Rediscovering Walt Disney

Trailer for the 1942 travelog package feature film celebrating South American culture. Plot: Donald Duck is introduced to the culture and customs of Latin America via his new friend,José Carioca, This was the first of a proposed series of films for the United States Department of State as part of the Good Neighbor policy. Starring Lee Blair – himself Mary Blair – herself Pinto Colvig – Goofy Walt Disney – himself Norman Ferguson – himself Frank Graham – himself Clarence Nash – Donald Duck José do Patrocínio Oliveira – José Carioca Fred Shields – narrator Frank Thomas – himself Stuart Buchanan – flight attendant Songs by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott, Charles Wolcott, Ned Washington, Ary Barroso, & Zequinha de Abreu Story by Homer Brightman, William Cottrell, Richard Huemer, Joe Grant, Harold Reeves, Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Roy Williams, & Ralph Wright Directed by Norm Ferguson Release date August 24, 1942 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1944 travelog package feature film celebrating South American culture. Plot: Donald Duck is introduced to the culture and customs of Latin America via his new friends, José Carioca, This was the first of a proposed series of films for the United States Department of State as part of the Good Neighbor policy. Starring Clarence Nash as Donald Duck José do Patrocínio Oliveira as José Carioca Joaquin Garay as Panchito Pistoles Pinto Colvig as the Aracuan Bird Aurora Miranda as Yaya Dora Luz Carmen Molina Sterling Holloway as the Narrator Frank Graham as the Narrator Fred Shields as the Narrator Francisco "Frank" Mayorga as the Mexican Guitarist Nestor Amaral as José Carioca's singing voice Trío Calaveras Trío Ascencio del Río Padua Hills Player Carlos Ramírez – Mexico Songs by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, & Charles Wolcott Story by Homer Brightman, Ernest Terrazas, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Ralph Wrigh, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, & James Bodrero Directed by Norm Ferguson Release date December 21, 1944 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1941 Americana fantasy film based on the roller-book Dumbo, the Flying Elephant by Helen Aberson & Harold Pearl Plot: Davy A young elephant learns his handicap is actually a gift and overcomes adversity. Starring Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse Verna Felton as Elephant Matriarch & Mrs. Jumbo Cliff Edwards as Jim Crow[ Herman Bing as The Ringmaster Sterling Holloway as Mr. Stork Margaret Wright as Casey Junior The Hall Johnson Choir as Crow Chorus Hall Johnson as Deacon Crow James Baskett as Fats Crow Nick Stewart as Specks Crow Jim Carmichael as Dopey Crow The King's Men as Roustabout Chorus Noreen Gammill as Elephant Catty Dorothy Scott as Elephant Giddy Sarah Selby as Elephant Prissy Billy Bletcher as Clown Malcolm Hutton as Smitty John McLeish as the narrator Songs by Frank Churchill & Oliver Wallace Story adapted by Joe Grant & Dick Huemer Directed by Ben Sharpsteen Release date October 23, 1941 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Promo for the 1957 western comedy superhero series based on the Zorro stories created by Johnston McCulley. Plot: A wealthy playboy fights corrupt crime in his community as a caped crusader. The only one who knows his secret identity is his butler and they have a secret lair beneath the mansion accessed via a secret passage behind a grandfather clock. Starring Guy Williams as Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro s George J. Lewis as Don Alejandro de la Vega Gene Sheldon as Bernardo Henry Calvin as Sergeant Demetrio Lopez García Don Diamond as Corporal Reyes ( Britt Lomond as Captain Enrique Sánchez Monastario Nestor Paiva as Innkeeper Than Wyenn as Licenciado Piña Jan Arvan as Don Ignacio Torres Romney Brent as Padre Felipe Henry Rowland as Count Kolinko Jay Novello as Juan Greco Charles Korvin as José Sebastián de Varga Steve Stevens as Don Rodolfo Jolene Brand as Ana María Verdugo Gloria Talbott as Moneta Esperon Joan Evans as Leonar Eduard Franz as Señor Gregorio Verdugo Richard Anderson as Ricardo del Amo Cesar Romero as Esteban de la Cruz Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., as Vivera Annette Funicello as Anita Cabrillo Everett Sloane as Andrés Felipe Basilio John Litel as Governor of California Rodolfo Acosta as Perico Verdugo Eugenia Paul as Elena Torres Suzanne Lloyd as Raquel Toledano Jonathan Harris as Carlos Fernandez Tony Russel as Carlos Martinez Fred Cavens was the Fencing Consultant of the series and appeared uncredited in various episodes, as did his son Albert Cavens, who also stunt-doubled for some of the guest actors in the fencing scenes. Theme song by Norman Foster & George Bruns Original air date October 10, 1957 – July 2, 1959 78 episodes and 4 one hour specials. