On Saturday, August 20, 2016, nearly 400 D23 Members and more than a dozen presenters—including Disney Legends, voice actors, archivists, filmmakers, and historians—gathered at The Walt Disney Studios to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1941 live-action film The Reluctant Dragon. Starring humorist Robert Benchley and featuring a variety of Hollywood actors and Disney Studio …
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In 1964, Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins flew into theaters, smashing Disney Studio records and becoming an instant classic. Join Disney artist and historian Stacia Martin and Disney Legend Tony Baxter to discover how Walt and his staff employed nearly every skill they had learned in filmmaking to produce this crowning achievement.
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We’re asking Disney photographers from around the world for their best tips and tricks in our new series, Get the Picture. From what time of day to shoot Cinderella Castle to interesting angles at Castaway Cay, learn how to create picture-perfect moments wherever you are! In this edition, we asked Walt Disney Archives Photo Editor …
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See Disney’s The Jungle Book in Select IMAX Locations—For a Limited Time! Lookin’ for those “bare necessities” once again? You’re in luck! Disney’s The Jungle Book—director Jon Favreau’s amazing live-action reimagining of the Disney animated classic—is back, but only for a limited time! The movie will be returning to select IMAX locations across the country …
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By Beth Deitchman A “swinging safari that will amuse the young and old.” That was how Disney’s 1967 animated musical, The Jungle Book—the last animated feature to be personally supervised by Walt Disney—was described by Mrs. Reese Hale Taylor, president of the Los Angeles Zoo Association, in a letter inviting friends and zoo supporters to …
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See why composer John Debney was the perfect composer for Disney’s The Jungle Book.
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By Greg Ehrbar When the Walt Disney Archives restored Walt’s office at the Walt Disney Studios earlier this year, they placed every available item just as Walt left it 1966 (thanks to Dave Smith’s meticulous documentation). In his private office, on a shelf to what would be Walt’s right, is a selection of vinyl LP …
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By Greg Ehrbar Aglow with idyllic charm suggesting the “Shipoopi” bandstand in The Music Man, Carnation Plaza Gardens brought a variety of joyous entertainment to Disneyland park beginning in 1956. We asked Tim O’Day about the beloved location, since he was a Stage Manager there as a young Cast Member, as well as a PR …
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By Courtney Potter Main Street Electrical Parade Returns to Disneyland for a Limited Time! Look! See there? Those twinkling lights on the horizon? They’re not a mirage… They’re part of the truly legendary, positively world-renowned Main Street Electrical Parade, which is returning to Disneyland park early next year! It’s been two decades since the parade …
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Disney Legend Richard Sherman tells the story behind “I Wan’na Be like You,” one of the iconic songs from the Disney classic, The Jungle Book.
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