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habits of command

heavy smoking and cigarette cough of

home in Holmby Hills

home on Woking Way

honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale

as host of television show

interest in licensing merchandise

interviews with

at Kaycee Studios

at Laugh-O-gram Films

lawn bowling

limited role in studio's early advances

“live steam” backyard railroad

Marceline, Missouri, memories of

Medal of Freedom

move to home on Lyric Avenue

move to Los Angeles

negotiations with Charles Mintz

Newman Laugh-O-grams

as news butcher

as newspaper delivery boy in Kansas City, Missouri

nighttime visits to studio

1931 “breakdown”

1935 European trip

1957 commuting route

and
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

on origin of Mickey Mouse

passion for miniatures

personal financial status in early 1950s

personal identification with studio

Pinocchio
, regrets about

Pinocchio
, role in production

on plans for Florida park

playacting, value of

pleasure in True-Life Adventures

political involvement

possible strains in marriage

profanity

return to Kansas City

role in live-action filming

self-absorption

Silly Symphonies

Sleeping Beauty
, role in production

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, role in production

Song of the South
, role in production

sports, participation in

and
Steamboat Willie

story, ideas about

strike's effect on

as studio's coordinator

television, interest in

trains, love for

turn away from animation

vacation in Europe

work habits

work on Carousel of Progress

work on Pirates of the Caribbean ride

during World War II

writers' attempts at manipulation

“writing” of live-action films

Disney, Walt, British Films Limited

Disney, Walt, Company

Disney, Walt, Enterprises

Disney, Walt, Incorporated

Disney, Walt, Productions

acquisition of most of WED

aircraft

announcement of Disney's surgery

application for
television license

Burbank studio

buyout of other Disneyland owners

cuts to production costs

Disneyland, part ownership of

after Disney's death

Florida park

name adopted

negotiations for RKO merger

stock offerings

subsidy to arts schools

Disney Brothers Studio

move to Hyperion Avenue

Disney Film Recording Company

Disneyland

Audio-Animatronics at Enchanted Tiki Room

choice of location

construction

and death of Disney

Disney's speech at tenth anniversary celebration

early plans

end of shared ownership

Fantasy-land

Jungle Cruise ride

limits on storytelling and movement

Main Street

Matterhorn ride

opening day

operating problems

other “themed” attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean ride

search for television partner

transportation in

Disneyland
(television series)

Disneyland, Incorporated

“Disneylandia” (proposed traveling exhibit)

Disney World (Florida).
Also see
Florida, as location for second park

division of labor at Disney studio

Dollard, Kathleen

Donald's Roadside Market
. See
Old MacDonald Duck

Don Juan

Don Quixote

D'Orsi, Ugo

Douglas, Kirk

Drake, George

Driscoll, Bobby

Dumbo

DuMont network

Earle, Eyvind

Eastman, Mary

Ebsen, Buddy

Economic Research Associates

Edouarde, Carl

Efron, Edith

Eisenhower, Dwight

Eisner, Michael

Ellenshaw, Peter

Elmer Elephant

Englander, Otto

EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow)

Epcot Center

“E” Ticket, The

Eugster, Al

Evans, Morgan “Bill”

Evans, W. L., School of Cartooning

exposure sheets

extremes (key drawings)

Eyssel, G. S.

Fairbanks, Douglas

Fallberg, Carl

Fantasia

Fantasound

Farwell, Captain Raymond F.

Father Noah's Ark

Federation of Screen Cartoonists

Feld, Milton

Felix the Cat
(series)

Felton, Earl

Fennell, Paul

Ferguson, Norman

Ferguson, Otis

Festival of California Living at Pan-Pacific Auditorium

Film Booking Offices (FBO)

Fine Arts Institute.
See
Kansas City Art Institute

Fleischer, Max

Fleischer, Richard

Flohri, Emil

Florida, as location for second park.
See also
Disney World

Flowers and Trees

Flying Jalopy, The

Flying Mouse, The

Ford, Henry

Ford, John

Ford Motor Company

Forest Inn Café (Kansas City)

Forest Service, U.S.

Forsythe, Clyde

Foster, Harve

Foster, Norman

Four Musicians [of Bremen], The
(Laugh-O-gram)

Fowler, Joe

Fox Hunt, The

France, Van Arsdale

Francis, Edna.
See
Disney, Edna Francis

Fraser, Hugh

Freleng, Isadore “Friz”

Friedman, Ray

Frolicking Fish

Frontierland
(episodes of
Disneyland
)

Fuller, William

Fun and Fancy Free

Gallopin' Gaucho, The

Garbutt, Bernard

Garden Cities of To-morrow
(Howard)

Gardner, John

Garity, Bill

Garner, Marcellite

Gaucho, The

General, The

General Electric

General Motors

George, Hazel

Gibson, Blaine

Giegerich, Charles J.

Gillett, Burt

Gipson, Fred

Goddess of Spring, The

Goepper, George

Goff, Harper

Gold Diggers of 1935

Golden Oaks Ranch

Goldenson, Leonard

Golden Touch, The

Goldman, Frank

Gombrich, E. H.

Gone With the Wind

Gottfredson, Floyd

Graham, Donald W.

