by Todd James Pierce | Feb 22, 2014 |
In Defense of Walt Walt Disney and Anti-Semitism by Todd James Pierce Anti-Nazi propaganda film produced by Disney In recent weeks—after Meryl Streep’s comments at the National Board of Review—the internet buzzed with posts exploring if Walt Disney was...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 17, 2014
The Story Department, including Roy Williams (with Mickey), Webb Smith (with jalopy), Homer Brightman (with crooked, buck teeth), Harry Reeves (with wavy hair), Ted Sears (with cigar), Otto Englander (with glasses), Jack himself (with Pegleg Pete), and Earl...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 13, 2014
ALWEG Test Track – Cologne, Germany – July 1957 Monorail Tales – Part 2 The ALWEG-Bahn By Todd James Pierce The origins of the original Disneyland monorail lay far from California: they extend all the way over to Germany, where the wealthy...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 2, 2014 |
Walt and Carousel Horses Purchased for Disneyland – 1955Walt’s First ParkPart 6 – Conclusionsby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson The biography of Walt Disney is often divided in half: his early years, up until about 1950, when animation was...
by Todd James Pierce | Dec 30, 2013
Walt Disney – late 1930sWalt’s First ParkPart 5 – Hope and Frustrationby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson By the second week of April, Walt Disney and the planning team understood that the zoning issues were far more serious than they had...
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