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unusual facts about Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams


Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams

Various costumed animal dancers surround the unit, such as a tiger, panther, antelope, chimpanzee, cheetah, leopard, and a life-sized rhinoceros along with walking stilt performers dressed as a stylized zebra and giraffe.


Agios Nikolaos, Crete

The modern city of Agios Nikolaos became internationally well-known during the 60's, when it was "discovered" by famous cinema directors (Jules Dassin, Walt Disney etc.), BBC producers and many others.

Aileen Britton

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – Born to Run: Parts 1 & 2 (1979) ...Susannah

Alexander Kardin

During his career he worked as a freelance artist as well as for organizations like Walt Disney and King Brothers Productions.

America First Committee

Other celebrities supporting America First were novelist Sinclair Lewis, poet E. E. Cummings, Washington socialite Alice Roosevelt Longworth, film producer Walt Disney, and actress Lillian Gish.

Angela Wynter

Wynter also appeared in the Walt Disney West End production of The Lion King as leading role Raffiki in 2001, and in the autumn of 2008 played the title character in Catalysta at the Oval House Theatre in Kennington, directed by Robert Icke and written by Allister Bain.

Animated cartoon

Walt Disney's 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse was the first to use a click track during the recording session, which produced better synchronism.

Card Walker

After Walt Disney died in 1966, Walker became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Century Plaza Hotel

The hotel's ballrooms became the center for numerous high-profile events, including an opening charity gala in 1966 emceed by Bob Hope, who with singer Andy Williams entertained the likes of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Walt and Lillian Disney.

Charles Judels

He also did extensive work as a voice-over actor in animated films, notably as the voices of Stromboli and the coachman in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, and in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short Porky's Garden.

Color Rhapsodies

They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies.

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

Walt Disney and a group of animators had been sent to South America in 1941 by the U.S. State Department as part of its Good Neighbor policy, and guaranteed financing for the resulting movie, Saludos Amigos.

Disney Enterprises

Retlaw Enterprises, originally Walt Disney Inc. then WED Enterprises, was Walt Disney's personal corporation that owned the rights to his name and other properties affiliated with Walt Disney Productions and Disneyland that latter became a real estate and TV stations holding company.

Disney Magazine

The first issue was 16 pages long, and the cover showed Walt Disney surrounded by several costumed characters in front of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Enamel sign

Florencio Molina Campos, the brilliant sketcher of the Alpargatas Almanacs of rural life (1930), collaborated in three Walt Disney films.

Estepona

Estepona was chosen by the Walt Disney organisation in the early 1990s as the original site for the Eurodisney project before Paris, France, which was later awarded the installation.

Everybody's Favorite Duck

The story comes to a head in a theme park, Waldo World (a clear spoof of Disneyland, but set in New Jersey), featuring the popular duck of the title (a parody of Donald Duck), and its creator, Art Waldo (Walt Disney).

Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers

The FPAQ has engaged in an agreement with Tokyo DisneySea, a Walt Disney amusement park, to promote maple syrup and encourage the Japanese to purchase and consume it.

Félix Lorioux

A friend of Walt Disney, who admired his work, he was then hired to illustrate Mickey stories for the French market, as well as The Silly Symphony.

Felix Salten

In 1933, he sold the film rights to director Sidney Franklin for only $1,000, and Franklin later transferred the rights to the Walt Disney studios, which formed the basis of the 1942 animated classic, "Bambi".

Ford Rotunda

The pavilion featured a number of exhibits designed by Walt Disney.

Frank Faylen

He appears as Walt Disney's musical conductor in The Reluctant Dragon, and as a stern railroad official in the Laurel and Hardy comedy A-Haunting We Will Go.

George Probert

Between 1954 to 1969, he played in the Firehouse Five Plus Two Dixieland revival band, an ensemble formed by animators from Walt Disney Studios, and recorded with Disney composer George Bruns in 1957 and again in 1968.

Giani Esposito

He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.

Gustaf Tenggren

From 1923 to 1939, Tenggren worked for the game company Milton Bradley; in 1936, he was hired by The Walt Disney Company, to work as a chief illustrator with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the popular feature-length movie originated in 1934 when Walt Disney decided to re-create the romantic fairy tale.