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1956 western film based on the Davy Crockett Almanac Tall Tales. Plot: Davy Crockett has adventures with Mike Fink and river pirates. Starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett Buddy Ebsen as George "Georgie" Russell Jeff York as Mike Fink Kenneth Tobey as Jocko Clem Bevans as Captain Cobb Irvin Ashkenazy as Moose Mort Mills as Samuel Mason Paul Newlan as Big Harpe Frank Richards as Little Harpe Hank Worden as Fiddler Dick Crockett as Ben Troy Melton as Hank Douglass Dumbrille as Saloon owner Walter Catlett as Colonel Plug William Bakewell as Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies William Fawcett as Old Timer with Livestock George J. Lewis as Chief Black Eagle Songs Thomas W. Blackburn, George Bruns, & Edward H. Plumb Screenplay by Tom Blackburn & Norman Foster Directed by Norman Foster Release date July 18, 1956 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Hall of Fame was a radio show that aired on NBC in the early 1930's hosted by John McIntire. For their 1934 Christmas show they brought in Walt Disney and his stable of animated characters. This is one of Walt Disney's earliest radio appearances and you get a glimpse at who the popular Walt Disney characters were in 1934. Over the years several of them vanished from the core group but here they are at the dawn of the Walt Disney Studios and their popularity. Both Walt and his characters would go one to appear on several radio shows at the height of the medium. Original airdate December 23, 1938 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

For the 1964 NY World's Fair, Walt Disney and his team of imagineers created four different attractions; the Magic Skyway, the Carousel of Progress, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and It's a Small World. They also presented the Tower of the Four Winds kinetic sculpture in from of Small World. Costume Walt Disney characters could also be found at the NY World's Fair. Here, Walt discusses his shows in one of the few interviews he ever gave. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Walt Disney gave very few long form recorded interviews. This one was conducted by actor, writer, producer, director, announcer, Fletcher Markle shortly after he'd completed The Incredible Journey for Walt. This interview has been excerpted in many documentaries about Walt Disney and his creations. This is the complete interview. Original airdate September 25, 1963 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

To promote the original release of Alice in Wonderland, Walt appeared on the Fred Warring Show along with several actors from the film who played their characters in person. Walt had been doing similar promotions with his film releases going all the way back to radio in the 1930's. Fred Warring was a popular musician and bandleader in the golden ages of television and radio. His band was known as Fred Warring & his Pennsylvanians and recorded dozens of albums over the years including an album tying in with the release of Alice in Wonderland. The Fred Warring Show ran on radio from 1933 to 1957 and transitioned to television from 1949 to 1954. Warring was a comic strip art collector and had a friendship with Walt Disney so it was natural they would collaborate together on this episode. This presentation is notable for including characters from the book who were cut from the film. Walt had been trying to adapt Alice in Wonderland into a feature film since the early 1930's and when he was finally successful, it was marketed just like all of his previous films had been. Starring Walt Disney Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians Kathryn Beaumont as Alice Sterling Holloway as Cheshire Cat Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum as The Mad Hatter Mark Brull as Jabberwocky Mike Doty as Tweedle Dum Poley McClintock as Tweedle Dee Hugh Fleming as The Queen Nadine Gay as Boy with the sword Herman Hennig as Walrus Ray Sax as Carpenter Gloria Mudell as Dormouse Johnny Petterson as White Rabbit Betty Reynolds as Duchess Directed by Bob Banner Original airdate March 11, 1951 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1952 adventure film based on the historical Robin Hood and his Merrie Men. Plot: When King Richard is away, Robin Hood battles the corrupt government of Prince John and the Sherrif of Nottingham. Starring Richard Todd as Robin Hood Joan Rice as Maid Marian Peter Finch as the Sheriff of