waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (09/24/84)
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(Munch, Munch)
Earlier today, I was discussing Walt Disney movies with some of my
coworkers. As a kid, my parents used to take me to the Disney movies
that came out between 1960 and 1970. I remember that Kurt Russell
starred in a number of college movies in this period, and Dean Jones
was another favorite lead actor.
Some of the titles that came to mind are:
Pinnochio (sp?)
Gnomemobile (Walter Brennan)
Blackbeard's Ghost (Ustinov, Jones)
Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (Jones)
(Can't remember this title) -- something about a Monkey's Uncle
The Lovebug (of course!)
Mr. Invisible (college movie with K. Russell, correct title?)
Also, there were rereleases of:
The Shaggy Dog
The Absent Minded Professor
Son of Flubber
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Help me out with some of the others from this period. Also, who was
Kurt Russell's sidekick in "The Computer wore Tennis Shoes"? I know he
was in lots of Disney movies, but can't remember his name. Freckle-faced
kid.
-- Waltdarryl@ism780.UUCP (09/26/84)
[] WHAT ABOUT "MARY POPPINS"???? Only the single best movie they have done since feature length cartoons!!! --Darryl Richman ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (09/26/84)
Hmm... Jungle Book was 1968, and was the last film that Walt personally had
anything to do with. Someone uncoincidentally, Jungle Book was the last
piece of animation done by Disney Studio that had any semblance to quality.
I think 101 Dalmations was after 1970 (1972?), and Pinnochio was a
re-release, not an original. Disney tends to re-release things on an 11
year cycle (about once a generation or so) for their major films although
this seems to be changing now that they have some REAL flops on the market
and cable/video is modifying things. I'd have to go to my references at
home for a definitive list of things but I think there are still some more
original films missing. (Bedknobs and Broomsticks? no, that was after 1970
sometime, I think...)
chuq
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Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground and missing.lutton@inmet.UUCP (09/27/84)
#R:tekecs:-407600:inmet:6500054:000:162 inmet!lutton Sep 25 14:31:00 1984 <> The movie about the monkey's uncle was "The Monkey's Uncle." It starred Dean Jones and a chimpanzee (and maybe Annette Funicello) and involved an ornithopter.
dave@gitpyr.UUCP (David Corbin) (09/27/84)
You left out Disney's best movie ever (or so I am told). I have never
seen it, and am desperately waiting for it to be re-released. Fantaisa.
I am told that it is released every 3 years. Can anybody verify this? Does
anyone know which year of the cycle we are in?
David Corbin
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Atlanta GA 30332
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[No! Oh no you're wrong, you're very wrong,
how can you say that, how can you say that, how can you say that]
> I think 101 Dalmations was after 1970 (1972?),
I remember distinctly going to see 101 Dalmations immediately after receiving
a DPT booster shot. I had trouble sitting down, if you know what I mean and
I think you do. The kids in my high school would have laughed at me if I
had gone to see a Disney movie in 1970, so I conclude that the movie
was actually released *much* earlier.
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\__Mu__/ North Carolina State Universityarchiel@hercules.UUCP (Archie Lachner) (09/27/84)
101 Dalmations predates 1970. I saw it as a kid in the early '60's.
I don't know how old it was then.
