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Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Jim Hill

For three weeks now, photos of a mysterious bankers box have been making the rounds on the Web. Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof reportedly deliberately put these images out there to help whet people's appetites for " Tomorrowland ," the sci-fi -themed project that these two wrote which is...

on7 Feb 2013
Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Jim Hill

I have to admit that It's been kind of amusing to watch the reaction (both here and elsewhere around the Web) that Tuesday's "What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy" story has been getting. With all sorts of would-be Disney scholars...

on26 Jan 2012
Blog Post: "Walt and the Promise of Progress City" covers an awful lot of Disney-related real estate

Jim Hill

"You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen ..." Well, if you're a Disney history buff, then you must already know about Walt's land searches of the early 1950s. As Disney tried to find just the right spot in Southern California for his family fun park . Likewise if you're...

on30 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Mary Blair concept art showcased in “Walt Disney’s Peter Pan”

Jim Hill

It’s always been one of the great what-ifs of Disney history. What if … All of the Studio’s overseas markets hadn’t been cut off by the start of World War II? It’s well known that – as of the late 1930s -- Walt was well into development of full-length animated versions of “ Alice in Wonderland ,” “ Peter...

on30 Dec 2009
Blog Post: "Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland" showcases Mary Blair's concept art

Jim Hill

Forget about " When Harry Met Sally ." You want to talk about a truly magical movie moment? Then let's discuss when Mary met Alice. To be specific, when Mary Blair was assigned to work on Disney's animated adaptation of " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ." Ever since May of 1938, when the Studio had...

on17 Sep 2008
Blog Post: "Anything Can Happen If You Let It" chronicles Mary Poppins' journey from page to stage

Jim Hill

Do you want the Disneyana fan on your holiday shopping list to have a very "Mary" Christmas? Then be sure and pick them up a copy of Brian Sibley & Michael Lassell's " Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It " (Disney Editions, December 2007). Subtitled "The Story Behind the Journey from...

on18 Dec 2007

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Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Blog Post: "Walt and the Promise of Progress City" covers an awful lot of Disney-related real estate

Blog Post: Mary Blair concept art showcased in “Walt Disney’s Peter Pan”

Blog Post: "Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland" showcases Mary Blair's concept art

Blog Post: "Anything Can Happen If You Let It" chronicles Mary Poppins' journey from page to stage