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 …

Todd, Locust, Virginia

According to Glenn Barker at Walt Disney Imagineering, all of these were recorded on “A” Stage, the large orchestra stage, at the Disney Studio in Burbank. The organ for “Grim Grinning Ghosts” was recorded on the 24-rank Robert Morton pipe organ at Whitney Recording Studio in Glendale, California.

Valerie, Mascotte, Florida

I have no details other than what is reported on the Internet—supposedly this took place on December 29, 1974. We have no idea which room it was.

Suzanne, Merritt Island, Florida

According to the publicity announcements of the Disneyland Dream Suite, it was simply based on designs by early Disney Imagineer Dorothea Redmond. The living room is in French Provincial style, reflecting the New Orleans setting. The two bedrooms are themed to 20th century innovation and the American frontier, and to the exotic flavor of jungle …

Teri, Anaheim, California

Very good question; it has been raised by many people. Perhaps Mickey is just there to depict Walt’s dreams of what is to come. Hollywood certainly did not change very much between 1923 and 1928 when Mickey was created.