Nottingham James Hayter as Friar Tuck James Robertson Justice as Little John Martita Hunt as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Hubert Gregg as Prince John Elton Hayes as Alan-a-Dale Anthony Eustrel as the Archbishop of Canterbury Patrick Barr as King Richard Anthony Forwood as Will Scarlet Bill Owen as Will Stutely Hal Osmond as Much the Miller Louise Hampton as Tyb, aged nurse of Maid Marian Richard Graydon as Merrie Man Michael Hordern as Scathelock Bill Travers as Possie Man Clement McCallin as The Earl of Huntingdon Nigel Neilson as Merrie Man Geoffrey Lumsden as Merrie Man Julian Somers as Posse Leader Leonard Charles Newcombe as a Page Boy to Maid Marian Screenplay by Lawrence Edward Watkin Directed by Ken Annakin Release date March 13, 1952 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Alice Comedies are Walt Disney's first successful animated series. The cartoons follow the adventures of a live action little girl named Alice and her animated cat, Julius, through an animated world. The original actress who played Alice was Virginia Davis. The third actress to play Alice was Margie Gay is in this short and was in more than twice as many Alice Comedies than Virginia Davis. The cartoons are animated by Ub Iwerks and were distributed by Margaret J. Winkler. The successful Alice Comedies series ran for 57 episodes and are the foundation of the Disney Bros Studio. The series was finally replaced by Walt's new star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. 16 Alice Comedies shorts are believed to be lost. This is the 31st Alice Comedies cartoon in the series. Release date February 15, 1926 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

In the 1930's the original Mickey Mouse Clubs sprang up across America. At one point it was impossible for Walt's organization to keep up with all the charters. These clubs would meet locally in movie theaters, elect a Mickey and Minnie Mouse to lead them, sing the song Minnie's Yoo Hoo, and watch Mickey Mouse cartoons. They were sort of a Boy Scouts type club with members known as "Mickey Mice" and some continued to meet regularly right into the 1960's! The Mickey Mouse Clubs celebrated the American values that Walt Disney filtered into everything he created. Mickey Mouse club creed: I will be a square shooter in my home, in school, on the playgrounds, wherever I may be. I will be truthful and honorable and strive always to make myself a better and more useful little citizen. I will respect my elders and the aged, the helpless and children smaller than myself. in short, I will be a good American. Mickey Mouse club pledge: Mickey mice do not swear, smoke, cheat or lie, Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Lux Radio Theater was a classic radio anthology series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. The show reenacted theatrical films as radio plays and was hosted by the legendary film director Cecil B. deMille. For their Christmas 1937 program, Song of Song, Walt Disney dropped in at the end of the show to plug the world premiere of his new film, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White would premiere less than 24 hours after this. In this rare clip you can hear Walt list of future films that were years away such as Bambi and Fantasia. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Alice Comedies are Walt Disney's first successful animated series. The cartoons follow the adventures of a live action little girl named Alice and her animated cat, Julius, through an animated world. Alice is played by Virginia Davis. The cartoons are animated by Ub Iwerks and were distributed by Margaret J. Winkler. The successful Alice Comedies series ran for 57 episodes and are the foundation of the Disney Bros Studio. The series was finally replaced by Walt's new star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. 16 Alice Comedies shorts are believed to be lost. This is the 26th Alice Comedies cartoon in the series. Virginia Davis only appears in archival footage. This is her final appearance in the Alice Comedies series. Release date December 15, 1925 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Alice Comedies are Walt Disney's first successful animated series. The cartoons follow the adventures of a live action little girl named Alice and her animated cat, Julius, through an animated world. Alice is played by Virginia Davis. The cartoons are animated by Ub Iwerks and were distributed by Margaret J. Winkler. The successful Alice Comedies series ran for 57 episodes and are the foundation of the Disney Bros Studio. The series was finally replaced by Walt's new star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. Cast