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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Listing Of Legends By Year

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Disney Legends

Legends News In Memoriam Listing Of Legends A to Z By Year Walt Disney once said, “You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world… but it requires people to make the dream a reality.” The Legends are chosen by a selection committee, formerly appointed and chaired by the late …

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Walt Disney quote about technology

By nature I’m…

Walt Disney Quote: “By nature I’m an experimenter. To this day, I don’t believe in sequels. I can’t follow popular cycles. I have to move on to new things. So with the success of Mickey, I was determined to diversify.” -Walt Disney

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In this volatile…

“In this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” -Walt Disney

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The only problem…

“The only problem with anything of tomorrow is that at the pace we’re going right now, tomorrow would catch up with us before we got it built.” -Walt Disney

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