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"Ed Sullivan Show"
He was famous for being famous. He would introduce stars. He introduced Elvis and Beatles
Adventureland
It is themed to resemble the remote jungles in Africa, Asia, South America, and the South Pacific. Lush vegetation resembles jungles while elements of the "other" surround the visitor.
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Made in 2 hours Shot to top the charts above Elvis
Hayley Mills
Star of Pollyanna, & swiss family robinson, British. Disney saw her in a play and put her under contract. She was modest, didnt go on dates alone, her mother helped her pick out her outfits. She was modern, liked rock and roll, but in the end her goal was to be a wife and a mother
The Parent Trap (1961)
Starred Haley Mills. A threat to the family, divorced. Divorce had began to rise. kids seperated at birth becasue of divorce. Get the family back together. -Divorce is a threat to the Ideal Family
"McCarthyism"
People were becoming paranoid that communism was spreading to America and people became paranoid enough that they began to fight alot of things
Fess Parker
Popular actor used in many films and shows Played Davy Crockett Used as a figure in Disneyland Tried to launch in a singing career. Didn't do well
Roy Rogers Show
Singing cowboy television show. 1951
The Swamp Fox (1958)
TV mini with 8 episodes Little guy who creates a force in the forest and takes a swing at the british army
Yalta Conference
Takes place among the allies after war Agreed on Free elections in Europe A sphere of influence in Eastern Europe for the Soviet Unions Create friendly governments
Zorro (1957-19610)
Television show. 78 half hour segments. Set in the spanish colonial period in California
Cinderella (1950)
First animated film. Set the stage for the 1950's.
Leave it to Beaver
Focus on Cleaver family Another tv show about family
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Fred MacMurry as the proffessor and "flubber" the flying rubber
Mary Poppins (1964)
Greatest film of the decade Combo of live action and animation along with a musical Tremendously popular Nominated for 13 Academy Awards, Won 5 Oscars highest grossing film for Disney -80 million im box office
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals
Group who wants to rid communist influence in hollywood Walt Disney becomes spokesmen and founder
Richard Schickel, The Disney Version (1968)
He also bashes Disney and his films.
"Disneyland and Las Vegas," The Nation (1958)
He argues in Disney movies have completely twisted the real world and is not good Thought Disney was Pastel evil
"Containment"
The US wanted to contain communism from spreading across the globe
Johnny Tremain (1957)
The story of a young boy in Boston up until the American Revolution. Birth of American Freedom Heroic story includes minutemen and the tea party
"The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" (1957)
The story of the young Tchaikovsky through the premier of Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Max Rafferty
The superintendent of public schools in California. Noted as cultural conservative o He wrote a piece saying Disney was the best creator of education for kids in this century
Old Yeller (1957)
The wife has to carry the struggle when her husband goes off. She was to take care of the home and the children. The mother holds things together
"The Embarrassing Truth About Davy Crockett," Harper's, 1955
This essay said that Crockett was a drunk, corrupt politician who abanded his family. The exact opposite of Disneys film
"Uncle Remus Tales," Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from southern African-Americans. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him.
The Three Caballeros (1945)
the film plots an adventure through parts of Latin America, combining live-action and animation. This is the second of the six package films. Three birds.
GI Bill (1944)
the government provided government-backed loans for soldiers coming home from war
Nelson Rockefeller, Office of Inter American Affairs
a United States agency promoting inter-American cooperation during the 1940s, especially in commercial and economic areas.
Pepsi presents "It's A Small World"
a boat ride with dolls, all singing "its a small world" in different languages with different costumes. Symbolizing the different cultures of the world.
You're On Stage at Disneyland (1962)
a booklet about treating guests right. Rules on how to treat everyone as an VIP
Disneyland Holiday
a brocher that was made to convince families to visit
Kitchen Debates
a series of impromptu exchanges (through interpreters) between then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in a model home in America in Moscow. They debated over communism
Marc Davis
animator, worked on story development and costumes. Pirates of the Caribean ride and haunted mansion
Andrew Carnegie
another example of horizontal integration. Runs competitors out of business, buying out smaller steel companies
Baby Boom
at the end of world war II after soldiers came back everyone was getting pregnant. Big families became the norm
"the culture industry"
mass produced + mass consumed
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
most ambitious live action films that Disney ever took to make, before Mary Poppins Live action movie that was spectacular Epic science fiction film based on a novel All-star cast brought in from outside Kurt Douglas James Mason
Father Knows Best
o 1954-1960 - top of the charts o Focus on the Anderson family
Song of the South (1946)
o Based on the famous American folk tales "Uncle Remus Tales" - Joel Chandler Harris o Mix of live action and animation o The story is set in deep south, post-civil war period. Focuses on a little boy named Johnny who goes to live with his mother on a southern plantation when his parent's separated. He bonds with an African American man named Uncle Remus who is a story teller. Remus tells him stories about a rabbit who is witty and shrewd who outwits a fox and bear. The story comes to conclusion when the mother gets mad at Uncle Remus for fulling his head of nonsense and she is so harsh with him that he decides to leave the plantation, the climax is the boy is so sad because he loves him. He chases Uncle Remus through a field and a bull attacks him and puts him in a coma. They bring Uncle Remus up to the room and brings the boy out of his coma. Mom and dad get back together, Uncle Remus comes back to live there and everyone lives happily ever after.
