Allen, San Francisco, California
Hayley did a television show entitled Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life in 1981, which was inspired by the book by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston of the same title. She is shown how the animators pick the right actors for the right voices. I remember this episode well because Hayley filmed part of it …
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Robert Laessig (1913-2010), who for years was known for his floral designs for greeting cards, during World War II served in the 13th Air Force Historical Section, creating 70 paintings depicting his unit in the war. You have an official Department of Defense photo of one of those paintings.
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The name of S. T. Kang is unfamiliar to me.
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The Mickey Mouse Talking Alarm Clock Choo-Choo was first made by Bradley in the 1970s or early 1980s. Bradley was first licensed by Disney in 1972. As I write this, there are several examples of the clock available on eBay.
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While the Walt Disney Archives does not have a color photograph of this insignia, they do have a list of the colors of each element on it. If that would be useful to you, contact them at Disney.Archives@disney.com.
See moreEmilie, Minneapolis, Minnesota
His full name was George Ransom Sherman, born September 30, 1928, and died August 3, 1974. When I met him in 1967, he was head of the Disney publications department. The Web page you are thinking of may be the one for the Disney Legends; it is still there.
See moreKeith, Saugus, California
Goliath II was released on two different DVDs, one entitled It’s a Small World of Fun, Volume 2 (2006), and the other is Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities (2005).
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There is no connection, other than that they were both created by Disney artists. Eagle Sam in America Sings was designed by Imagineer Marc Davis for the Disneyland attraction. A decade later, Bob Moore, an artist at the Disney Studio, designed Sam the Olympic Eagle for the 1984 Olympics.
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The Disney logo dates back to the early days of the company; Ralph Kent didn’t join the company until 1963. The logo is based on Walt Disney’s original signature, but we do not know which Disney artists turned the signature into the logo.
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This was most likely a foreign-produced toy. There were companies known as Y.C. Toys in both China and Japan.
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