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05-15-2008, 05:10 AM
May 15, 1908 - Illustrator Joe Grant, Known for his work on such classics as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Dumbo” was born.
May 15, 1928 - First Mickey Mouse film Plane Crazy appeared at a theater on Sunset Blvd. In L.A.; at a cost of $1772.89 to make.
May 15, 1930 – Disney’s Mickey Mouse cartoon “The Cactus Kid” was released.
May 15, 1937 – Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoon “Little Hiawatha” was released.
May 15, 1937 – “Donald and Donna” the first Donald Duck adventure ever, was published in Mickey Mouse Weekly #67 by Fleetway (a publishing company mainly producing comic magazines for the U.K.) The story (Drawn by William A.Ward) was 15 pages long and would be published in weekly episodes.
May 15, 1938 – The final (and 20th) episode of the radio series “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air” was broadcast on the NBC Radio Network. Originally scheduled to run as a thirteen-program series, it had been extended to twenty due to its popularity.
May 15, 1952 – Actor Chazz Palminteri, the voice of Buster in Disney’s 2001 “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure,” was born in N.Y.C.
May 15, 1974 – Card Walker (Disney president and chief operating officer) announced to a meeting of the American Marketing Association that Walt Disney Productions will be moving ahead “in a phased program” with the development of Walt Disney’s concept of Epcot. The process of taking Walt’s Epcot (a real city) apart and concocting something different with the pieces has begun.
May 15, 1988 – Disney aired “Captain EO Backstage” on television.
May 15, 1988 – Disney’s TV movie “Justin Case,” starring George Carlin, Molly Hagan, Timothy Stack, Kevin McClarnon, Douglas Sills, Gordon Jump, and Valerie Wildman, aired.
May 15, 1928 - First Mickey Mouse film Plane Crazy appeared at a theater on Sunset Blvd. In L.A.; at a cost of $1772.89 to make.
May 15, 1930 – Disney’s Mickey Mouse cartoon “The Cactus Kid” was released.
May 15, 1937 – Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoon “Little Hiawatha” was released.
May 15, 1937 – “Donald and Donna” the first Donald Duck adventure ever, was published in Mickey Mouse Weekly #67 by Fleetway (a publishing company mainly producing comic magazines for the U.K.) The story (Drawn by William A.Ward) was 15 pages long and would be published in weekly episodes.
May 15, 1938 – The final (and 20th) episode of the radio series “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air” was broadcast on the NBC Radio Network. Originally scheduled to run as a thirteen-program series, it had been extended to twenty due to its popularity.
May 15, 1952 – Actor Chazz Palminteri, the voice of Buster in Disney’s 2001 “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure,” was born in N.Y.C.
May 15, 1974 – Card Walker (Disney president and chief operating officer) announced to a meeting of the American Marketing Association that Walt Disney Productions will be moving ahead “in a phased program” with the development of Walt Disney’s concept of Epcot. The process of taking Walt’s Epcot (a real city) apart and concocting something different with the pieces has begun.
May 15, 1988 – Disney aired “Captain EO Backstage” on television.
May 15, 1988 – Disney’s TV movie “Justin Case,” starring George Carlin, Molly Hagan, Timothy Stack, Kevin McClarnon, Douglas Sills, Gordon Jump, and Valerie Wildman, aired.