Horizontal integration
o Companies tried to establish a monopoly in production o Capture big chunks of the market in a big field, tried to dominate o Buy out competitors
Annette Funicello
o Last character picked in auditions but she was a young Italian girl who got really pretty as she grew up. o Heart-throb to the boys in the audience and she became the attraction to them o As she grew older she began to develop fast and they were concerned about their image. Rumors about how they taped her down to not give off the wrong image.
Kevin Corcoran
o Originally a Mousakteer. Nicknamed "moochy" Then becomes a star of his own show "Moochy and His Little League" Then put him in other live action films - in Old Yeller and annoying young kid in Swiss Family Robinson
John D Rockefeller
o success in buying out competitors and driving them out of business captures the entire market for oil
Audio-animatronics
participatory rides, helping make people feel as if they are apart of the story
Roy Disney
played an important role as the business mastermind at Disney. He was very quiet, and happy to stay behind the scenes. He was the anchor to Disney's crazy imagination.
Interstate Highway Act (1954)
provided an easy way for people living in the suburbs to get to the city. Making it easier to get to and from the suburbs
Henry Ford River Rouge Plant,
sets the model for other companies, he doesn't try to buy out competitors but rather integrate the making of the automobile from the beginning to the very end of the production.
Conglomerates
single production, single product buying out other companies that were completely unrelated and putting it under their corporate umbrella
John Hench
trained formally in art, did a lot of background art in films, worked as an art supervisor, designed a lot of Disneylands layout and color scheme, designed a lot of Tomorrowland
Korean War
was a suraget war, north and south korea are divided. America helping north korea, and the soviets helping the South.
James Baskett
was an American actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 Disney feature film Song of the South. In recognition of his warm portrayal of the famous black storyteller he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the very first black male performer to receive an Oscar.
WED Enterprises
(Walt Disneys Initials) A company who are in charge of the creative part of the amusement park
"plussing"
-always thinking out doing something new or special to enhance the park. -you can always keep improving an amusement park
Gunsmoke
1955 - ran for 20 years Marshall Mac Dylan - strong minded, silent but powerful type that kept the peace
Iron Curtan
1946 in Fulton Missouri Churchill gives this famous speech Talked about the divide between communist Europe and America
True Life Adventures
30 nature specials that were so popular that they made movies out of them. They won 8 Acadamy Awards
Zorro (1957-59)
78 half hour segment and 4 1 hour long specials; morality tale set in Spanish California; superman scenario
The Sword and the Stone (1963)
A boy is the long-lost son of the king and gets the sword out of the stone.
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
A comedy about a child turning into a dog. grossed 8 million dollars at the box office
So Dear to My Heart (1948)
A live action movie, set in a small midwestern town. A boy has a black sheep, adn he trains that sleep and grows up, and wins the award, DIsney felt it was his childhood in the small town
"Dateline DisneyLand," 7-17-55
A live televised event of the opening of Disneyland
Disneyland University
A school they created to teach their employees how to treat their guests
Disneyland/ Walt Disney Presents (1950-60)
A show starring Walt Disney. He talked about the new park, the Mouseketeers, it was all about him and what was going on at Disney. It was a big AD
"celebrity culture"
Actors and Actresses became famous
Berlin Blockade
After war was supposed to be an international city, but that never happend because of the Soviet Union. There was tension and they backed down
Swiss Family Robinson
An allagory of an American family facing a threat. Stranded on and island, Build a life, grow crops, build a house. Hard working & religious, it keeps them alive.
Pollyanna (1960)
An orphan girl goes to live with her aunt. Shes determined to be positive with this "glad game", She transforms the town with her positive attitude. The dark old victorian way is changed to warm family way.
