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Walt Disney's Treasury Of Classic Tales
''Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales'' is an American Disney comic strip, which ran on Sundays in newspapers from July 13, 1952, until February 15, 1987. It was distributed by King Features Syndicate. Each story adapted a different Disney film, such as ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'', ''Peter Pan'', or ''Davy Crockett''. It was run in relatively few papers, with 58 in 1957 and 55 in 1966, and was principally a vehicle for promoting new and re-released Disney films. Publication history From March 8 to June 18, 1950, Disney distributed a limited-time Sunday strip adaptations of their new animated feature ''Cinderella'', written by Frank Reilly, with art by Manuel Gonzales and Dick Moores. The same team followed the next year with ''Alice in Wonderland,'' which ran from September 2 to December 16, 1951. Judged a success, the experiment was turned into an ongoing feature in 1952, beginning with '' The Story of Robin Hood''. The strip featured a wide variety of Disney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, Inc. is an American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product License, licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, columnist, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate also produces intellectual properties, develops new content and franchises (like ''The Cuphead Show!'', which it produced with Netflix), and licenses its classic characters and properties. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc., which combines the Hearst Corporation's Cable television in the United States, cable-network partnerships, television programming and distribution activities, and syndication companies. King Features' affiliate syndicates are North America Syndicate and Cowles Syndicate. History William Randolph Hearst's newspapers began syndicating material in 1895 after receiving requests from ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben And Me
''Ben and Me'' is an American animated two-reel short subject produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the book of the same name written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and first published in 1939. Though both book and film deal with the relationship between a mouse and American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, the book, with illustrations by Lawson, focused more heavily on actual historical events and personages, and included incidents from Franklin's French career at Versailles. The short received an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Subject, Two-reel. This short was also notable for being the second release on the Buena Vista Distribution label, with the first being '' Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'', released on the same day. On its release, ''Ben and Me'' was packaged with the feature-length '' True-Life Adventures'' nature documentary film '' The Living Desert''. When Disney's regular distrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Royer
Michael W. Royer (; born June 28, 1941) is an American comics artist and inker, best known for his work with pencilers Russ Manning and Jack Kirby. In later life Royer became a freelance product designer and character artist for The Walt Disney Company. Biography Early life and career Mike Royer was born on June 28, 1941, in Lebanon, Oregon. He moved to southern California in early 1965 to pursue a career in comic book art, although his first confirmed credit, inking penciler Tony Strobl on the two-page story "Pluto Helps Babysitting" in publisher Gold Key Comics' ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' #282 (March 1964), appeared a year earlier. He became an assistant to artist Russ Manning on Gold Key's '' Magnus, Robot Fighter'' comic book, beginning with issue #12 (Jan. 1966), and '' Tarzan'', beginning with issue #158 (June 1966). By the following year, he was also working with artists Warren Tufts and Alberto Giolitti on the company's '' Korak, Son of Tarzan'' com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (; born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comics artist, comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics. After serving in the European Theater of Operations, United States Army, European Theater in World War II, Kirby produced work for DC Comics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Hole (1979 Film)
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The Parent Trap (1961 Film)
''The Parent Trap'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy film written and directed by David Swift. It stars Hayley Mills (in a dual role) as a pair of teenage twins plotting to reunite their divorced parents by switching places with each other. Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the parents. Although the plot is very close to that of the 1945 film '' Twice Blessed'', ''The Parent Trap'' is based on the 1949 German children's novel '' Das doppelte Lottchen'' by Erich Kästner. Produced by Walt Disney Productions, ''The Parent Trap'' was released on June 21, 1961, by Buena Vista Distribution. It grossed $25.1 million at the box office and was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was broadcast on television, and three television sequels followed the later adventures of the twins. The film was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan. It was released on VHS, in digital stereo LaserDisc format (1986), and on DVD (2002). ''The Parent Trap'' was the second of six films Mills made for Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shaggy Dog (1959 Film)
