This is a shortened version of a Disney cartoon, possibly Orphan’s Benefit (1934), in which Donald is forcibly removed from a stage by a hook. These shortened films were retitled and released by Hollywood Film Enterprises for use on home projectors; they are not rare. As I write this, a print of Getting the Hook …
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No, he did not take her to the park; her escort was Bill Dover, head of the Disney Studio’s Story Department.
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The white gloves were added to Mickey’s hands in When the Cat’s Away (1929), the film made after The Opry House. John Grant, in his Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters, quotes Walt Disney as saying, “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands, because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave …
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Ward Greene, the author of the story which was published just before the film came out, only says “there lived in a white and green house on a pleasant street a cocker spaniel named Lady.” The filmmakers probably just decided to make the American town very generic from an era “not so long ago but …
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Albert Hurter was a sketch artist, who was constantly drawing, sketching, and doodling, so it is possible that there are drawings of his out there. As a tribute to Hurter after he died, Disney artists compiled a book of his drawings, entitled He Drew as He Pleased (Simon & Schuster, 1948). There is also some …
See moreI am unaware of any such appearances, though Walt did filmed TV interviews with Fletcher Markle of the Canadian Broadcasting Co., and Bob Wright of KNBC (Los Angeles). Video or transcripts of scripts are available on the Internet.
See moreThe classic Mustangs were indeed given, one each at four Grad Nites in 1964 (June 11, 12, 18, 19) and 1965 (June 11, 16, 17, 18). The winners’ names were not mentioned in Disneyland press releases, nor in the newspaper clippings about the events. One release in 1965 mentioned the prize being a gold and …
See moreDebby Boone performed in “Night of Joy” at Disneyland on April 13, 1984; she also did a two-night “Night of Joy” at Walt Disney World in September of that year. There are no accurate Disneyland performer indexes, so I was unable to find any Boone performances in the 1970s.
See moreIf you haven’t done so, you should check the Imagineering website, which should answer many of your questions: wdi.disneycareers.com. Walt Disney Imagineering certainly employs mechanical engineers, but I am unaware which colleges have produced most of them. Engineers are also hired by the Disney parks.
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Even before the New York fair, in 1958, Walt Disney had produced America the Beautiful in CircleVision, to be shown at the Brussels World’s Fair. But after doing the four shows for the 1964–65 fair, Walt decided to build his park in Florida, so he had no time for outside work for world’s fairs. However, …
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