On this day in 1980, The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark soared into theaters with an impressive cast that included Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold, Tammy Lauren, Ricky Schroeder, 20 chickens, six pigs, five sheep, four rabbits, two grey geese, four white ducks, two goats, two bulls, and a mallard duck. The film tells the story …
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Organizing the simultaneous release of 30 international collectible postage stamps may seem like a sticky situation, but thanks to William D. Cox, the stamps were released on this day in 1979. The entrepreneur had a varied career, from lumber tycoon to owner of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. Having connections with both Walt Disney Productions …
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Howdy folks, please remain seated as we tell you about the wildest ride in the wilderness. After seven years of planning and two years of construction, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opened at Disneyland on this day in 1979. The high-speed attraction replaced the more sedate Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland, which would depart from the …
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Howdy! In 1975, The Apple Dumpling Gang was released to theaters, taking a fictitious look at our great country’s old west in a rip-roarin’, hyde-tinglin’ funny flick. The film starred Bill Bixby and Susan Clark along with child stars Clay O’Brien, Brad Savage, and Stacy Manning as the lovable little orphans who become known as …
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Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, Disney’s Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney… these are some of the titles of the Disney anthology series that first aired as Disneyland on October 27, 1954, featuring Disney’s classic theatrical films and original programming exclusively for the series. …
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On this day in 1978, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, the film about the old west that was almost entitled Bloodshy, was released in theaters, featuring Jim Dale playing both Jasper Bloodshy and his brother Wild Billy, who compete for possession of the town founded by their father. This humorous throwback to films of the …
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Cosmic comedy was on the prowl when The Cat From Outer Space landed in theaters on this day in 1979, telling the tale of an extraterrestrial cat named Jake who is forced to crash land his spaceship on Earth. Jake then proceeds to lead a physicist, his girlfriend, the Army, and a team of baffled …
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The sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain finds Tony Malone (Ike Eisenmann) and his sister, Tia (Kim Richards), in the evil clutches of scheming, money-mad Letha Wedge (played by the inimitable Bette Davis) and her partner, Dr. Victor Gannon (Christopher Lee). The gloomy stone castle where Lee and Davis conduct mind-control experiments on Tony is …
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This lively musical comedy, which was released on this day in 1977, was originally conceived to be an episode of the Disneyland TV series, but was shelved until 1975 when producer Jerome Courtland asked screenwriter Malcolm Marmorstein to adapt a screenplay. Pete’s Dragon tells the story of a young orphan named Pete and a mischievous …
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In 1969, a most unlikely star was born… a Volkswagen vehicle by the name of Herbie. Over the next four decades, Herbie went on to star in several movie sequels, appeared in Disney theme park parades and traveling shows and even starred in his own television series. Herbie was at it again in the most …
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