Louis, Rego Park, New York

That episode of the old Disney radio show aired on the NBC radio network on February 27, 1938. That would make it a dozen years before we made our Cinderella feature film. We do not have voice credits for that episode, but there have been Internet postings noting that Verna Felton was the Fairy Godmother.

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James, Westport, Connecticut

You can write directly to the D23 team here.

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Louise, Laguna Niguel, California

The only Donald Duck giveaway coin at Disneyland that I can think of was released during the park’s 45th anniversary celebration in 2000. There was a Character of the Month Collector’s Coin, and Donald Duck was in July. The coins sold for $12, or were free with a $50 purchase in the Disneyana Shop or …

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Jeremiah, Fairfax, Virginia

While written by Lacerda (1903-1958) and licensed by Disney, it was developed by Charles Wolcott and Lacerda was uncredited. The piece appears at the end of the Baia train sequence and just before the “Os Quindins de Ya-Ya” sequence. A pandeiro is a Brazilian version of a tambourine.

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Annette, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

This poem was created by the Disney story team for our 1954 cartoon, based on the well-known story by Ellis Parker Butler. It was indeed published in the Golden Press book, Walt Disney’s Story Land, first published in 1961 and kept in print into the 1990s.

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Cathy Sherman Freeman, Ashland, Oregon

George Sherman was a favorite of mine, and one of my first contacts at Disney back in the 1960s. I would love to read your book—you can send it to me in care of the Walt Disney Archives, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-3040.

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Larry, Walker, Louisiana

The exact details on the fireworks at Disneyland have not been released, but we know that in the 1970s and 1980s, there were 200-220 shells in each show, and these days, starting in 2000 with the Believe…There’s Magic in the Stars show, there are more.

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David, Burbank, California

Since those early auctions, the Walt Disney Archives started saving all the important, distinctive costumes and patches, so it is doubtful that any will come on the auction market.

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Jerri, Upland, California

While Disney designed some 1,200 insignia for military units during World War II, there is no record that we ever designed one for the 364th Fighter Squadron. Insignia were also designed by a number of other animation studios, and some units designed their own. There are color pictures of the insignia, which featured a crow …

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