Grain That Built a Hemisphere, The

“Granny's Cabin”

Grant, Campbell

Grant, Joe

Grant, Morton

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Gray, Milton

Great Locomotive Chase, The

Greene, Bob

Greenfield Village

Griffin, Eleanore

Grimes, Steven

Gruen, Victor

Gurr, Bob

Haden-Guest, Anthony

Hall, Dick.
See
Marion, Dick

Hamilton, Rollin

Hand, David

as
Bambi
supervising director

in charge of short subjects

as
Snow White
supervising director

Hannah, Jack

Harline, Leigh

Harman, Fred

Harman, Hugh

at Disney Brothers Studio

at Laugh-O-gram

at Walt Disney Productions

Harman, Walker

Haskin, Byron

Havenstrite, Russell

Hawks, Howard

Heart of Our Cities, The
(Gruen)

Hee, Thornton

Helvenston, Harold

Hench, John

Hermosa neighborhood (Chicago)

Hibler, Winston

Hilberman, Dave

Hind's Hall of Fame
(radio program)

Hollywood Bowl “Tribute to Walt Disney”

Hopper, Hedda

Hound of Florence, The
(Salten)

House Committee on Un-American Activities

Howard, Ebenezer

Howard, Thelma

Hubler, Richard

Hudson, Bert

Huemer, Dick

Hughes, Howard

Hurlburt, Bud

Hurrell, George

Hurrell Productions

Hurter, Albert

Hurtz, William

Huxley, Aldous

Iger, Robert

inbetweeners

inbetweens

In Search of the Castaways

Invitation to the Dance
(unfinished film)

Irvine, Richard

Isaacs, Hermine Rich

Ising, Adele

Ising, Rudolph

at Disney Brothers Studio

at Laugh-O-gram Films

Isis Theatre (Kansas City)

Iwerks, Ub (Ubbe Iwwerks)

break with Disneys

as director of
Silly Symphonies

disagreements with Walt Disney

at Disney Brothers Studio

at Laugh-O-gram Films

as
Mickey Mouse
animator

and
Mickey Mouse
comic strip

as
Oswald
animator

as
Skeleton Dance
animator

Iwerks-Disney (commercial art partnership)

“Jack and the Beanstalk” (unfinished feature)

Jackson, Robert

Jackson, Wilfred

as cartoon director of
Song of the South

as
Cinderella
director

as director of
Lullaby Land

as director of
The Goddess of Spring

as director of
The Old Mill

as director of
The Pied Piper

on Disney as inspirational boss

on Disney's attitude toward studio

on Disney's disengagement from animation

on Disney's “fast eye”

on
Father Noah's Ark
and storyboard

on
Snow White
as “source of great trouble” to Disney

as
Snow White
director

and
Steamboat Willie

Janzen, Leon

Johnny Tremain

Johns, Glynis

Johnston, Ollie

as backyard railroad enthusiast

as
Cinderella
animator

as
Pinocchio
animator

as
Sleeping Beauty
animator

Jones, Dean

Jungle Book, The

Justice, James Robertson

Kahl, Milt

as
Bambi
animator

as
Cinderella
animator

as
Pinocchio
animator

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City Film Ad Company

Kansas City Slide Company

Kaufman, J. B.

Kaufman, Van

Kausler, Mark

Kaycee Studios

Keaton, Buster

Kelley, W. R.

Kelly, Arthur W.

Kennedy Center

Kimball, Ward

as train enthusiast

King, Jack

King Features Syndicate

King Neptune

Kinney, Jack

Kirk, Tommy

Knight, Eric

Kopietz, Fred

Korkis, Jim

Krazy Kat
(series)

Kurtz, Wilbur

Lady and the Tramp

Laemmle, Carl

Lafflets

Langer, Mark

Lantz, Walter, studio

Larson, Eric

Laugh-O-gram Films

Leahy, Fred

Legg, Gordon

Leica reels

Lessing, Gunther

Lewis, Bert

licensing of Disney merchandise

Lichtman, Al

Light in the Forest, The

Lights of New York

Lilly Belle
(miniature locomotive)

Lincoln Center

Lindbergh, Charles

Linkletter, Art

Little Hiawatha

Little People, The
. See also
Darby O‘Gill and the Little People

Little Red Riding Hood
(Laugh-O-gram)

Living Desert, The

Lloyd, Harold

Lockheed Aircraft

Los Angeles Conservatory of Music

Los Rancheros Visitadores

Lounsbery, John

Love, Ed

Lovelace, Jonathan Bell

Luckman, Charles

Lullaby Land

Lundy, Dick

as
Snow White
animator

Luske, Hamilton

as
Pied Piper
animator

as
Snow White
animator

as
Tortoise and the Hare
animator

Lutz, Edwin G.

Lyon, Francis

Lyon, Red

MacArthur, James

Mace, Leslie

Mack, Brice

MacMurray, Fred

Make Mine Music

Maltin, Leonard

Mamma's Affair

Manriquez, Carlos

Marceline, Missouri

Marion, Dick

Marling, Karal Ann

Martha
(“Song-O-Reel”)

Martin, Alice (aunt)

Martin, Bill

Martin, Mike (uncle)

Martin, Pete

Mary Poppins

Mason, James

Maxwell, C. G. “Max”

Mayer, Hy

McArthur, John

McConahy Building (Kansas City)

McGuire, Dorothy

McKinley High School (Chicago)

Melody Time

Menen, Aubrey

Merritt, Chris

Merritt, Russell

Messmer, Otto

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Mickey Mouse (character)

Mickey Mouse
(series)

Mickey Mouse Club

“Mickey Mouse park”

Mickey Plays Papa

Mickey's Circus

Mickey's Good Deed

Mickey's Mechanical Man

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