In 1950, Walt Disney gave a Christmas present to viewers across the nation in the form of his first television show ever, One Hour in Wonderland. Ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his lovable dummy creations, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, head to Walt’s Studio for a party with Walt and young Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of …
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In the Goofy cartoon short Hold That Pose, released on this day in 1950, Goofy takes a shot at photography. After heading to a bear exhibit at the local zoo to attempt to capture the critter on film, hairy—and hilarious—situations ensue. Goofy manages to anger the bruin and spends the remainder of the featurette trying …
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All Donald Duck wants to do is enjoy a pleasant day at the beach, but inadvertently he annoys a little bee who has the same plans, in the hilarious cartoon short Bee at the Beach, which flew into theaters on this day in 1950. The small-but-mighty bee seeks revenge on Donald and manages to do …
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On this day in 1950, that ravenous coyote Bent-Tail returned to the big screen in the Pluto cartoon short Camp Dog. While campers are away, Pluto has his hands, or paws, full trying to protect a campsite and thwart the food-stealing plans of the father/son coyote team. Bent-Tail, who appeared in a total of four …
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Who’s your favorite Disney cartoon character? Mickey Mouse? Jiminy Cricket? Ariel? Tiana? Bent-Tail? You do know Bent-Tail, don’t you? Perpetually hungry Bent-Tail and his son, Junior, tried to steal the hens that Pluto is guarding in the Pluto cartoon short Pests of the West, which first had audiences howling on this day in 1950. Bent-Tail, …
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With the success of his first True-Life Adventure, Seal Island, Walt Disney was chomping at the bit to produce a second reality featurette. That film, Beaver Valley, swam into theaters on this day in 1950, and here’s nothing but the “tooth” about the film. Beaver Valley tells the story of a two-year-old beaver who sets forth …
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Arr, me hearty. It belonger than a pirate’s life since Treasure Island first hit the magic screens landlubbers call a theater. It be tellin’ the tale of young Jim Hawkins, who be played by the young matey, Bobby Driscoll, who also be the voice of Disney’s lad, Peter Pan. The young Hawkins and friends travel …
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What do Mr. Walker, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Geef, Jacob Marley’s Ghost, and Dippy Dawg all have in common? They were all portrayed by Goofy! Over the years, the bumbling human dog took on various personalities and appearances. In the 1950s, for example, he appeared in several cartoons as Mr. Geef, with a wife and son, …
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Right from their first film together in 1947, Chip and Dale made life miserable for poor ol’ Donald Duck. In 1950’s Trailer Horn, the rascally rodents are feeling particularly pesky as they pick on Donald who’s just trying to spend some relaxing time in a trailer by the lake. Once again, the lyrics to Donald’s …
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On this day in 1950, it was love at first sight for Pluto in the cartoon short Pluto’s Heart Throb, when our lovable dog spots a cute canine, Dinah, and is struck by Cupid’s arrow. Well, in reality he is beaten over the head with the bow of the little dog cherub, who soon assists …
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