Cindy, Hanford, California

I am pleased that you enjoyed visiting the Archives. For space reasons, I have been unable to include all musical groups in Disney A to Z. Billy Hill and the Hillbillies began appearing as atmosphere performers in Critter Country and Frontierland in May 1989. They then moved to the Golden Horseshoe on June 8, 1993, …

Marie, Brooklyn, New York

The Scarecrow of Oz long-playing record album, narrated by Ray Bolger who was the Scarecrow in the MGM film, was released by Walt Disney Records in 1965, but we do not know how many were made. It was a Storyteller Album, ST-3930. Years earlier, Disney had purchased the rights to most of the Oz books …

Lauren, San Jose, California

We have been unable to prove that Walt Disney was ever a guest at Hearst Castle.

Avi, Irvine, California

The filmmakers utilized the Studios’ main entrance on Buena Vista Street, the door into Stage A, and various shots around the exterior of the original Animation Building on Mickey Avenue, Dopey Drive, and Minnie Avenue.

Olly, Bristol, United Kingdom

No, I am afraid not. The company did not save job applications or offers.

Eric, San Diego, California

This is incorrect. Lillian Disney was not entitled to give or deny approval for Disney projects. The company had purchased the rights to the name and likeness of Walt Disney from the family more than a decade before her passing in 1997.

Avi, Irvine, California

Walt found out that when he started signing autographs at Disneyland, he got this huge crowd around him, and he was unable to get his work done. So he made a point of hand-signing pages from his notepads, and he would hand them out to guests on request. The signatures were authentic.

Larry Gould, Lincoln, California

At various times, Walt Disney had two different vacation homes at the Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs, California.

Jaimie, Chilliwack, British Columbia

Cutting continuities are prepared in a very limited edition for all films after they are completed. The continuities indicate the exact length of each scene, a description of the action, and any dialogue. They are used in many different departments at Disney, such as sound dubbing, foreign releases, selecting film clips for publicity, etc. Since …

Brian, Littleton, Massachusetts

Snow White’s eyes in the original film were brown. It is possible that in later uses—movie posters, books, merchandise, etc.—that she might sometimes have been given blue eyes.