Virginia Davis as Alice Tommy Hicks as Fat kid David F. Hollander as Boy with Dark Hair Leon Holmes as Tubby Fishing Pal Mrs. Hunt as Schoolteacher Spec O'Donnell as school boy Marjorie Sewell as school girl 16 Alice Comedies shorts are believed to be lost. This is the 8th Alice Comedies cartoon in the series. Release date November 1, 1924 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Walt Disney "historians" always tell us that Walt's first cinematic experience was the 1916 film adaptation of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs but this isn't accurate. Walt's sister, Ruth, revealed an earlier experience where Ruth and Walt snuck into a theater to see From the Manger to the Cross in 1912. Ruth said that the film had a profound impact on her brother and they marveled at the effects of Jesus being crucified and resurrected. Their father Elias was a devout congregational Christian, was both a deacon and trustee in their church, and would often preached sermons when their pastor, Walter Parr, was away. Walt's mother, Flora, was the church treasurer and played the organ in the service. Elias was a contractor and built a new sanctuary for their church without charge. The Disneys and Parrs were close friends and when both wives found they were expecting babies at the same time, Elias and Walter made a pact to name their children in each other's honor. Walt was named after Pastor Walter Parr and a few weeks later Elias Parr was born. Walt would have been familiar with Judeo-Christian values from his upbringing and not only displayed these values in his body of work but wrote about them a few times across his life as well. Influences from his childhood, including his Judeo-Christian values, are evident throughout many of the things Walt created. From the Manger to the Cross is regarded at the most important film of the silent era portraying the life of Christ. At the time, it was one of the longest and most popular films ever made. In 1998 it was added to the National Film Registry. From the Manger to the Cross was an influential film on young Walt Disney and is an important part of Walt Disney history and deserves to be acknowledged as such. *Note: Ruth said this was the film they witnessed but all copies in circulation abruptly end after the crucifixion. It's unclear if the final real is missing or if it, indeed, only tells Christ's story from the manger to the cross. Starring Robert Henderson-Bland as Jesus Percy Dyer as Boy Jesus Gene Gauntier as the Virgin Mary Alice Hollister as Mary Magdalene Sidney Olcott as Blind Man Samuel Morgan as Pontius Pilate James D. Ainsley as John the Baptist Robert G. Vignola as Judas Iscariot Helen Lindroth as Martha George Kellog as Herod Jack J. Clark as John the Apostle J. P. McGowan as a Wise Man Montague Sidney as Joseph F. Owen Sterling as Unknown Thos J. Wentworth as a Wise Man G. Howard Barton as a Wise Man Frederic Bryson as Unknown Leslie D. Thomas as Peter (Saint-Pierre) Frank T. Gregory as Andrew Harry Lennox as James H. H. Kerr as Bartholomew Jack Melville as James Denton Harcourt as Matthew J. M. Baber as Thaddeus Ralph T. Duncan as Simon William Smiley as Lazarus F. R. Payne as a leper Huntley Roma as a palsied man James H. Wilson as the son of the widow Ruth Middelton as the widow G. W. Martin as Thomas Carl Vincent as Simon of Cyrene Lydia Gardebeau as Salome H. L. Lumt as Penitent Thief F. T. Bostock as Impenitent thief Written by Gene Gauntier Directed by Sidney Olcott Release Date October 1912 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

This silent film version of Peter Pan was an epic film in 1924. For many years, it was the definitive cinematic version of the story. Sir J.M. Barrie collaborated on the film. The end result is one of the most fanciful films ever made in the silent era. When Walt Disney secured the film rights to Peter pan, he also bought this film in 1938 to withhold it from public exhibition and thereby creating demand for his forthcoming version. This was customary for film makers to do in the golden age of Hollywood. Some of the visual concepts that originated in this film Walt expanded upon in his 1953 animated version including making Tinkerbell a personality and not just a ball of light. For years, the film was believed to be lost until it a copy was discovered in a private collection and restored. In the year 2000 it was added to the National Film Registry. Starring Betty Bronson as Peter Pan Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook Mary Brian as Wendy Darling Jack Murphy as John Darling Philippe De Lacy as Michael Darling Virginia Brown Faire as Tinker Bell George Ali as Nana the dog and Crocodile Esther Ralston