by Jim Smith | Jun 8, 2022 | Hidden
Which Disney animated feature film was the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture? Answer: Beauty and the Beast (1991) Image: Disney Howard Ashman and Alan Menken took a floundering film to unimagined heights as a musical feature, winning Oscars...
by Jim Smith | Jun 6, 2022 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Pocket Guides, Facts and Figment Travel Planning, Travel Planning
Editor’s Update: March 20, 2024 (A version of this article was shared on Pirates & Princesses, along with similar articles on other Disney Resort Pocket Guide pieces.) Come one, come all, to the heart of America’s nostalgic carnival era. A visit to Disney’s...
by Jim Smith | Jun 6, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
Editor’s Update: March 20, 2024 (A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on June 13, 2022.) If words speak to the mind, and music speaks to the soul, what happens when words and music combine? Musicians and songwriters of the world explore this...
by Jim Smith | May 25, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
In 1928, an icon was born. Mickey Mouse – the inspiration of Walt Disney, and animated by Ub Iwerks – first endeared himself to audiences in the short film Plane Crazy. Mickey’s circular body and rubber hose limbs remained largely unchanged for the first...
by Jim Smith | May 23, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
The Walt Disney Company has been making memories since Walt and his brother Roy started the company in 1923. Since the company’s early days, Disney storytelling and entertainment have dazzled audiences worldwide. Walt Disney once said, “You can design and...
