by Todd James Pierce | Feb 27, 2012 |
Jungle Cruise 1955How Could I Have Missed This? byTodd James PierceThe three artists most responsible for the 1955 version of the Jungle Cruise were Chris Mueller (the man who sculpted the animals), Bob Mattey (an effects man who made the animals move), and...
by Paul F Anderson | Feb 16, 2012 |
Seeing as how Lillian’s birthday is today … and Valentine’s Day was yesterday, I thought photograph of both of them together would be appropriate. As a candid photograph, it is one more piece of evidence to refute the thoughts of Marc Eliot in his...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 13, 2012 |
Disneyland 1955 Canon Styleby Todd J. Pierce So what are the cultural differences between Disneyland in the 1950s and the park as it exists today? Based on the video, “Disneyland Canon 1957,” I’d first point out the open spaces, also the absence of...
by Paul F Anderson | Feb 13, 2012 |
In honor of the snow storm we are having here in the mountain west today (while Todd basks on the beach in California), as well as the previous Walt skiing photo I posted here at DHI, I offer another rarely (if ever?) seen 1930s candid photo of Walt Disney on one of...
by Paul F Anderson | Feb 3, 2012 |
I have always been perplexed by the fallacy that Walt and his father had a contentious and estranged relationship. Sadly this notion is prevalent as it has stemmed primarily from a lot of the more prominent Walt Disney biographies. In these books Elias is often...
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