Nicolas, Silver Spring, Maryland
There is another Snow White fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm where a girl named Snow White has a sister named Rose Red, but that is a different story than the one used by Disney.
See moreChristopher, Lolo, Montana
The last one in black and white was actually Mickey’s Kangaroo. Even though The Band Concert, the first one in color, was released in early 1935, two black-and-white ones followed it—Mickey’s Service Station and Mickey’s Kangaroo. From then on, all the rest of the Mickey cartoons were in color.
See moreWilliam, El Cajon, California
This is a bisque figure, made in Japan, and distributed in the U.S. in the 1930s by the George Borgfeldt Co. There was also a canoe with Donald Duck in it. There have been examples offered on eBay recently.
See moreKathi, Clemson, South Carolina
Yes, those are artists who worked on the film. Sorry, we have no information on values. Most people check eBay for similar items.
See moreSteve, Humble, Texas
This question has been on the Internet for more than a decade, and no one has come up with an answer. Unfortunately, I cannot help here.
See moreNick, Statesboro, Georgia
It is currently available; a number of the usual Internet sources are selling it.
See moreLori, Woodland Hills, California
The Goofy cartoon is Motor Mania. Ludwig Von Drake gave a comic lesson on color in the 1961 Disney television show, entitled An Adventure in Color/Mathmagic Land, in which the color segment was combined with Donald in Mathmagic Land. The TV show, which was Disney’s first aired in color, was released on videocassette in 1986, …
See moreRichard, Trenton, New Jersey
Boys of the Western Sea was an eight-episode series that aired on the Mickey Mouse Club television show in the 1956–57 season. It was a Norwegian film, and some of the Mouseketeers helped dub the Norwegian dialogue into English. I know of no place where this film is available for purchase.
See moreRobert, Orlando, Florida
The fanfare, written by Disney music director Steve Skorija, is called “We’ve Just Begun to Dream.” At the D23 Epcot 30th event, he mentioned that he had used 11 notes from a 37-note Greek song, that is the oldest piece of written music, to create the Epcot piece.
See moreBrad, Palmyra, Virginia
All of the awards won by Walt Disney were personally owned by Walt; they were turned over to the Disney family at their request in the mid-1980s and are now on display at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. The story about Lillian Disney’s role is untrue.
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