The words and music for “The History of Fairs” were written by Mel Leven. Leven had also written several songs for One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and worked with George Bruns on the music for Babes in Toyland.
See moreThe Walt Disney Archives appreciates your interest, but they already have thousands of photos taken each year at Disneyland.
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See moreThe first Three Caballeros recording was released on 78 rpm records in 1944 by Decca; that record was never released in LP format or CD. Disney’s own recording, released in 1959, was produced by Louis Oliveira in Brazil. But the soundtrack is unavailable separate from the film.
See moreThanks for your kind comments. There are no official names of the eras. From time to time for particular promotions, or DVD releases, a designation might be assigned. But for later promotions the name might change.
See moreThere is a Muppets archive in New York, which has original Muppets. The Walt Disney Archives has props and costumes from the two recent Muppet movies.
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The bust is of singer Thurl Ravenscroft; he had somewhat of a resemblance to Walt Disney.
See moreThere were props created to represent props used in particular episodes of The Twilight Zone series, but no original props were included. The fortune telling machine you saw was one of them.
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I know of no plans for a full-length Mickey Mouse film; Walt Disney had always thought that it would be hard for Mickey to sustain a complete feature. Regarding Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, you might be interested that now, for the first time, guests can meet the character at Tokyo DisneySea.
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With the release of Maleficent in 2014, there will have been 684 Disney theatrical features.
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