1964 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR THANKS
"What a shame!"-Walt DisneyI was honored to give three historical presentations at the D23 Destination D event (if you missed it, shame on you ... it was a splendid celebration of Disneyland as well as Walt Disney's legacy). My last presentation was on Walt Disney's...
PHOTOS OF WALT
I have always enjoyed seeing different images of Walt (as compared to the handful that seem to be published repeatedly). The interest in the man and his legacy would seemingly suggest that we would see more than just the same-old images ... after all, there...
WALT DISNEY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY–Compassionate Walt
COMPASSIONATE WALTA MEMORY BY JIMMY MACDONALDI was going through some of my interviews from the 1980s today, looking for cassette tapes that might be suffering from tape deterioration. I am attempting to digitize my 250 plus interviews before they are lost forever,...
WALT’S WORDS: FANTASIA Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6
Walt & Leo. Life Magazine, 1939. A PASTORAL: STOKOWSKI & WALT by Paul F. Anderson I was recently going through my Fantasia drafts and story meeting transcripts looking for any information on the black centaurette Sunflower. A good friend is writing an article...
THE DHI FESS-TIVAL–Charlie Brown Honors Davy
Click On Image For Clearer ImageTWO POPULAR CULTURE ICONSI have been saving this for awhile, and thought it would fit nicely with the Fess Parker tribute, and the ever-popular DHI Sunday Funnies (the proverbial two birds with one stone). I was asked last month to...
DHI Update
Sorry for being away for a bit, real life has required my attention. I am off to Los Angeles for the Walt Disney Archives 40th Celebration, as well as a week of research on Disney and the War. I'll try to post a few items of interest while there. And a few items...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND-The Artwork of Mary Blair
DHI MARY BLAIR EXHIBITCONCEPT ART FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND"The March of the Cards"
NEW ITEMS ADDED TO THE DHI BOOK SHOP
Just a quick note to let Institute readers know that I have just added today a number of new items: Vintage Disneyland; Davy Crockett & Fess Parker; Signed Items by Ken Anderson, Marc Davis, Annette Funicello, Fess Parker, Ward Kimball, Spin and Marty, Carl Barks,...
MATTERHORN MANIA–Walt’s Mountain
THE DHI MATTERHORN MANIAby Paul F. AndersonDHI got about a jigga-billion hits when I put up the essay Walt And The Admiral Build A Mountain. Beyond the hits, I also received a large number of emails concerning the images and the Matterhorn. Not wanting to be profound...
PINOCCHIO PREMIERE–Exploitation and the Center Theater
WALT DISNEY'S PINOCCHIO IN NEW YORK CITYby Paul F. AndersonFebruary 1940 Advertisement Cue MagazineLongtime DHI readers recall with some amusement the story of the naked and drunken Pinocchio midgets (if you missed it, see the last half of: The Eleven Dwarfs). The...
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