Myk, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Goofy was created as a human-type character (he wears clothes, walks upright, etc.), while Pluto was created simply as a dog.

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Ed, Sao Paulo, SP-Brazil

Primitive Pete was a character created by Disney for a General Motors training film entitled The ABC of Hand Tools. Pete was supposedly the caveman who first figured how to make a hand tool out of a stick and a rock. The film was delivered to General Motors in 1946, and was used by them …

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Anthony, Mandeville, Louisiana

No, despite rumors on the Internet, Walt Disney was not dyslexic.

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John, Orlando, Florida

Aronsen, a Norwegian artist, had joined the staff of the Disney Studio in August 1955 as an apprentice inbetweener, but his art talent caught the eye of artist Bruce Bushman, who moved him to the Art Department, where he designed most of the original Disneyland park attraction posters. He left Disney in 1958, and passed …

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Jaimie, Chilliwack, British Columbia

Walt Disney created WED Enterprises in 1952 to handle his family’s interests, at first primarily in designing and creating Disneyland. Walt Disney Productions purchased WED from Walt in 1965, and at that time Walt created Retlaw (Walter spelled backwards) Enterprises to continue handling his family’s interests. (WED was renamed Walt Disney Imagineering in 1986.) Back …

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Tom, Fairview, Tennessee

Thank you for your suggestion; I shall pass it along.

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Jenna, Madison, Wisconsin

The early films you cited did not have written scripts; the artists simply worked from storyboards. The Frozen script is on line.

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Denise, Los Angeles, California

Photographs from Walt’s trip to South America are published in JB Kaufman’s book, South of the Border With Disney, and used in the 2008 film documentary, Walt & El Grupo.

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