Meg, College Station, Texas

The Walt Disney Archives uses Filemaker Pro as a general database program, though other specialized software has been used for particular areas such as museum objects and photographs.

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Rebecca, Saint Joseph, Michigan

According to an article in the March 1931 issue of Modern Mechanix, the 16mm Kodatoy projector, made by Eastman Kodak, was “recently introduced.” It was during this same period that Disney licensed Hollywood Film Enterprises to release shortened versions of its cartoons for home movie use. The projector itself is unrelated to Disney. The projector …

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Avi, Irvine, California

There have been 14 songs which have won Oscars for Disney: “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Under the Sea,” “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man),” “Beauty and the Beast,” “A Whole New World,” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” “Colors of the Wind,” “You Must Love Me,” “You’ll …

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Still of giant blue genie appearing to Aladdin in a cave in scene from animated feature, Aladdin

Taylor, Hillsboro, Oregon

Several of Robin’s lines were ad-libbed, as he was eventually given creative freedom from the production team to “let loose” to see where he could “take” the character (partially in order to get a better performance from him). His mannerisms and ad-libs helped to form the version of the character that we see on the …

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William, Fountain Valley, California

There was an Art Gallery and Photo Studio on Main Street, U.S.A. from 1955 to 1959, offering, beginning in 1957, plywood cut-out flats behind which you could pose. Then the operation moved to Tomorrowland, from 1959 to 1967, first known there as Photo Gallery, then Fun Fotos. One paid a dollar for a black and …

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Will, Salt Lake City, Utah

None of the Von Drake TV episodes have been released on DVD, but the featurette, A Symposium on Popular Songs, in which he starred, was made available on the Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities DVD set.

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