Brad, Palmyra, Virginia
That is incorrect. The awards presented to Walt Disney personally were always deemed his private property. As part of a 1984 agreement whereby the Disney Company gained the exclusive rights to the Walt Disney name and image, the awards and other Walt Disney property were returned to the family. This was two years before Down …
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Avi, Irvine, California
As early at 1932, Walt Disney was considering Alice in Wonderland and Bambi for features. In fact, Alice would have been partially live-action and partially animated, and Mary Pickford was anxious to play the role. Walt settled on Snow White as his first feature in 1933.
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Avi, Irvine, California
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The New Century Clock Shop was located on Main Street, U.S.A. at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom from 1971 to 1986. There were similarly named shops at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland.
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The only information that the Walt Disney Archives has on Frederick H. Rice is that he was employed in the animation effects department at the Disney Studio from February 1940 to September 1941.
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The TV show you saw was The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (1959). It was released as bonus material on the 2003 Special Edition DVD of Sleeping Beauty.
See moreMegan, Summerville, Georgia
Walt Disney was raised in the Congregational Church. He was never a Mason, but was in DeMolay briefly as a teenager.
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The only song I recall hearing about is “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins. That film’s soundtrack might have also been his favorite.
See moreKenny, Lithonia, Georgia
EPCOT was indeed Walt Disney’s pet project and after he died, Disney executives were unsure of what to do about the project. Walt had been unable to refine his ideas. When the executives began studying Walt’s ideas of a community where people would actually live and work, questions arose as to possible problems with trying …
See moreScott, Anaheim, California
We have nothing other than the statement in Bob Thomas’ book. Bob probably got the story from one of the many people he interviewed.
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