I Haven't Got a Hat

I Haven't Got a Hat was one of the earliest Technicolor Merrie Melodies, and (because of Walt Disney's exclusive deal with Technicolor at the time) was produced using Technicolor's two-strip process (red and green) instead of its more expensive three-strip process.

John Clem

In 1963, Walt Disney produced a made-for-TV film entitled Johnny Shiloh, with Kevin Corcoran in the title role.

Judson Rosebush

Rosebush's television credits include directing over 1000 commercials and logos for advertising agencies and networks worldwide; feature film credits include Walt Disney's Tron.

Leo Harris

Harris was also noted for striking a handshake deal with Walt Disney in 1947 that allowed Oregon to use the likeness of Donald Duck as the University's athletic mascot, The Oregon Duck.

Linda St. Clair

Collectors include Walt Disney Corporation President Michael Mendenhall, Bill Marriot of Marriot Hotels and Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming.

Meet Mr. McNutley

In the episode "The Prodigy", David Stollery, later of Walt Disney's serial, The Adventures of Spin and Marty (in the role of Marty), appears as Peggy's cousin who enrolls at Comstock as a pre-teen.

Nhek Dim

His cartoon "The Wise Rabbit" won a 1967 student competition organized by Walt Disney.

Paul Dessau

Among others he wrote compositions for early movies of Walt Disney, background music for silent pictures and early German films.

Pedro Miguel Arce

Also in films such as Walt Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen with Lindsay Lohan, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, Get Rich or Die Tryin' with 50 Cent and Ice Cube's Are We Done Yet?.

Republic of the Children

According to the official website of the Republic of Children, in 1950 Walt Disney visited the park and, surprised by the beauty, was inspired to build Disneyland.

Richard Bass

Together with Frank Wells, one-time president of Walt Disney, Bass conceived of the adventure challenge of summiting each of the seven continents: Denali (Mt. McKinley), North America; Aconcagua, South America; Mt. Elbrus, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa; Vinson Massif, Antarctica; Mount Kosciuszko, Australia; and Mt. Everest, Asia.

Sasha Lakovic

Lakovic has attempted to start a career in acting, landing a small role as Russian ice hockey player Boris Mikhailov in the 2004 Walt Disney movie Miracle.

Satoshi Ohno

In commemoration of Walt Disney's 110th anniversary, the documentary will explore and reveal the secrets behind the origins and processes of Walt's creations.

Scott Gustafson

During high school, the works of Walt Disney and the Warner Brothers inspired him to pursue a career in animation.

Sister Suffragette

To amplify Disney's and Johns' mutual embarrassment, the misunderstanding only became apparent while both parties sat opposite each other in Walt Disney's Burbank studio lot office.

Stoke Hammond

The Disney family, apparently related to the illustrator Walt Disney, was also at one time an influential family in the parish.

Tallulah Falls Railway

Later, in 1955, Walt Disney selected the railway as the location of principal photography for The Great Locomotive Chase.

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

The story ends with the Muppets having a friendly meeting at Mickey Mouse's office where the signature characters of Walt Disney and Jim Henson compare their companies' theme songs, "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Rainbow Connection" (sung by a young Raven-Symoné to cheer up Kermit) respectively and the ideals behind them.

The Wise Little Hen

There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called "Mrs. Cackles's Corn" from Walt Disney's Story Land: 55 Favorite Stories.

Tobago

Adding to the confusion, Tobago was the filming location for the Walt Disney movie The Swiss Family Robinson.

Tom Leetch

His career consisted of mainly working on films for Walt Disney Pictures, under the leadership of Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller.

Truman Washington Dailey

When Walt Disney hired him, he allowed Dailey to use one of his own Indian names in the show, simply changing it to "Chief White Horse".

TT Toys Toys

The company built up a number of partnerships with major car manufacturers and entertainment companies such as Walt Disney.

Vincent Winter

He appeared in several films as a child including Beyond This Place (1959) and the Walt Disney features Greyfriars Bobby (1961), Almost Angels (1962) and The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964).

Voyages Extraordinaires

The Voyages are frequently adapted into film, from Georges Méliès' fanciful 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune (aka A Trip to the Moon), to Walt Disney's 1954 adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, to the 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days starring Jackie Chan.


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