"We're gonna kick ourselves for not buying everything within a radius of ten miles around here."
-Walt Disney
-Walt Disney
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
How Long to Construct Disneyland?
From groundbreaking to opening day, the original Disneyland [California] was built in just 365 days.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
40th anniversary of Disneyland
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Disneyland, Disney created a series of 41 collector cards, one for each year the park had been open. A card for each year represented an event or an attraction. The cards were handed out to visitors to the park starting with the "1955" card on January 21,1995 and ending March 2, 1995 with the "1995" card.
Tomorrow is Disneyland's Birthday :)
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Financing Disneyland
To finance Disneyland (July 17th, 1955), Walt Disney sold a vacation home and even borrowed against his life insurance.
Friday, July 8, 2011
1960 Monorail Board Game
Parker Brothers released the Disneyland Monorail Game in 1960. The object of the board game was to be the first player to complete the Monorail Ride and finish ahead of Casey Jr.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Disneyland Light
Disneyland uses over 200,000 light bulbs per year!
There are 11,000 lights alone used to outline the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A.!
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There are 11,000 lights alone used to outline the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A.!
Disneyland's Lamps
The street lamps on Disneyland's Main Street USA are approximately 100 years old
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Disneyland's Sailing Ship Columbia
Disneyland's Sailing Ship Columbia was modeled after the first vessel to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
When constructed in 1958, it was the first three-masted windjammer to have been built in the United States in more than 100 years.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Liberty Tree
Disney's Liberty Tree at the Magic Kingdom, which sits across from Hall of Presidents, is based on the original Liberty Tree in Boston that served as a gathering place for the Sons of Liberty in the months leading up to the Boston Tea Party.
The events of this time period (and the tree) were featured in the 1957 Disney film, “Johnny Tremain,” which follows Johnny, a young silversmith’s apprentice, in the days before the start of the Revolutionary War. In one scene, Johnny and his friends parade through the streets singing the song “The Liberty Tree” and stop to hang lanterns on its branches.
During the making of this film, Walt Disney became excited at the possibility of adding a similarly themed Liberty Street to Disneyland park. His vision eventually grew into a whole “land” that was added to the plans for Magic Kingdom Park.
Today, our Liberty Tree illuminates each evening with the light from 13 lanterns. Each light represents one of the 13 original colonies.
Fun fact: Walt Disney’s youngest daughter, Sharon, had an uncredited role in the film, “Johnny Tremain,” playing a friend of Johnny’s. (Pictured above, right).
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Pixar´s Ratatouille is Released
June 29, 2007
Ratatouille is Released
Ratatouille is Released
After nearly seven years from conception to completion, Pixar released its eighth feature-length animated film, Ratatouille, on June 29, 2007 to immense critical and commercial success. Set in Paris, the film follows an aspiring chef and rat, Remy, who was recently forced to abandon his home in the French countryside. Once in Paris, he sniffs out a restaurant and forms a friendship with Linguini, the kitchen cleaner. When Linguini accidentally knocks over a pot of soup, Remy helps Lou recreate the meal — and then some of the most delicious dishes the diners have ever tasted.
Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, Ratatouille boasts the vocal talents of Patton Oswalt (Remy) Lou Romano (Linguini) and others including Ian Holme, Peter O'Toole and Brad Garrett. The film went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.
Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, Ratatouille boasts the vocal talents of Patton Oswalt (Remy) Lou Romano (Linguini) and others including Ian Holme, Peter O'Toole and Brad Garrett. The film went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hollywood Records
 Hollywood Records' (established by Disney in 1989) very first release was the Arachnophobia motion picture soundtrack in 1990. Today the label releases albums by such artists as Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, and Aly & AJ.  |
Monday, June 20, 2011
Walt Disney World's telephone system
Walt Disney World's telephone system was the first totally electronic system to use underground cable instead of standard poles with overhead lines.
Vista Florida Telephone System was responsible for installing the nation’s first commercial fiber-optic phone cable!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Sammy Fain
(Samuel E. Feinberg, June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989)
Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923, Fain appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself full-time to composing.
Fain worked extensively in collaboration with Irving Kahal. Together they wrote classics such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella". Another lyricist who collaborated with Fain was Lew Brown, with whom he wrote "That Old Feeling". His Broadway credits also include Everybody's Welcome, Right This Way, Hellzapoppin', I'll Be Seeing You, Flahooley, Ankles Aweigh, Christine and Something More.
Fain also composed music for more than 30 films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He was nominated for the best Original Song Oscar nine times, winning twice, with "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane in 1954 and with "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from the movie of the same title in 1955. He co-wrote both songs with Paul Francis Webster, another long-time collaborator. Fain wrote the second theme to the TV series Wagon Train in 1958, which was called "(Roll Along) Wagon Train". He also contributed to the song scores for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Rescuers.
In 1963, he collaborated with Harold Adamson in writing songs for the movie The Incredible Mr. Limpet, which came out in 1964, and such songs as "I Wish I Were a Fish", "Be Careful How You Wish" and "Deep Rapture" enhanced his fame.
Fain died in Los Angeles, California, and is interred at Cedar Park Cemetery, in Emerson, New Jersey.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Lion King
The Lion King originally started as a project called "King of the Jungle."
The Lion King was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than being based on an already-existing story.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Richard Nixon and Walt Disney - Matterhorn
Riding in the very first sled down Disneyland's Matterhorn in June 1959, were Walt Disney, his wife Lilly, their daughters ... and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon.
When Vice President Nixon and Walt were waiting for the official first ride on the Disneyland Monorail, an empty train came by.
In his excitement, Walt couldn't wait. He grabbed Nixon and jumped on board, leaving Nixon's Secret Service agents standing, stunned, on the platform!
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Monday, June 13, 2011
The Basil Rathbone's old Sherlock Holmes Radio Show
Actor Basil Rathbone (born on this day in 1892) can be heard in Disney's 1986 animated The Great Mouse Detective.
Though he had passed in 1967, a 25-second dialogue taken from one of Rathbone's old Sherlock Holmes radio shows was used in the animated feature as the voice of ... Sherlock Holmes!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
The Living Desert
In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed Disney's 1953 The Living Desert (co-written by James Algar) "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The Living Desert won an Academy Award for Best Documentary and a Special Golden Globe for Artisitc Merit.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Cinderella Castle
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is larger and more ornate than Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Cinderella Castle was completed in July 1971, after about 18 months of construction. It is 189 feet tall - more than twice the size of Sleeping Beauty Castle!
Cinderella Castle (Magic Kingdom - Orlando, Florida)
Cinderella Castle was completed in July 1971, after about 18 months of construction. It is 189 feet tall - more than twice the size of Sleeping Beauty Castle!
Sleeping Beauty Castle (Disneyland - Anaheim, California)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Donald Duck's Voice
After Clarence Nash's passing, Donald Duck's voice was taken up by Disney animator Tony Anselmo, who had been trained under Mr. Nash personally.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank
The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, is the only major film/animation studio not to run backlot tours.
Designed primarily by Kem Weber under the supervision of Walt & Roy Disney, the Burbank Disney Studio buildings are the only studios to survive from the Golden Age of film.
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