The Academy Award® winning cartoon short Ferdinand the Bull, released on this day in 1938, was based on the story by Munro Leaf and illustrations by Robert Lawson. When the character of Ferdinand the Bull needed a voice in Disney’s cartoon version of the story, Walt Disney took the bull by the horns and voiced …
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Donald’s Golf Game, released on this day in 1938, knocks out more antics with Donald Duck, the leader of the club… the golf club, that is. When everybody’s favorite birdie sets out for a nice relaxing game of golf, his rascally nephews set out to have their own fun. In fact, the less-than-angelic trio is …
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On this day in 1938, with a baa and a moo and a cock-a-doodle-doo, all the animals on the farm first went about their day while contributing to Farmyard Symphony‘s beautiful musical score. In the 1930s, Good Housekeeping magazine had a monthly page of Disney illustrations, often related to a recent Disney animated release. For …
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Hear ye! Hear ye! The brave tailor Mickey Mouse has announced that he has killed seven giants! This is great news to the townspeople as they were just trying to decide how to conquer the giant in Brave Little Tailor, released on this day in 1938. It turns out that it was a misunderstanding. It …
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In Mickey’s Parrot, a talking parrot shows up at the home of Mickey Mouse and Pluto just as the two hear a radio report of an escaped killer. Hearing the parrot’s voice, the dashing duo assumes it is the criminal’s voice they are hearing. It isn’t until the cartoon ends that they realize it was …
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After the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney likely whistled while he worked at the Hyperion Studio where the film was made, but also realized that more space was needed to increase production. With the profits from the film’s success, and perhaps with a Heigh Ho, on this day in 1938, …
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With Mickey, Donald, and Goofy at sea aboard a whaling ship, hilarious monstrous mishaps are a certainty. Just a year and a half before Pinocchio and Geppetto found themselves inside a whale, Donald and Goofy beat them to it, ending up there when harpooning attempts went awry in the cartoon short The Whalers, which dove …
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Over one hundred years ago the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated, bringing together enthusiastic boys and patient, even-tempered men who, through clear thinking and mature decision making, would guide the boys toward the best possible outcome of any situation, particularly on campouts. Nevertheless, it is Donald Duck who supervises his troop of nephews on …
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On this day in 1938, actress Luana Patten was born. It’s the truth! It’s actual! And her first starring role was in Walt Disney’s Song of the South, where she got to sing “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” with co-star Bobby Driscoll. Luana’s movie career soared like Mr. Bluebird after that, and included a number of Disney films such …
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Walt Disney had been winning the hearts of Americans for more than a decade before Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, but with that film’s success the country wanted to reward him. On this day in 1938, Walt was awarded his first honorary degree, a Master of Science degree from the University of …
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