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Category Archives: History
Vintage Mickey Mouse Poster Sells for More than $100,000
The 1928 movie poster of Mickey Mouse (above) was auctioned off to the highest bidder recently in Dallas, Texas. The pricey poster belonged to the family of a deceased collector in Northern California said Heritage Auctions, the auction house handling the estate.
The name of the winning bidder was not released but the final price was and the famous mouse poster went for $101,575…not bad for a mouse! Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney, in 1928, after he replaced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit created by Disney.
The color poster promotes the “Mickey Mouse sound cartoon,” with a headline calling the sound cartoon “A Sensation to Sound and Synchrony” and calling Mickey himself “The World’s Funniest Cartoon Character.”
Grey Smith, director of movie poster auctions at Heritage Auctions, in a statement called the poster “an important piece of pop culture treasure,” and said it was likely to be the only Mickey Mouse poster created until 1930, when Columbia Pictures started distributing Disney cartoons.
As we can all agree, Mickey Mouse has created a global merchandising franchise for himself and his “friends” and is one of the most recognizable Worldwide characters today.
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Tom Hanks on Becoming Walt Disney for ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
Tom Hanks, one of our day’s beloved actors, spoke recently about his upcoming movie “Saving Mr. Banks” where he has the honor of portraying an even more beloved man, Walt Disney. “Saving Mr. Banks” is a movie about all the behind-the-scenes handling and wrangling it took to produce the classic, “Mary Poppins”.
“It’s like another version of Mary Poppins by way of the relationships between P.L. Travers, who wrote it, and everybody that made the movie cause it was a very contentious experience,” said Hanks.
“Saving Mr. Banks” focuses on the struggle between the author, who wrote the beloved novel in 1934, and Walt Disney who made a promise to his daughters in the 1940s to turn the book into a movie.
From the beginning to it’s 1964 release, Disney and Travers argued over most everything, Arguments ensued over script, tone and casting, with Travers even complaining that her character, as depicted by Julie Andrews in her Hollywood debut, was too pretty and too nice.
Two New Books Commemorate Making of SNOW WHITE
The Fairest One of All:
The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By J.B. Kaufman
Weldon Owen Publishing
978-1616284381 :: October 2012
320 pages :: $75.00 :: Hardcover
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film
By J.B. Kaufman
Weldon Owen Publishing
978-1616284381 :: October 2012
256 pages :: $35.00 :: Hardcover
Weldon Owen Releases Two Collectors’ Edition Books Illustrating the Creation of the Classic Film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Walt Disney’s first feature-length film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Weldon Owen is releasing two new collections that chronicle the complete making of the ground-breaking animated movie beloved by so many children and adults around the world.
Happy 30th Birthday Epcot!
The beauty of Spaceship Earth at night is just one of the things I wish I could see on its 30th Birthday!
As almost the entire world knows, this coming Monday is the 30th Birthday of Epcot! Happy Birthday Epcot! I was extremely fortunate to be able to be at the 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney World last October 1st, and while I won’t be at Epcot this year, I can really picture the setting in my mind’s eye as if I was there. I thought I would share with you some of the things you might be able to see at Epcot for the anniversary, so take a look at the list and decide if any of them are of interest to you. These special events are being brought to you from the D23 gang, Disney’s Official Fan Club.
- From 1-2PM, Designing the Future – Past and Present: A panel of Disney Imagineers remembers 30 years of building tomorrow!
- 4:30-6:00 pm: Epcot: How it Changed the World with Marty Sklar
- 6:30-8:00 pm: Epcot: How it Changed the World with Marty Sklar
- At 3PM in the America Gardens Theatre, Disney leaders will speak, as well as performances from Mariachi Cobre and the Voices of Liberty.
- Lastly, there will be a special 30th Anniversary edition of Illuminations: Reflections of Earth for you to enjoy!
The Carousel Of Progress – A True Walt Original
There are a lot of truly amazing attractions at Walt Disney World. One of the most amazing and possibly also the most overlooked is the Carousel of Progress located at the Magic Kingdom
This attraction was one of several that Walt showcased at the1964 New York World’s Fair, others that debuted/were inspired by attractions here were It’s A Small World, the PeopleMover, and the Hall Of Presidents – all of which are now classic WDW attractions. The Carousel itself was originally moved from the Fair to Disneyland, and then in 1975 it was relocated to Walt Disney World, where it has remained since then, delighting audiences daily