as Mrs. Darling Cyril Chadwick as Mr. Darling Anna May Wong as Tiger Lily Maurice Murphy as Tootles Mickey McBan as Slightly George Crane Jr. as Curly Winston Doty as 1st Twin Weston Doty as 2nd Twin Terence McMillan as Nibs Louis Morrison as Gentleman Starkey Edward Kipling as Smee Robert Milasch as Kelt Written by Willis Goldbeck Directed by Herbert Brenon Release date December 29, 1924 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1937 animated fairy tale film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Plot: A young girl on the cusp of womanhood is perceived a threat to her wicked stepmother and takes refuge among seven dwarfs. Starring Adriana Caselotti as Snow White Lucille La Verne as the Queen & Witch Roy Atwell as Doc Pinto Colvig as Grumpy Colvig also voiced Sleepy Otis Harlan as Happy Scotty Mattraw as Bashful Billy Gilbert as Sneezy Eddie Collins as Dopey Harry Stockwell as the Prince Moroni Olsen as the Magic Mirror, Stuart Buchanan as the Huntsman Songs by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, & Paul Smith Story by Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith Directed by David Hand Release date December 21, 1937 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

On July 17, 1955 Disneyland opened to the world. Walt Disney had originally intended to include a church on Main Street USA known as the Little Church Around the Corner. This can be clearly in the early art for Disneyland and is described in Walt's prospectus for the park. Clergy from different Christian denominations would be invited guest speakers to give sermons in the church on a rotating basis. When Walt told his nephew, Rev. Glenn D. Puder about his plans, Puder advised his Uncle Walt that it might be considered disrespectful to have a church in a for profit enterprise like a theme park so the idea was scrapped. Even so, Walt still opened Disneyland with a blessing led by military chaplains representing the three great faith of America; protestants, catholics, and jews. Rev. Puder led the crowd in prayer and asked that this endeavor prosper beneath the hand of God. He always told people that his Uncle Walt had spiritual reasons for creating his park. Once open, Walt frequently had choirs and gospel singers perform at his park -- a practice that continued even well into the Eisner era of Disney. When the park has been rededicated in the After Walt era, no blessing has been observed. It's almost like Walt made a covenant and Woke Disney has broken it. In the 90’s to counter the boycotts of various Christian groups, Rev Puder and his wife cashed in some Disney stock and funded the construction of a church in the Disney community of Celebration as a tribute to Walt and Roy. The Puders acknowledged that the company their uncles had started needed Jesus. Rev Puder died in 2011 with little fanfare from the Disney community even though he'd been an important figure at the Disneyland opening day ceremony. Here you can see the opening ceremony of Disneyland as it was broadcast on national television and was one of the largest viewed broadcasts up to that time. Ronald Reagan hosts this segment where Walt gives his dedication, which was written by Winston Hibler, Rev Puder gives the blessing and leads the crowd in prayer, CA Governor Goodwin Knight gives some remarks and the American flag is raised. You can see Walt cry as the flag flies over Disneyland. The identities of the military chaplains are: Bishop Francis Eric Bloy (Episcopalian) Bishop Gerald Kennedy (Methodist) Cardinal James McIntyre (Catholic) Dr Carroll Schuster (Presbyterian) Rabbi Edgar Margin (Jewish) Also present are invited representatives from the local houses of worship including 10 Baptist churches, 9 Methodist churches, 8 Lutheran churches, 8 Catholic churches, 7 Christian churches, 6 Church of Christ, 6 Presbyterian churches, 6 Episcopalian churches, 5 Free Methodist Churches, 2 Congregational Churches, 1 Nazarene church, and 1 Jewish synagogue. Among the invited press are reporters from 8 different religious newspapers. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. While Walt hadn't yet produced his King Arthur movie, he would buy the rights to the Sword in the Stone the year after this episode aired. The project was worked on off and on until the animated feature The Sword in the Stone debuted in 1963. Prior to that, Walt had considered doing a live action film in the UK of King Arthur after The Sword & the Rose and some early Disneyland materials cite the castle in the center of the park as belonging to King Arthur. