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03-29-2008, 07:44 AM
Mar. 29, 1909 – Director, writer, and animator Jack Kinney was born in Utah. His long career at the Walt Disney Studios would begin in 1931 as an animator on several shorts, including “Santa’s Workshop,” “The Band Concert,” and “Moose Hunters.” In 1988 Kinney would publish a short memoir, “Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney.”
Mar. 29, 1918 – Entertainer Pearl Bailey, the voice of Big Mama in Disney’s 1981 “The Fox and the Hound” was born in Newport News, Va.
Mar. 29, 1940 – Actor Hal Stalmaster, the star of Disney’s 1957 live-action feature “Johnny Tremain,” was born.
Mar. 29, 1943 – Eric Idle, Dr. Channing of “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience” and “Journey into your Imagination”, and Pluto Angel in “Mickey Mouse Works” was born in England.
Mar. 29, 1951 – Disney won an Academy Award for the short “In Beaver Valley”.
Mar. 29, 1955 – The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway signed a 5-year contract with Disney, paying $50,000 per year in exchange for the name “Santa Fe” and company logo to be used on all Disneyland trains, stations, and literature.
Mar. 29, 1961 – Actress Amy Sedaris, the voice of Foxy Loxy in the 2005 animated feature “Chicken Little,” was born in N.Y.C. (Comedy fans may recognize her from the 2005 Bewitched, the 2003 Elf, and the 1999 TV series Strangers With Candy.)
Mar. 29, 1963 – Disney’s live action feature film “Miracle of the White Stallions”, was released.
Mar. 29, 1990 – The Disney film “Pretty Woman” starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, and Hector Elizondo, was released in theaters.
Mar. 29, 2007 – Actor Adam West (best known as the TV’s Batman & the voice of the Mayor on the Family Guy) who provides the voice of Uncle Art, one of the eccentric Robinson family members in Walt Disney Pictures’ new computer-animated comedy-adventure, “Meet the Robinsons,” helped kick off the El Capitan Theatre’s spectacular Disney Digital 3-D engagement with a personal appearance at the midnight show. “Meet the Robinsons,” is scheduled to run at the El Capitan from Mar. 30th through May 19th. On the same program, in its first big screen appearance in 54 years, was the classic 1953 3-D short, “Working for Peanuts,” starring Donald Duck and Chip’n’Dale.
Mar. 29, 1918 – Entertainer Pearl Bailey, the voice of Big Mama in Disney’s 1981 “The Fox and the Hound” was born in Newport News, Va.
Mar. 29, 1940 – Actor Hal Stalmaster, the star of Disney’s 1957 live-action feature “Johnny Tremain,” was born.
Mar. 29, 1943 – Eric Idle, Dr. Channing of “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience” and “Journey into your Imagination”, and Pluto Angel in “Mickey Mouse Works” was born in England.
Mar. 29, 1951 – Disney won an Academy Award for the short “In Beaver Valley”.
Mar. 29, 1955 – The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway signed a 5-year contract with Disney, paying $50,000 per year in exchange for the name “Santa Fe” and company logo to be used on all Disneyland trains, stations, and literature.
Mar. 29, 1961 – Actress Amy Sedaris, the voice of Foxy Loxy in the 2005 animated feature “Chicken Little,” was born in N.Y.C. (Comedy fans may recognize her from the 2005 Bewitched, the 2003 Elf, and the 1999 TV series Strangers With Candy.)
Mar. 29, 1963 – Disney’s live action feature film “Miracle of the White Stallions”, was released.
Mar. 29, 1990 – The Disney film “Pretty Woman” starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, and Hector Elizondo, was released in theaters.
Mar. 29, 2007 – Actor Adam West (best known as the TV’s Batman & the voice of the Mayor on the Family Guy) who provides the voice of Uncle Art, one of the eccentric Robinson family members in Walt Disney Pictures’ new computer-animated comedy-adventure, “Meet the Robinsons,” helped kick off the El Capitan Theatre’s spectacular Disney Digital 3-D engagement with a personal appearance at the midnight show. “Meet the Robinsons,” is scheduled to run at the El Capitan from Mar. 30th through May 19th. On the same program, in its first big screen appearance in 54 years, was the classic 1953 3-D short, “Working for Peanuts,” starring Donald Duck and Chip’n’Dale.