Fred, Placentia, California

The room is still used for its original purpose, though the technology has indeed changed.

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Georgia, Chicago, Illinois

My guesses as to the most significant events in Walt Disney’s life would be his travel to France with the Red Cross in 1918, his trip to California in 1923 to start his company, his marriage to Lillian Bounds and the birth of his two daughters, the creation of Mickey Mouse in 1928, Snow White …

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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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Laura, Casper, Wyoming

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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Allan, Agawam, Massachusetts

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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Joann, Kildeer, Illinois

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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Jared, Terre Haute, Indiana

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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Peggy, Beaumont, California

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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Alex, Austin, Texas

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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