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Walt Disney always cited seeing this silent film version of Snow White as being the inspiration for his own adaptation of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Walt saw this film as a boy in Kansas City at a screening held for the newspaper boys. The film was an adaptation of a 1912 stage play and used much of the same cast. Snow White was distributed by Paramount Pictures and it may surprise you in just how lavish of a fantasy film this was for the time. This film was once believed lost but a nearly complete print was discovered in Europe in 1992. It's fortunate we can look back and see this century plus year old film and see what influenced Walt Disney to create the worlds first animated feature. Starring Marguerite Clark as Snow White Creighton Hale as Prince Florimond Dorothy Cumming as Queen Brangomar Lionel Braham as Berthold the Huntsman Alice Washburn as Witch Hex (*see below) Richard Barthelmess as Pie Man Arthur Donaldson as King Irwin Emmer as Dwarf Billy Platt as Dwarf Herbert Rice as Dwarf Jimmy Rosen as Dwarf May Robson as Witch Hex Kate Lester as a dowager queen Written by Winthrop Ames Directed by J. Searle Dawley Release date December 25, 1916 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

What's My Line was a popular Game/Quiz Show. The 1950's was the golden age for this genre. On this Nov 11, 1956 episode Walt Disney is the mystery guest. The panel on the show was made up of Arlene Francis, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf. The host is John Daly. Here you can see an unscripted Walt reveal his natural charm. This is an edited version with just Walt Disney's segment. In the end Jerry Lewis talks about MDA, an org he'd be the face of for the rest of his life. Original air date Nov 11, 1956 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

On November 15, 1965, this press conference was held at the Cherry Plaza Hotel, by Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida after the Orlando Sentinel published an article on October 24 revealing that it was Walt Disney who was the mysterious bidder buying up the land in Florida. Walt Disney, Roy Disney Sr, and Florida Governor Haydon Burns announce the project that would become Walt Disney World and EPCOT Center. They answer questions about its scope, investments, and effect on tourism in the state. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Jack Benny was a legendary comedy star who's largely forgotten today. The Jack Benny Program was a popular, award-winning radio and television comedy series that ran for over three decades; from 1932 to 1955 on radio and from 1950 to 1965 on television. Benny was also an innovator in civil rights, treating his co-star Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as an equal when many black actors were not at the time. Benny's schtick was he was a cheapskate with his money and a lot of the gags were made at his expense. In this 1965 episode excerpt, Jack invites his real life friend, Walt Disney, to appear as himself in a sketch where Benny seeks free tickets to Disneyland for his staff. In the next sketch Benny, Bob Hope, and Elke Sommer do a spoof of Walt's masterpiece, Mary Poppins. This may be the only time Walt Disney ever acted on someone else's show. This edited version only includes the Disney scenes. The full episode (with the Beach Boys) can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/TheJackBennyHour1965 Original air date November 13, 1965 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

After the Alice Comedies had run their course due to cost and technical restrictions, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was developed as the lead character in an new all animated series. Walt and Ub Iwerks began the series once they moved into the new Hyperion Studio building. When the first short, Poor Papa, was rejected by Universal, Walt and Ub went back to the drawing board and redesigned the character to be more like Charlie Chaplin. After Oswald was accepted, the short Poor Papa was tweaked to fit the new character design and became the 21st short released while it was the first one made. The plot of Poor Papa was later reused in the Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Nightmare. With income gained from the Oswald series, Walt and Roy purchased ten acres of land in the desert. They also invested in an oil-drilling venture. Iwerks also invested his income in several stone mills to crush paint pigment he used to make paint formulas that were utilized by animators for decades. 6 of the 27 Oswald shorts Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks made are believed to be lost. This is the 1st Oswald cartoon in the series. Release date June 11, 1928 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.