By Justin Arthur Each Halloween, all manner of ghosts and ghouls assemble at The Walt Disney Studios lot for a spooktacular soiree, but this year, something new has materialized. For the first time, the Walt Disney Archives is presenting an immersive Halloween-themed exhibit exclusively for employees of The Walt Disney Company and their “loved ones.” …
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D23 is sorry to report that Disney Legend Jack Lindquist, longtime Disney Parks executive and the first person to serve as president of Disneyland, passed away on February 28, 2016, at his home in Anaheim, California. He was 88. “Jack Lindquist was a Disney original in every sense. He started his career as Disneyland’s first advertising …
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We are sorry to report that Disney Legend Al Konetzni, artist and character merchandising “idea man,” passed away in Bradenton, Florida, on February 8. He was 100 years old. Born May 19, 1915, in New York City—where he attended the Pratt Institute of Art—Konetzni joined Walt Disney Productions in 1953, working out of the Madison …
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When the new Tomorrowland was built in 1967, the company had no Archives, so the World Clock and other elements from the original land were not retained. The Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland locomotive that was displayed along the Rivers of America was saved and is being restored by the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society.
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The motion picture you cite is The Reluctant Dragon (1941). Robert Benchley is the actor bringing the book to the Studio, and he does indeed meet Walt at the end of the film, only to find that Disney has already made a film of the story. The cartoon segment about the dragon was also released …
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The television film, Chico the Misunderstood Coyote (1961), has never been released on videocassette or DVD, so it is currently unavailable.
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I do not know for sure, but since the prints of Three Little Pigs and Fantasia submitted to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress were sent in 2007 and 1990 respectively, I would guess that they are the revised prints, since the revisions had been made decades earlier. The original versions, however, …
See moreThe Walt Disney Archives has a large collection of Kem Weber’s designs. You can contact the Archives at Disney.Archives@disney.com.
See moreWe cannot add much to what you already know about Porter. After he was hired at Disney in 1936 as a publicity artist, he penciled and inked several of the Disney Sunday comic pages for newspapers (from 1937–40). With the coming of World War II, he designed insignias for over 1,000 military units.
See moreWe are unaware of any such appearance.
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