The Walt Disney Family Museum has released a short tease of the 51-minute film Christmas with Walt Disney, which recently premiered at the Museum’s own theater. Produced by Don Hahn, who seems to be everywhere these days, the film provides a look at Christmas through Walt’s eyes, with a mix of Disney family home movies […]
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“Actress Sophia Loren and producer Walt Disney are all smiles in New York City, Oct. 1, 1966 as they hold the silver trays presented to them at the convention banquet of the National Association of Theater Owners. Disney was honored as Showman of the World; Miss Loren as Star of the Year.” (AP Photo) Walt […] Rendering of golf cart for Progress City (EPCOT) by George McGinnis Those of you who saw my birthday tribute to Imagineer George McGinnis will recall that his first job for Disney was to design transportation systems for Walt’s Progress City model. This model, which served as the grand finale for the original Carousel of Progress […] The Mouse turned eighty-one today, by the Disney company’s reckoning that sets his birthday at November 18th, 1928. Mickey’s so ubiquitous in our culture that it’s hard to imagine a time when nobody knew his name, but with this as in many things it’s fun to look at the calm before the storm – when […] Walt Disney stops to chat with employees, 1966 (L.A. Times Photo Archive) I don’t really have a lot to say on this one; I just really liked this photo. It’s also especially timely because, now that I’ve been to Disneyland, I finally understand the mystique and prestige that Pirates of the Caribbean holds in the […] |
 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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