Thanks to a mysterious benefactor, Pip becomes a young man with “great expectations”—a gentleman …
See moreGreat Moments in Disney Animation (television) Television show; aired on January 18, 1987. Directed by Andrew Solt. Carol Burnett hosts this look at some of the finer moments of Disney animation.
See moreGreat American Cowboy, The (film) Documentary film directed and produced by Kieth Merrill in 1973 for which Disney later acquired distribution rights. Disney produced an educational film version in 1980 and released the entire film on video in 1986. The documentary details the yearlong quest of veteran rodeo cowboy Larry Mahan and his new superstar …
See moreGreat Cat Family, The (television) Television show; aired on September 19, 1956. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Tells the history of cats from the days of the Egyptians to the present, and shows how they have been used in Disney films.
See moreGraves, Michael (1934-2014) Architect; designed the Team Disney Building at the Disney Studio in Burbank, a building noted for huge statues of the Seven Dwarfs holding up the roof. He also designed the Swan and Dolphin Hotels at Walt Disney World and the Hotel New York at Disneyland Paris, as well as some merchandise items.
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Gravity Falls (television) Animated series premiering on Disney Channel on June 15, 2012. Twin brother and sister, Dipper and Mabel Pines, are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer with their great uncle Stan in the weird town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Upon their arrival, Dipper and Mabel’s huckster great uncle, also …
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