Krista, Hillsboro, Oregon
There have, up to now, been four people who were the official voices of Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney was the first (1928-1946), followed by Jim Macdonald (1946-1977), Wayne Allwine (1977-2009), and Bret Iwan (2009- ). Additionally, composer Carl Stalling did Mickey’s voice in a few early cartoons when Walt was busy.
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There are usually legal barriers to releasing Broadway shows on DVD. It would depend on how the original contracts were drawn up. I know of no plans for a release.
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Ducktales: the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp was released on DVD as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive in 2006; copies are currently available on eBay. It had earlier been released on VHS and laserdisc in 1991.
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Marc Davis was the artist who developed and refined the character of Tinker Bell; Margaret Kerry was the actress who modeled for him. Marc was not the first to draw the character—other artists, including Bianca Majolie, were doing concept work on her by the early 1940s.
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According to designer Albert Lozano, “If you were to blend Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Howard Hughes, and Walt Disney into one heroic 1930s man” you would come up with Charles Muntz. I have never heard that the name was based on Charles Mintz.
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There have been many Disney-licensed charm bracelets through the years, so it is fairly difficult to identify any particular one. You can often get an approximate date by discerning which is the most recent character on the bracelet.
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The rumor is untrue. It may have started way back in 1939 when Shirley Temple presented a special Academy Award to Walt Disney in honor of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In her speech she called Walt, “…the daddy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mickey Mouse, Ferdinand, and all the others…” But …
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Disneyland has had a restaurant featuring Mexican food almost from the beginning. The Casa de Fritos (sponsored by Fritos) opened in August 1955 in a site near the current River Belle Terrace, but in 1957 it moved to its present site. It was renamed Casa Mexicana in 1982 and closed in 1999 to make way …
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It is difficult to compare the price of Disney stock through the years because it has had stock splits in 1956, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1986, and 1992. When it was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 12, 1957, the opening price was 14 7/8. In 1965, the price ranged from 44 …
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Disney holds dozens of patents for inventions its staff members have come up with—such as the multiplane camera and Disney park ride vehicles.
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