By the D23 Team
From the Disney+ debut of WandaVision on January 15 to Mickey Mouse’s birthday on November 18—with a host of premieres, openings, and milestone anniversaries in between—there’ll be no shortage of important dates for Disney fans to remember in 2021. And if you don’t already have a calendar where said dates can be circled, D23 has got you…
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By Beth Deitchman
What makes a Happy Meal even happier? Well, feast your eyes on a brand-new line of Happy Meal® toys that have just rolled into McDonald’s®. This new collection is inspired by the Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway attraction and features our favorite mouse and his friends experiencing some of the most iconic attractions from across Walt…
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By Nicole Carroll, Walt Disney Archives
Everyone knows that a dog is man’s best friend and classic companion. And, as Walt Disney once said, “Dogs are known and loved in every land.” This is certainly the case in the many worlds created by The Walt Disney Company. Countless new and old Disney favorites include a lovable pup: there’s Nana in Peter Pan (1953);…
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By the D23 Team
From Pluto to Pongo, we love all the dogs in the worlds of Disney. If these furry friends have you barking with joy, you’ll love these downloadable phone wallpapers to celebrate some of our favorite dogs from Disney movies.
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By Megan Deppe
We can’t find a single bone to pick with any of these cuddly canines as we prepare to celebrate the Lunar New Year! The Year of the Dog begins today and we can think of no better time to celebrate our favorite pups from throughout Disney’s history. We’ve seen Disney dogs help their owners find true love, guard them in times of danger, and settle…
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By Nicole Nalty
Whether it’s Mickey and Minnie exchanging gifts in Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas, or Lady popping up out of a hatbox on Christmas in Lady and the Tramp, there’s something about holiday moments in Disney films that have just an extra sprinkling of pixie dust. Our friends at the Animation Research Library preserve the artwork from these and…
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Since Pluto made his debut as Mickey Mouse’s loyal canine companion in the 1931 cartoon short The Moose Hunt, pets have held a special place in Disney history. They’re often the best kind of sidekick: a true-blue friend that’s ready for adventure. And they come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and species—from dogs, rodents, and horses to… well, whatever Stitch…
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By Jim Fanning
On November 1, 1940, Mickey Mouse first sported a straw hat, twirled a cane and whistled a happy traveling tune as he waited at the Burbank, California train depot (presumably not far from the newly opened Walt Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street in that same city) to start a jaunty train journey to Pomona in Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip. This classic…
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Film Historian and Author J.B. Kaufman (Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic) makes the Dog Days of Summer a little cooler with his look back at the making of the 1949 short Pluto’s Sweater.
Recently, in the course of some other research, I made an interesting Pluto discovery. Pluto’s Sweater (1949), one of dozens of Pluto shorts released during the 1940s,…
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An authentic dog star in the Disney galaxy, Pluto has been “best in show” ever since he first sniffed out stardom in 1930. Walt was inspired to create Disney’s top dog by remembering the personable pooches he met while living on the farm in his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri. Ever since Pluto has, as Walt put it, been “working hard and trying, but…
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