Walt’s Southern California Homes

Walt’s 1927 home on Lyric Ave in the Silver lake area. Walt and crew secretly worked on the 1st Mickey Mouse cartoon in the garage

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Walt’s Southern California Homes

The CalArts Story

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem . This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given a big financial and creative push by Walt Disney.

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The CalArts Story

The CalArts Story

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem . This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen

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The CalArts Story

More on Marceline from Jim Korkis

Disney historian Jim Korkis saw the recent post about Marceline and send a long a little more information.

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More on Marceline from Jim Korkis

The Myth of Main Street Marceline

Over the years I’ve heard many rumors and myths concerning Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. It’s the first land you enter and it sets the tone for the whole experience, so there is no doubt its crafting was carefully considered by Walt Disney. I have heard that the facades of the buildings were purchased from actual run down Main streets across California and the midwest and then reconstructed at Disneyland, that the buildings and street use forced perspective (true in a way) to make it seem shorter on the way in and longer on the way out (although this seems to conflict with the first rumor), and that the street was modeled after the main street (Kansas Street) of Marceline, MO where Walt spent some time during his youngest years.

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The Myth of Main Street Marceline

Tales of an Original VIP Hostess for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

One of the forum members of Tiki Central finally convinced his stepmom, Diana Lai, to tell her story of how she became one of the original VIP Hostess’ for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. That’s Diane facing the camera in a postcard for Tiki Room (above)

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Tales of an Original VIP Hostess for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

Tales of an Original VIP Hostess for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

One of the forum members of Tiki Central finally convinced his stepmom, Diana Lai, to tell her story of how she became one of the original VIP Hostess’ for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. That’s Diane facing the camera in a postcard for Tiki Room (above).

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Tales of an Original VIP Hostess for Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

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