Star Wars Weekends 2009 Parade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 22, Opening Day
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 11, 2010
Star Wars Weekends has returned once again to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, launching on May 22, 2009. Here is the entire parade, which ran just after a brief rainstorm, including Star Wars celebrities Warwick Davis (Wicket), Ray Park (Darth Maul), and plenty of characters. Visit www.attractionsmagazine.com for plenty of great photos from the parade and more Star Wars Weekends excitement. Video shot by Ricky Brigante.
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Disney ‘36 – Silly Symphony – The Country Cousin
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 10, 2010
A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short. Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic. The SILLY SYMPHONIES, which Walt Disney produced for a ten year period beginning in 1929, are among the most fascinating of all animated series. Unlike the Mickey Mouse cartoons in which action was paramount, with the Symphonies the action was made to fit the music. There was little plot in the early Symphonies, which featured lively inanimate objects and anthropomorphic plants & animals, all moving frantically to the soundtrack. Gradually, however, the Symphonies became the school where Walt’s animators learned to work with color and began to experiment with plot, characterization & photographic special effects. The pages of Fable & Fairy Tale, Myth & Mother Goose were all mined to provide story lines and even Hollywood’s musicals & celebrities were effectively spoofed. It was from this rich soil that Disney’s feature-length animation was to spring. In 1939, with SNOW WHITE successfully behind him and PINOCCHIO & FANTASIA on the near horizon, Walt phased out the SILLY SYMPHONIES; they had run their course & served their purpose.
Disney Channel stars Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas & others visit Epcot as part of Friends For Change
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 8, 2010
Disney Channel stars Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, Alyson Stoner, Roshon Fegan and others visited Epcot on Feb. 11, 2010 as part of Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green, a multiplatform initiative that helps kids help the planet. Video shot by Jimmy Strater and Disney. Edited by Jimmy Strater. Interview by Mindy Strater.
Disney Channel stars Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas & others visit Epcot as part of Friends For Change
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 8, 2010
Disney Channel stars Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, Alyson Stoner, Roshon Fegan and others visited Epcot on Feb. 11, 2010 as part of Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green, a multiplatform initiative that helps kids help the planet. Video shot by Jimmy Strater and Disney. Edited by Jimmy Strater. Interview by Mindy Strater.
Peter And The Wolf 1 of 2
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 8, 2010
The Classic song and toon from way back.
Disney worker faces child porn charges
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 6, 2010
Disney worker faces child porn charges
A MAN who works for Walt Disney World as a supervisor in Disney Engineering Services was arrested yesterday in Florida and charged with possession of child porn, MyFox National reports.
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Disney ‘59 – Donald In Mathmagic Land (1of3)
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 5, 2010
Donald in Mathmagic Land is a Donald Duck featurette which was released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske and is 27 minutes in length. Many people collaborated on this project, including Disney artists John Hench and Art Riley, voice talent Paul Frees, and scientific expert Heinz Haber, who had worked on the Disney space shows. This featurette was originally released on a bill with Darby O’Gill and the Little People. In 1959, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary – Short Subjects). In 1961, two years after its release, it had the honor of being introduced by Ludwig Von Drake and shown on the first program of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. The film was made available to schools and became one of the most popular educational films ever made by Disney. As Walt Disney explained, “The cartoon is a good medium to stimulate interest. We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject.” Despite this being a mathematics educational film, a character incorrectly recites the value of the mathematical constant pi. The character states, “Pi is equal to 3.141592653589747, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.” The correct value of pi (to the same amount of digits) is actually 3.141592653589793.
Disney sets The Duck free
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 5, 2010
Disney sets The Duck free
Under its formal licensing agreements with Disney, the UO had to get Disney’s permission to use the Duck in any setting outside those described in the agreements, which set out strict rules for how the UO can use Disney trademarks.
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Treasure Planet
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 4, 2010
DescriptionFrom the directors of Disney’s ALADDIN and THE LITTLE MERMAID comes a spectacular new motion picture for the entire family. Buckle up for thrills and excitement as a classic story of friendship, courage, and self-discovery gets an incredible futuristic twist for an all-new generation. It’s “another jewel in the crown of Disney animated classics” (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood). A secret map inspires a thrilling treasure hunt across the universe as young Jim Hawkins and a hil. . . More >>
Disney: ABC may go dark on Cablevision in New York
Posted by Disneyhours.com on Mar 4, 2010
Disney: ABC may go dark on Cablevision in New York
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday began warning Cablevision subscribers in New York that the local ABC television station signal may go dark this weekend in a dispute over how much it is paid by the cable operator.
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