''The Shaggy Dog'' is a 1959 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel '' The Hound of Florence'' by Felix Salten. Directed by Charles Barton from a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The film follows a teenage boy named Wilby Daniels who, by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias, is transformed into a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was released on March 19, 1959, and grossed over $9 million during its initial release, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1959. Its success led to a franchise of further films, beginning with the 1976 sequel '' The Shaggy D.A.''. There followed a 1987 television sequel, a 1994 television remake and a 2006 theatrical live-action remake. Plot Wilbur "Wilby" Daniels is a boy who creates often dangerous inventions. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1960 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1960 American adventure drama film. It is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novel '' Kidnapped''. It stars Peter Finch and James MacArthur, and was Disney's second production based on a novel by Stevenson, the first being ''Treasure Island''. It also marked Peter O'Toole's feature-film debut. Plot In 18th-century Scotland, young David Balfour ( James MacArthur) takes a letter of introduction from his recently deceased father to the House of Shaws, where he is greeted without much enthusiasm by his miserly uncle Ebenezer (John Laurie). David finds that Ebenezer is disliked by his neighbours and begins to ask questions about family affairs. Ebenezer tries to arrange a fatal accident for David. David accompanies Ebenezer to a meeting with a seafaring associate, Captain Hoseason (Bernard Lee). Hoseason lures David aboard his ship and shanghais him, at Ebenezer's instigation. At sea, David learns he is to be sold into indentured servitude. A fog comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword And The Rose
''The Sword and the Rose'' is a family/adventure film produced by Perce Pearce and Walt Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. The film features the story of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England. Based on the 1898 novel '' When Knighthood Was in Flower'' by Charles Major (1856-1913), of Shelbyville, Indiana. It was originally made into an early silent film in 1908 in the Nickelodeon era and again fifteen years later in another silent film but with a much longer, more developed plot. The 1953 subsequent Disney version under the different title was further adapted for the screen from Major's 1898 novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film was shot at Denham Film Studios in the United Kingdom and was the third of Disney's British film productions following '' Treasure Island'' (1950) and '' The Story of Robin Hood'' (1952). From January 4–11 1956, it was broadcast on American television as episodes 36–37 of Disney's Sunday night anthology program ''Disneylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Bug
''The Love Bug'' (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 American sports film, sports adventure film, adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh (producer), Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The film is the first installment in the Herbie (franchise)#Films, ''Herbie'' film series. The film follows the adventures of a sentient Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie, Herbie's driver, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones), and Jim's love interest, Carole Bennett (Michele Lee). It also features Buddy Hackett as Jim's enlightened, kind-hearted friend, Tennessee Steinmetz, a character who creates "art" from used car parts. English actor David Tomlinson portrays the villainous Peter Thorndyke, the owner of an car, automobile showroom and an Sports Car Club of America, SCCA national champion who sells Herbie to Jim and eventually becomes his racing rival. ''The Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Poppins (film)
''Mary Poppins'' is a 1964 American live-action/animated hybrid musical fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on P. L. Travers's book series '' Mary Poppins''. The film, which combines live-action and animation, stars Julie Andrews in her feature film debut as Mary Poppins, who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family's dynamic. Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns are featured in supporting roles. The film was shot entirely at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, using painted London background scenes. ''Mary Poppins'' was released on August 27, 1964, to critical acclaim and commercial success, earning $44 million in theatrical rentals in its original run. It became the highest-grossing film of 1964 in the United States, and at the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Family Robinson (1960 Film)
''Swiss Family Robinson'' is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. It was the second feature film based on the 1812 novel '' The Swiss Family Robinson'' by Johann David Wyss, a previous adaptation having been released by RKO Pictures in 1940. Directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London, it was the first widescreen Walt Disney Pictures film shot with Panavision lenses; when shooting in widescreen, Disney had almost always used a matted wide screen or filmed in CinemaScope.IMDb: Filming locations for ''Swiss Family Robinson'' Retrieved 2013-03-10 Upon its release, ''Swiss Family Robinson'' was a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
