Showing posts with label Walt Disney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walt Disney. Show all posts

Thursday, December 26, 2013

King Neptune- Silly Symphonies (1932)

King Neptune is a classic 1932 animation by Walt Disney and is the second in the Silly Symphonies series. It was produced in Technicolor. The short follows the story of a group of mermaids that are spotted by a shipload of drunken pirates. The pirates capture a mermaid and various sea creatures respond in full battle mode. Neptune also comes to her rescue. This animation was directed by Burt Gillett and was released on September 10, 1932.


Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Crazy with the Heat- Donald Duck (1947)

Crazy with the Heat features Donald Duck and Goofy traveling through the desert when their car breaks down. Soon afterwards, both are very thirsty and begin seeing different mirages. This Walt Disney animation was released on August 1, 1947 and was directed by Bob Carson.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Mickey's Trailer- Mickey Mouse (1938)

Mickey's Trailer is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures in 1938. It features Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy as they take a disastrous road trip in a travel trailer. All goes well until Goofy joins Mickey and Donald for breakfast in the trailer while he is supposed to be driving. This animated short was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- Premiere

Video footage capturing the premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Carthay Circle Theatre in 1937. Various stars are seen including Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Walt Disney and Shirley Temple.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Alice's Wonderland- Walt Disney (1923)

Alice's Wonderland is a Walt Disney silent film produced by Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. In the short, Alice visits an animation studio where the animators show her various scenes on their drawing boards. Later she dreams of taking a train to cartoon-land. Alice was played by child actor Virginia Davis.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Walt Disney World's 15th Birthday Celebration

Watch excerpts from this 1986 TV special celebrating the 15th birthday of Walt Disney World. This special aired on November 9, 1986. Segments highlighted include Emmanuel Lewis (Webster) dancing to "Footloose", The Monkees singing "I'm a Believer", and children and cast singing "This Land is Your Land".

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Tron- Theatrical Trailer (1982)

Tron is a science fiction film released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1982. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan and Barnard Hughes. The movie follows a computer programmer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer, where he interacts with various programs in his attempt to get back out.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Love Bug- Walt Disney (1968)

Commercial spot for the 1968 Walt Disney film The Love Bug. The movie was directed by Robert Stevenson and starred Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson and Buddy Hackett.

Monday, June 4, 2012

The Happiest Millionaire- Let's Have a Drink On It (1967)

The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film starring Fred MacMurray and based upon the true story of Philadelphia Main Line millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. This was the last film with involvement from Walt Disney, who died during its production. In this video clip the musical number "Let's Have a Drink On It" is featured.



Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Walt Disney- Silly Symphony Music Land (1935)

Music Land is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short released in 1935. It features a princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony who is chased by a more lively saxophone from the Isle of Jazz.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Sleeping Beauty- Full Movie (1959)

Sleeping Beauty is an American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault. The sixteenth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was released to theatres on January 29, 1959.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Pixar: Toy Story- Movie Trailer (1995)

Toy Story is a computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and features the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Walt Disney Cartoon- Mickey's Service Station (1935)

Pegleg Pete drops his car off at Mickey's service station and gives him 10 minutes to remove the squeaking noise. That's plenty of time for Mickey, Donald Duck and Goofy to reduce the car to a pile of parts (and, eventually, find the source of the squeak).

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Purloined Pup (1946)

Classic Walt Disney cartoon featuring Pluto as a police dog who tracks down Butch, the dog that abducted rich dog "Ronnie" for a 10,000 bone ransom.



Tuesday, June 7, 2011

What's My Line- Walt Disney (1956)

Walt Disney was the mystery guest on this episode of "What's My Line" which aired on November 11, 1956 . At the end of this clip, Jerry Lewis, one of the panelists, makes a pitch for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Saludos Amigos- Rio de Janeiro (1942)

A clip from Walt Disney's 1942 film Saludos Amigos, which is based on a trip to South America that Disney and his cartoonists made.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Haunted House- Mickey Mouse (1929)

Mickey weathers a ferocious storm inside an old haunted house where he is compelled to play the organ for the ghost and skeleton dance.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Walt Disney Treasures - Hawaiian Holiday (1937)

Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto relax in sunny Hawaii in this classic 1937 cartoon.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Plane Crazy- Mickey Mouse (1928)

Mickey Mouse goes on a wild ride in the classic 1928 cartoon Plane Crazy.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Trolley Troubles-Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927)

Before he created Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney drew cartoons of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Universal Pictures and Charles Mintz. This was the first of these films which was released to theaters.