Ford: "The Magic Skyway"
Development of people mover system Cars in a line, went around the exhibit to tell the story of progress of transportation Went to show the invention of fire, wagons, cars and then showed the futuristic 21st century "space city". Flying saucers
"The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955-59)
Disney and his TV people are realizing they need to reach a large part of the market o Kids o They began to put together a TV show for kids that would air in the late afternoon, home from school/before dinner time. 5pm every day. Becomes a religious ritual they would watch every day after school Entertainment for children but also put forward the notion of "educated and well-adjusted children
Saludos Amigos (1943)
Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.
The Nine Old Men
Disney steps away from animated films, because he lost interest. He passed it over to his best animators.
Walt Disney World
Disneyland on steroids. 27 thousand acres.
Dr.Benj. Spock
Famous book "Baby & Child Care" "Fun Morality" learning should be fun Children should explore and be inquisitive Emphasis is not on punishment but on positive-reinforcement when kids are good
Milton Berle
Famous for being famous, not really talented. Had show called Texaco Star Theater
EPCOT
He envisioned a unique actual town, utopian community, urban reform Actual people would live there, clean, safe, free from congestion and crime He actual thought if it actually worked, that it would be a prototype of urban life in modern America Where all of Disney's devotion and creativity was put to before he died Central hub, carefully separated by living areas, green spaces, rapid transit systems Built on 3 levels. The basement was where highway trucks would go under there bringing things places, to avoid congestion on the streets above Very reflected of 1960s living Social engineering
Imagineers
Imagination + Engineer
Roy Williams
Jimmie Dodds side kick.
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Lady an upper-class dog. Gets kicked out by her mean aunt when her family goes on vacation. Tramp a street dog saves her from the streets. They marry and have a dog family.
Ozzie and Harriett
Nelson family. Whole show revolved around their family dynamic Suburban family and their life
House Un-American Activties Commity
Root out commies
Stanford Research Institute
The company did the research on if the amusing park would make money. Where would be best place to put the park.
Jimmie Dodd
The host of The Mickey Mouse Club. Picture of sincerity and warmth
The Jungle Book (1967)
The last animated film Disney was involved in.
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Walt Disney's Disneyland Tv show moved to NBC to be able to air the show in color
Fred MacMurray
feel into playing a lot of comedies for Disney
Wagon Train
is an American Western series that ran on NBC. The show chronicles the adventures of a wagon train as it makes its way from Missouri to California.
Vertical Integreation
is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or (market-specific) service, and the products combine to satisfy a common need.
Cinderella (1950)
is the ideal women in that time. She wanted a family and matrimony. She was beautiful in a classic way
1964 World's Fair
was embraced by American's, showcase of American way of life and their advancement Disney was hired to hire big exhibits for big corporations Disney observed that this is a good deal for him - he gets to develop them without having to pay Disney saw this a great opportunity to use the imagineers and new technology He developed 4 big attractions
The Mouseketeers
were the group of children that starred on the Mickey Mouse Club
Frances Vlarke Sayers
wrote and article about how horrible Disney was. -She was hit with backlash from American people
Main Street USA
you enter the park through it and immersed in a fantasy world.
David Potter, People of Plenty (1954)
• economic abundance and the American character o He argued the consumer abundance was impressive but unprecedented in the history of the world o He said it would open up opportunity
Textron
• emerged in 1920s as a textile company. Originally focused on synthetic products. Grows slowly throughout the year but 1950s it diversifies by buying out companies that had nothing to do with textile o Bought out company that made parts for automobile o Buys out company that made antennas o Screw and nails company o Bell aircraft
Robert Moses
• famous for being an urban planner o Transformed the change in NYC o Assigned and hired to be the director of the World's Fair
International Telephone and Telepgraph
• started in the 1920s and its focus was on telecommunications. In 1950s and into 1960s it embraced diversification and becomes a huge conglomerate. IT&T bought 300 companies o Continental Baking o Rent-a-Car o Hartford Insurance Company
General Electric: "The Carousel of Progress"
♣ Audience was seated in circular arrangement that revolved around the stage ♣ Each of the 4 segments showed advancement of electronics. 1920s, 40s, 50s, and up to the 60s
Illinois Presents "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln"
♣ Disney was partly from Illinois and also really liked Lincoln ♣ Robotic reproduction of Abe Lincoln ♣ He rose to his feet very lifelike and someone delivered a speech of the meaning of life
