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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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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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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Here’s a This Day in Disney you can sink your teeth into. It’s the return of the perpetually hungry coyote Bent-Tail in the Pluto cartoon short Sheep Dog, released on this day in 1949. Bent-Tail first attempted to capture Pluto’s guarded sheep in the 1945 film The Legend of Coyote Rock, the first of four …
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When Disney Legend Kay Kamen signed a contract with Walt and Roy Disney to join the Company in 1932, he became the exclusive licensing representative of the untapped world of Disney character merchandise. With prior sales experience of properties such as the Our Gang comedy shorts, Kay helped start the licensing of Disney’s characters, whose …
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Elderly and lovable Bootle Beetle narrates the tale of The Greener Yard, the Donald Duck cartoon short that crawled into theaters on this day in 1949. Starting out cooking dinner for his son, the younger beetle just wasn’t in the mood for “bean” for dinner and was hoping for a tastier meal. The elder beetle …
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It was on this day in 1949 that movie theaters first served the Goofy cartoon short Tennis Racquet. Throughout the years, Goofy has been depicted in many styles and sporting different looks, including the married Mr. Geef. Tennis Racquet featured a brown, earless version of Goofy as announcer, spectators, players and the maintenance man. The …
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Chip and Dale always seem to “fowl” up Donald Duck’s plans, and in Winter Storage they continue to succeed. Deciding they need to store food in preparation for the cold winter, Donald’s stash of acorns for seeding seems like the perfect source. Although this is a Donald Duck cartoon short, the chipmunks even seem to …
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