Liza Marie, Brooklyn, New York
Yes, Disney Dollars are still in use. In fact, there are some new ones recently released for 2013.
See moreBracken, Salt Lake City, Utah
I did not find Fitzell credited on a Disney film.
See moreRobert, Ontario, California
No, this Emmy Award-winning television show has never been released on DVD or videocassette.
See moreVita, Deltona, Florida
This is probably a new title given to a segment of a Disney cartoon, which was released for home viewing on 8 mm and 16 mm by Hollywood Film Enterprises. It would not have been drawn by Walt and has little or no collector value.
See moreMary, Havana, Florida
Your particular figurine is not familiar to me, but with that particular copyright notice, it would date between 1971 and 1987, the years that the Florida Citrus Growers sponsored the Sunshine Pavilion at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. During that period, Orange Bird merchandise could be found at various citrus stands off the Florida …
See moreJulie, Orlando, Florida
The icicle lights were added on Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in 2007, and they have been a great success ever since. They had actually debuted earlier on Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Disneyland Paris.
See moreAvi, Irvine, California
Yes, Walt was a perfectionist, and that did indeed make him difficult for some artists to work with. (I always laugh at a statement Walt himself made regarding Fantasia:“I always thought I was the perfectionist until I met Stokowski.”) The impression I get is that you needed to know how to work with Walt. For …
See moreLeslie, Los Angeles, California
The Studio never leased the cottages for offices, but some of the Disney artists—namely Ham Luske, Dick Lundy, Fred Moore, Herman Schultheis, and Lee Morehouse—rented living space there since the cottages were so close to the Hyperion Studio.
See moreCharles, Williamsburg, Virginia
I do not know what happened to the Orr collection. Both of the authors of the 1995 book—David Mumford and Bruce Gordon—have passed away. The Walt Disney Archives does have a very large collection of Disney park postcards. The Archives is not open to the public, but if you have specific questions, they can try …
See moreShelley, Butler, Georgia
Disney did not produce them. They were produced in Japan during the 1930s under a license granted by Disney to the George Borgfeldt Company of New York City. There were several hundred different figurines of Disney characters, primarily Mickey, Minnie, and Donald. The Minnie you have is actually holding a nurse’s kit, with Mickey holding …
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