DHI’s Movie of the Month- Toby Tyler Part 3
Introducing Mr. Stubbs!The Disney Studios knew the power of animals. The power to draw a crowd!©DisneyStarmaker Walt Disney Discovers Mr. Stubbs For "Toby Tyler" Film "Mr. Stubbs" is the screen name of Walt Disney's newest animal star, a pint-sized...
Walt Disney and California Living
Undeveloped Land (in Black) Controlled by Disney in 1960 Walt Disney and “California Living” The Original Second Gate in Anaheimby Todd James Pierce One month before his death in 2010, a gaunt, slightly stooped economist named Buzz Price took the stage at...
DHI’s Movie of the Month- Toby Tyler Part 2
To continue on with the Toby Tyler campaign manual, here is the synopsis that was included, along with one of the newspaper layouts.©DisneySynopsis A colorful circus parade through the main street of Guilford, a small...
DHI’s Movie of the Month- Toby Tyler
As I was growing up, anytime a Disney movie was released our family would jump in the car for the Saturday matinee. (We only had one failure, but that's a story for another time!) It was also the same for my parents as they were growing up....
Walt Disney and Riverfront Square Part 10
Press Conference for the Florida Project - Nov. 15, 1965 Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 10 - LegaciesBy Todd James Pierce --> During Walt’s life, there was a saying around studio hallways: no Disney project truly dies; it simply re-emerges in a...
Walt Disney and Riverfront Square Part 9
Political Comic - Mickey Mouse Eying St. Louis - 1963Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 9 - Dollars and SenseBy Todd James Pierce By spring of 1964, Walt Disney’s team felt that they had worked out a general agreement with the people in St. Louis to...
Walt Disney and Riverfront Square Part 8
Site Plan for Riverfront Square (Detail) - March 1964Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 8 - The PresentationBy Todd James Pierce--> On March 16, at the Bel Air East Motel in St. Louis, Walt Disney and his designers held a series of meetings to both...
Walt Disney and Riverfront Square Part 7
Lincoln at New York World's Fair - 1964Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 7 - Countdown to Riverfront SquareBy Todd James Pierce--> At the start of 1964, Walt lavished the lion’s share of his attention on the World’s Fair, which was set to open in...
Walt Disney Takes You On A Nostalgic Stroll Down 1950s Disneyland Main Street, U.S.A.
WALT DISNEY'S VISION OF DISNEYLAND'SMAIN STREET USA"A NOSTALGIC STROLL" Very happy to let you know that for this short documentary the Disney History Institute has teamed up with the inspirational leader and founder of Mouse Scrappers (www.mousescrappers.com)....
Walt Disney and Riverfront Square Part 6
August "Gussie" Busch - mid-1960s--> Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 6 - Booze, Money and RespectBy Todd James Pierce One of the best-known stories about Riverfront Square is that it was stopped by booze—a rivalry between August Busch (whose...
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