Paul, Evanston, Illinois
Tony Baxter started his Disney career as a teenager working at Disneyland, but he became an Imagineer in 1970. One of his first Imagineering jobs was to work with Claude Coats on Snow White’s Adventures for the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Tony was honored this year at the D23 Expo as a Disney …
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This may be true, but there is also speculation that Bruce was used because it is often a generic name for an Australian male.
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Rights to The E-Ticket magazine are now owned by The Walt Disney Family Museum, and they sell various issues. See: http://www.waltdisney.org/content/e-ticket-magazine
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The Reluctant Dragon has always been considered as primarily a live-action film. Saludos Amigos has a much larger percentage of animation.
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The featurette is The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle. It was first released in theaters in 1967, then shown on our television show in 1968.
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The best place these days to find out about old Disneyland merchandise is eBay.
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That is indeed the address for Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California, 94608.
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There is a device called an optical printer that allows filmmakers to combine two separate pieces of film—for the Alice Comedies, it would be one featuring the live-action girl and one the animated film—onto a single new strip of film, by use of two projectors and a camera. The Alice live-action bits were filmed in …
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Walt Disney’s biographies all mention the Disney family’s connection to Canada. Walt’s father, Elias, was born in Bluevale, not too far from Goderich. Elias’ grandfather had settled in the Goderich area years earlier, where he operated a gristmill. Elias frequently talked fondly about life in Ontario, and Walt wanted to go there sometime with his …
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Walt Disney, Disney staff members, and actors appearing in Disney films collectively have won 102.
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