Jared, Terre Haute, Indiana
According to designer Albert Lozano, “If you were to blend Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Howard Hughes, and Walt Disney into one heroic 1930s man” you would come up with Charles Muntz. I have never heard that the name was based on Charles Mintz.
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There have been many Disney-licensed charm bracelets through the years, so it is fairly difficult to identify any particular one. You can often get an approximate date by discerning which is the most recent character on the bracelet.
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The rumor is untrue. It may have started way back in 1939 when Shirley Temple presented a special Academy Award to Walt Disney in honor of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In her speech she called Walt, “…the daddy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mickey Mouse, Ferdinand, and all the others…” But …
See moreJon, Laguna Hills, California
Disneyland has had a restaurant featuring Mexican food almost from the beginning. The Casa de Fritos (sponsored by Fritos) opened in August 1955 in a site near the current River Belle Terrace, but in 1957 it moved to its present site. It was renamed Casa Mexicana in 1982 and closed in 1999 to make way …
See morePaul, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
It is difficult to compare the price of Disney stock through the years because it has had stock splits in 1956, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1986, and 1992. When it was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 12, 1957, the opening price was 14 7/8. In 1965, the price ranged from 44 …
See moreAvi, Irvine, California
Disney holds dozens of patents for inventions its staff members have come up with—such as the multiplane camera and Disney park ride vehicles.
See moreGabriel, Miami, Florida
Great numbers of the souvenir books were sold, so it would not have much collectible value. I see several copies offered on eBay for under $10. The Archives already has several copies, but thanks for thinking of us.
See moreMichael, Fredericksburg, Virginia
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is actually a shortened version (for home use) of the theatrical cartoon Mickey’s Mellerdrammer. Hollywood Film Enterprises released such home versions of the Disney cartoons on 8mm and 16mm, usually with new titles. All the cartoons have now been released on DVD, in their complete form, so these early films have little …
See moreMary, Torrance, California
You are perhaps thinking of The Cookie Carnival (Silly Symphony, 1935). It was released on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD, vol. 3: Silly Symphonies.
See moreJean, Auburn, California
It would seem like you have checked all the obvious sources. The Disney Archives does have a collection of newspaper clippings about Disneyland, but would need a more accurate date and school name in order to know where to look.
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