Home Movies of the Disney Studio (1962)
Home Movies of the Disney Studio (1962)by Todd James PierceAbout a year ago, I came across the home movies of Ken Murray. Who was Ken Murray? He was a radio star, also the host of an early TV variety program, The Ken Murray Show. (For Disney fans, he...
Beyond Lincoln – Walt’s Vision for Animatronics in 1965
Beyond Lincoln: Walt’s Vision for Animatronics in 1965by Todd James Pierce In 1964, Walt Disney premiered the first human Audio-Animatronic figure, Abe Lincoln, at the New York World’s Fair. The following year, Disney built an updated figure—the Lincoln...
DHI Podcast Goes Live!
DHI Podcast Goes LiveWe here, at DHI, are blazing off into the future. And by future, of course, we mean 2003, the year the housing bubble still looked like a good thing, the year your iPod fit in one pocket and your cell phone fit in another. Our podcast...
JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIAN~The Disneyland Construction Edition
JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIANThe Disneyland Construction Editionby Paul F. AndersonWe are celebrating the lead up to Disneyland’s Birthday this month by posting rare and unseen photos of Walt’s Happiest Place on Earth over on our Facebook group page. If you haven’t...
The Lone Ranger at Disneyland
The Lone Ranger and Disneylandby Todd James PierceAs I bopped around the web this morning, I noticed a half-dozen Disney sites all exploring the same question: with the new Lone Ranger movie schlepping its way into multiplexes, should a costumed Lone Ranger Hi-Ho his...
Disneyland Voce 1955
Disneyland Voce 1955 by Todd James Pierce <<<< Note: More Disneyland 1955 photos on our Facebook Group Page. >>> This is a video I’ve wanted to dish for years--a video that contextualizes Disneyland within the political and cultural events of the...
DONALD DUCK 2013 DHI BIRTHDAY BASH~A Presidential Birthday Wish
In our weekly DHI editorial meeting about DHI's Donald Duck Birthday Bash celebration, the question was asked on “How far up the chain of command has Donald gone as far as previous celebrations of his birthday?” With little surprise amongst us, we learned that it was...
DONALD DUCK 2013 DHI BIRTHDAY BASH~Two Famous Disney Donald Duck Pranksters
There are quite a few Disney old timers linked to Donald Duck, with the above two notables: Bill Justice and Clarence “Ducky” Nash. In fact, both had a bit of a mischievous side just like Donald. Thus, I thought it would be a nice birthday wish to Donald Duck to...
DONALD DUCK 2013 DHI BIRTHDAY BASH~The Duck’s Humble Beginnings
Featured here for your consideration is small part of a two-page document entitled the “Outline for a Silly Symphony 'The Little Red Hen'” by Wilfred Jackson, from circa November 1933. We offer it since it illustrates Donald Duck's true, undistinguished origins (on...
DONALD DUCK 2013 DHI BIRTHDAY BASH~A Look At Donald’s 50th Birthday
I was just going though the many many stacks of Disney photos in the DHI collection, and came across several that were of Donald's 50th Birthday celebration. As these photos are rarely seen, I wanted to share them, but figured I would need to wait for...
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