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• Just because a behind-the-scenes story is fun to tell doesn't mean that it's actually true

  Jim Hill uses Michael Sragow’s new book, “Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master,” as an excuse to debunk a famous Hollywood myth. Which alleges that – back in 1930 -- MGM passed on the opportunity to distribute Disney’s “Mickey Mouse” cartoons because Louis B. Mayer was afraid of mice Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Walt Disney, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Mickey Mouse, Hollywood, film, movie, Disney-MGM Studios, MGM, cartoons, hardcover, shorts

• How Mickey Mouse almost got to play Christopher Columbus

  Jim Hill talks about the featurette that Walt Disney Animation Studios almost made back in the late 1980s. Which would have celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the New World Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, Disney Consumer Products, traditional animation, Walt Disney World, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Beauty and the Beast, Ron Clements, John Musker, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse, featurette, Gilligan's Island, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus, Swabbies, The Prince and the Pauper, Disney Feature Animation Florida, the New World