1.In 1930, a Mickey Mouse writing tablet became the first Disney character merchandise.
The cartoon was also the first to be made in Technicolor (making it the first full-color cartoon).
3.The term “Disney Vault” is actually a lotolderthan you might think.
4.The first movie itre-releasedwasSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsin 1944, during WWII.
propaganda films, training films, print campaigns, etc.).
One of them wasBeverly Park Kiddieland, which he often visited with his daughters.
7.Walt actually told David about his plans to build Disneyland in 1950.
He then hired David as aconsultant.
9.Also, in 1954,Alice in Wonderlandbecame the first animatedDisney movietoair on TV.
10.Walt Disney hated howAlice in Wonderlandturned out and refused to re-release the movie during his lifetime.
When I was a kid we got the polio vaccine.
My dad, working on Mary Poppins, asked how my day was.
I told him about the vaccine.
I said they put it on a sugar cube and you ate it.
He called my uncle Dick and the next day they wrote A Spoonful of Sugar.
Yup, there was a 30-year gap 1989’sThe Little Mermaidwould be the next fairy-tale movie.
However, after the success ofThe Little Mermaid, Disney decided to revive the idea of anAladdinanimated movie.
Because of his illness, he only worked onAladdinbriefly before his death.
Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane (the voices of the characters) even recorded the whole song.
22.I think everyone agrees that Emma Thompson as the Baroness inCruellawas perfecting casting.
However, Disney’s first choice for the role wasNicole Kidman.
23.Tangledis themost expensive animated movieever made costing $260 million to make.
