Mohammad, Sacramento, California

That piece is “Kamennoi Ostrow” by Anton Rubinstein. Other works included in the cartoon are Schubert’s “Erl King,” Mendelssohn’s “Ruy Blas Overture” and “Wedding March,” Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,” Margis’ “Valse Bleue,” and Chopin’s “Funeral March.”

Michael, Bozeman, Montana

If you will write your questions to Disney.Archives@disney.com, they may be able to help you.

Robert, London, England

The Royal European Premiere of The Rescuers was held on October 13, 1977, at the Odeon Theatre, St. Martin’s Lane in London, in the presence of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. The premiere was a benefit for Girl Guides.

Olivia, Dallas, Texas

You can contact the Archives at Disney.archives@disney.com. (No original cels have been lost in fires at the Disney Studio. The early cels were not kept because they were on unstable nitrate cellulose material.)

Steven, Horsham, England

Cy Young’s only mention on the animation draft for Bambi is sequence 12.1, scene 37.3 (ducks on pond take off).

Stephane, Sterling, Virginia

The composer of the score for How to Swim is Disney staffer Paul Smith. Besides his own compositions, he also used three other pieces of music in the cartoon; while I am not sure where these appeared in the film, they were, in this order, “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep” (by Joseph Knight), …

Shawn, Highland, California

Walt did not produce any animated promotional films for a Manhattan fire-suppression project in 1928. At that time in his career, losing Oswald and starting with Mickey Mouse, he had no time for outside projects.

Shae, Texas

You may be thinking of The Gnome-Mobile (1967). Walter Brennan was the grandfather, and the two kids from Mary Poppins played his grandchildren. In the redwood forests of California, while riding in an old Rolls Royce, they encountered a colony of gnomes who were living there. The movie was in color, but perhaps you saw …

Sean, Huntersville, North Carolina

Phil Harris has not been named a Disney Legend.

Salvador, Oxnard, California

None of the actresses who did the voices of the elephants in Dumbo had also voiced Minnie Mouse. The uncredited actresses were Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, and Sarah Selby. Felton played the elephant known as Matriarch, Gammill was Fidgity, Scott was Giddy, and Selby was Prissy… and good luck to anyone who knows …