Jerrold, Wheaton, California
We do not have any information on Roy Atwell other than what you can find on the Internet, and in J.B. Kaufman’s recent book on the making of Snow White. One website is www.royatwell.net. Atwell’s third wife, Ethel Smith, is not the same Ethel Smith (1910-1996) who played the organ in Disney’s Melody Time (“Blame …
See moreLouise, Orlando, Florida
The only thing I can think of is in 2003, there were television advertisements for Mickey’s PhilharMagic which featured Disney characters, including Aladdin and Jasmine, “jumping off” the screen. The Snow White and Pooh characters were not included.
See moreJoseph, Nevada City, California
This might seem like a strange answer, because the character is not that well known, but I would say the Horned King in The Black Cauldron. For years before that film came out, many Disney animated villains tended to be funny villains; one would tend to laugh at Captain Hook or Cruella De Vil or …
See moreBill, Windermere, Florida
There has been one DVD already, released in 2001: Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. Released in 2002 on VHS tape was Mickey’s House of Mouse: Villains. I know of no future plans.
See moreTerri, West Branch, Michigan
The earliest known Disney licensee making buttons was the Leo F. Phillips Co., Inc., of New York. They were licensed in 1937 to produce “novelty dress buttons made of catalin and/or other plastic materials.” Their license was canceled in 1939. We have one card of three Mickey Mouse buttons in the Walt Disney Archives.
See moreDavid, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Music Department at the Disney Studio maintains all the scores for the Disney films.
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The fondly remembered Monorail Café opened in 1986, taking the place of an earlier restaurant called simply the Coffee Shop/Coffee House. That earlier restaurant had opened in 1956.
See moreLeslie, Newbury Park, California
While this may not be an official tradition, some designers have wanted to honor the former attractions somewhere in the new ones. Besides the ones you cited, others at Disneyland have included (1) parts of the town of Rainbow Ridge from the Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland reused at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad; (2) the …
See moreBen, Atlanta, Georgia
Songs or medleys from all of these attractions are included in the latest Walt Disney World Official Album from 2007: Four Parks, One World—The Official Album of Walt Disney World. On the Musical History of Disneyland six-CD set (2005), complete ride-through soundtracks for Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Country Bear Jamboree, and Disneyland’s version …
See moreLaura, Dallas, Texas
There was no one with that title. Ken Sieling was personnel manager, a position he had held since 1953.
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