Gone in Sixty Seconds (film)

Gone in Sixty Seconds (film) Automobile aficionado Randall “Memphis” Raines is a car thief of legendary proportion. No fancy lock or alarm could stop him; your car would be there, and then suddenly gone in 60 seconds. For years Memphis eluded the law while boosting every make and model imaginable. When the heat became too …

Goliath II (film)

Goliath II (film) Special cartoon; released on January 21, 1960. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Golaith II, at eight, is still only five inches tall—to the shame of his father, Goliath I, giant of the jungle and king of the elephants. Little Goliath runs away and though he is rescued by his mother from Raja, the …

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (television)

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (television) A two-hour movie on The Wonderful World of Disney; airing on March 8, 1998. A spirited young woman, known as Fizzy, challenges both the social conventions of her time and nature’s harshest elements when she seeks her fortune in the turn-of-the-century Alaskan Gold Rush. Directed by John Power. …

Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (film)

Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (film) Laugh-O-gram film made by Walt in Kansas City in 1922.

Golf Resort, The

Golf Resort, The Golf hotel at Walt Disney World; opened in 1973, became The Disney Inn in 1986. See Disney Inn.

Goldwyn, Tony

Goldwyn, Tony Actor; appeared in Nixon (Harold Nixon) and provided the voice of the title character in Tarzan.

Golden Zephyr

Golden Zephyr Attraction at Paradise Gardens Park at Disney California Adventure, opened Feb. 8, 2001. This swing ride brings back visions of a retro-future with zeppelin-shaped 12-passenger stainless steel spaceships, suspended by cable from a rotating 85-foot tower.

Goldenson, Leonard H.

Goldenson, Leonard H. (1905-1999) Founder and former chairman of the board of ABC, Inc., Goldenson started with the organization in 1953 when he helped arrange the merger of United Paramount Theaters with the fledgling ABC (a failing collection of five television stations). He took a chance in 1954 by contracting for the first Disney television …

Golden Press

Golden Press Division of Western Publishing Co.; began publishing Little Golden Books and Big Golden Books featuring the Disney characters in 1948, and later added many other series. Some of the Golden Book titles went through dozens of printings, with millions of copies in circulation.

Golden Touch, The (film)

Golden Touch, The (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on March 22, 1935. Directed by Walt Disney himself, a task he thought would be easy but which he never again repeated. Greedy King Midas wants to amass more treasure, so a magical dwarf grants him the power to turn anything he touches to gold. To his …