John, Orlando, Florida

Aronsen, a Norwegian artist, had joined the staff of the Disney Studio in August 1955 as an apprentice inbetweener, but his art talent caught the eye of artist Bruce Bushman, who moved him to the Art Department, where he designed most of the original Disneyland park attraction posters. He left Disney in 1958, and passed …

Jaimie, Chilliwack, British Columbia

Walt Disney created WED Enterprises in 1952 to handle his family’s interests, at first primarily in designing and creating Disneyland. Walt Disney Productions purchased WED from Walt in 1965, and at that time Walt created Retlaw (Walter spelled backwards) Enterprises to continue handling his family’s interests. (WED was renamed Walt Disney Imagineering in 1986.) Back …

Tom, Fairview, Tennessee

Thank you for your suggestion; I shall pass it along.

Jenna, Madison, Wisconsin

The early films you cited did not have written scripts; the artists simply worked from storyboards. The Frozen script is on line.

Denise, Los Angeles, California

Photographs from Walt’s trip to South America are published in JB Kaufman’s book, South of the Border With Disney, and used in the 2008 film documentary, Walt & El Grupo.

Alex, Denver, Colorado

The Walt Disney Archives does not maintain musical scores for the films. They are instead kept by the Company’s Music Department, whom you could try contacting directly.

Mackenzie, New Haven, Connecticut

Unfortunately, the Walt Disney Archives is not open for research by college students.

Caleb, Foresthill, California

Walt joined a Boy Scout troop in 1914 formed from Sunday school classes in the Congregational church that the family attended in Kansas City, Missouri. He was not in the troop very long, reaching only the Tenderfoot level, but he maintained a great respect for the Boy Scouts throughout his lifetime.

Arthur, Mexico City, Federal District

There should be film negatives, including the original title frames for all of the Disney cartoons in the Disney vaults, though I am aware that sometimes when a film was rereleased (such as by a different distributor), changes were made. I would hope that the original title frame was saved when the revised one replaced …

Tim, Memphis, Tennessee

There have been hundreds of different cast nametags since they were first introduced in 1962. The shape has varied, depending on the needs and desires of the individual unit. I assume the Parks’ “bubble” at the top of the nametag provided a space for the cast member to place a years-of-service pin. Wearing a nametag …