Saving Disney History - Part 10 (Live Action Film & TV)
Ed McCray is back with Keith as they continue their deep dive into the history of the Walt Disney Co. This week's focus i son Live Action Film and TV!
National Film Registry form to nominate Song of The South
https://www.research.net/r/national-f...
Song of the South was released in 1946
Actor James Baskett is the first black actor to win an Oscar and it was for this film!
First film to blend animation with live action
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Academy Award Winning best song
Nick Stewart played Br'er Bear, started the Ebony Showcase Theater with the earnings from this film.
Remodeled it with the earnings he made returned as Br'er Bear for Splash Mountain.
Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel plays a character in this film, first black actress to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind.
Don't let Woke Disney erase important black history!
Lots of Walt Disney TV episodes here including behind the scenes episodes on some of the films we covered
https://www.youtube.com/@keepingwalti...
Our Friend the Atom
• Disneyland - Our Friend the Atom (1957)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Laserdisc features
https://archive.org/details/1587CS
Sunset Squid
https://archive.org/details/20-000-le...
Old Yeller Laserdisc Documentary
https://archive.org/details/11815AS
Darby O'Gill "documentary" (edited)
• I Captured The King Of the Leprechaun...
Walt Disney Studio Lot
• Video
PL Travers Story Meeting Excerpt
• P.L. Travers Audio - 1961 Mary Poppin...
Deleted Mary Poppins Songs
• Mary Poppins Deleted Song: Mary Poppi...
Mary Poppins Premiere
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013) - scene compa...
Bedknobs & Broomsticks info
https://archive.org/details/Bedknobs_...