Jonathon, Westlake Village, California
Ruth Ivener worked with Kay Kamen handling Disney merchandise licensing in New York in the 1930s and 1940s, but I do not offhand recall a photo of her.
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Fire on Kelly Mountain was released on a Wonderful World of Disney VHS video cassette in 1986, with a reissue in 1995, but it has not been available since. A Fire Called Jeremiah has not been released on VHS or DVD.
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I do not know the exact location of the plantation, but sources note that filming took place in Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia. The film credits say Queensland, but I am unaware of the reason for this inconsistency.
See moreMarcia, Sanger, Texas
Normally, unused footage from a film this old would not have been retained, except for generic, stock footage (i.e. scenery), which might be used in a later film. Three actors credited with playing riders are Kurt Jager, Olaf Tschierschke, and Harry Hornisch. We have no information on the uniforms, other than knowing that Viennese costume …
See moreluzie, Oberursel, Germany
We did a television film entitled Greta, the Misfit Greyhound in 1963. Here is the summary from my Disney A to Z encyclopedia.
See moreJohn, Scottsdale, Arizona
Alkali Ike Mickey is a shortened version of Two-Gun Mickey (1934) and Donald Gets Ducked is a shortened version of On Ice (1935). These abridged film versions were made for use with home projectors, and have little or no value today because the full films have been made available on DVD.
See moreMichael, San Leandro, California
We are unaware of any such trip.
See moreEury, Groton, CT
Disney designed over 1,200 insignias for various military units (including submarines) during World War II. One book which pictures many of them is Donald Dons Dogtags (1992); perhaps you will be able to find a copy. There have not been any books that have published illustrations of all of the Disney-designed insignias.
See moreCurdin, Chur, Switzerland
Ernst Heiniger was the cinematographer for the Disney documentary, Grand Canyon (1958), as well as three films in the People and Places series—Ama Girls, Switzerland (1955), and Japan (1960)—and the CircleVision film, The Magic of the Rails, made for the Swiss Federal Railways in 1965. Disney never made a film based on A Bell for …
See moreChase, Pickering, Ontario
In the 1950s, Disneyland sold a porcelain ashtray featuring Sleeping Beauty Castle; in a 1959 Disneyland mail order catalog it is offered for 69 cents. If the ashtray shows Cinderella Castle, it would be from Walt Disney World.
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