by Jeremy Marx | Mar 17, 2020 |
What better movie to choose for the month of March, then Darby O’Gill and the Little People. While we may be getting a little long in the tooth for this month, we wanted to get it out there in time for St. Patrick’s Day! The first post for our Movie of...
by Jeremy Marx | Jan 15, 2020 |
When promoting a movie, studios such as Disney would normally give newspapers and theaters prewritten articles to help get things going. Today we are looking at one titled, “Wall Disney’s “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier”— Perfect Blend of...
by Jeremy Marx | Jan 11, 2020 |
Davy Crockett Campaign Manual Cover Image This month the Disney History Institute is proud to cover one of the Pop Culture Classics, Davy Crockett- King of the Wild Frontier. As I was going through the many pages of the campaign manual for this movie, which stated out...
by Todd James Pierce | May 24, 2018 |
DHI Podcast 050 – An Unusual History of Audio-Animatronics In this episode, we explore the possibility that a 1934 World’s Fair attraction may have inspired Walt Disney to design his own Hall of Presidents for a never-built section of Disneyland called...
by Todd James Pierce | May 24, 2018 |
DHI Podcast 049 – Walt’s Lost Hotels In 1966, Walt’s team laid out plans for the Florida resort–plans for hotels very different than those built years after his death. Episode Links: iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/j34rl38...
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