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By Michael - February 13th, 2009 Walt and Lillian Disney with unnamed friend, London, 1935. (AP Photo)
Our inaugural look back at the adventures of Walt Disney and family comes from June 12th, 1935, and finds Walt and his wife Lillian in London. The Disneys, posing here with Walt’s most famous employee, are standing on the roof of the Grosvenor House. […]
By Michael - December 21st, 2007
It was seventy years ago today, on November 21st, 1937, that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered at Hollywood’s Carthay Circle Theatre. Many of Hollywood’s royalty were in attendance that evening, but mixed among them were the anonymous and unknown animators who had struggled to create the film. As they watched the audience […]
By Michael - November 18th, 2007
Seventy-Nine years ago today, on November 18, 1928, Steamboat Willie debuted at the Colony Theater in New York (in front of a film titled Gang War, which I find amusing). While it was the third Mickey short to be animated, it was the first to be released with synchronized sound and is considered his […]
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The Progress City Primer
 From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.
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