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ARPAnet: archiel.tek@csnet-relayreza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri) (09/27/84)
>> I think 101 Dalmations was after 1970 (1972?), ... >> From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach I remember my mother taking me to see 101 Dalmations when I was less than 10 years old. It must have been in the mid 60's. I was a senior in high school in 1972! H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza
rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) (09/27/84)
101 Dalmations must have been re-released after 1970, because I remember seeing it as a pretty little kid, and in 1970 I was 15. Also, what about Mary Poppins? This was a Disney flick, wasn't it? Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611
presley@mhuxn.UUCP (Joe Presley) (09/28/84)
Here is a partial list of Disney cartoon feature films and their release dates: 1937 Snow White 1940 Pinocchio 1940? Fantasia 1942 Bambi 1942 Dumbo 1943 Saludos Amigos 1945 The Three Caballeros 1946 Song of the South 1946 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1950 Cinderella 1951 Alice in Wonderland 1953 Peter Pan 1955 Lady and the Tramp 1959 Sleeping Beauty 1960? One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1963 The Sword in the Stone Dec 15, 1966 - Walt Disney dies 1968 The Jungle Book 1970 The Aristocats 197? Robin Hood -- /s/ Joe Presley (ihnp4!j.presley)
msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) (09/30/84)
> You left out Disney's best movie ever (or so I am told). I have never > seen it, and am desperately waiting for it to be re-released. Fantaisa. Fantasia was made in the late thirties. Those who siad it was ahead of its time were obviously right. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@qubix.UUCP, qubix!msc@decwrl.ARPA ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{amd,ihnp4,ittvax}!qubix!msc "Nothing shocks me. I'm an Engineer."
cathleen@ism70.UUCP (09/30/84)
#R:tekecs:-407600:ism70:13100042:000:1056 ism70!cathleen Sep 28 18:44:00 1984 Here's some more "Disney Magic" from 1960-1970: "101 Dalmations" (1961). Animated. "Babes in Toyland" (1961) with Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, and Ed Wynn. "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961) with Fred MacMurray. "The Parent Trap" (1961) with Brian Keith and Haley Mills as twins! "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and Haley Mills. "Summer Magic" (1963) with Haley Mills. "The Sword in the Stone" (1963). Animated. "Follow me, Boys!" (1966) with Fred MacMurray. "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" (1966). Animated. "The Happiest Millionaire" (1967) with Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, and John Davidson. "The Jungle Book" (1967). Animated. "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" (1968). Animated. "The Aristocats" (1970). Animated. "Sleeping Beauty" was first released in 1959. What about "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" with Kurt Russel, Joe Flynn, and Caesar Romero? Did that movie fall in the 1960-1970 time slot? Cathleen Hoche. INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
gm@trsvax.UUCP (09/30/84)
What about "The Boatniks"? (w/ Phil Silvers)
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Fantasia was ahead of its time, not only in the way it presented
cartoon animation and the wedding of classical music to the
action, but also in the way the music was presented. Fantasia
was the first motion picture to use stereophonic (actually
triphonic) sound. The sound track was mastered on a special
3 track optical sound on film recorder developed by RCA
for Disney. This sound track was on a separate 35mm film
that was run through a special playback machine and synced
up with the projected film. This sound system was used during
the first run engagements for the film at such places as Radio
City Music Hall. Most theaters could not afford the extra cost of the
system and used the standard single track sound. Fantasia was not
a financial success for Disney and it wasn't till several rounds
of re-runs had occurred that a profit was realized. I would
really like to hear that original sound track, even though
it was done with sound on film equipment. The signal to noise
ratios were never that great and the sound rolls off at about
7 kHz do to the grain of the film. The next use of stereophonic
sound did not occur until the mid-fifties when 3D movies, such
as House Of Wax and wide screen movies like The Robe again tried
use this technique. By this time magnetic film (35mm base stock
coated with magnetic material) took over from the previously used
optical technique.
Dave Williams
Tektronix, Inc.
ECSgreg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) (10/02/84)
With regard to the "101 Dalmations" release date. I recall being bitterly disappointed because a blizzard kept me from being able to go see it. The blizzard, one of New York's worst in the 60's, occurred on the day of JFK's inauguration (January, 1961). - Greg Paley
jss@brunix.UUCP (Judith Schrier) (10/03/84)
Oh, no. Pinocchio was NOT from the 60's. It came out when *I* was a little kid, in the 40's. judith
jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) (10/03/84)
What's wrong with a British accent? Is such an accent inherently more "snooty" than any other? John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2
lutton@inmet.UUCP (10/04/84)
<> "Mary Poppins" was (I think) Disney's first use since the 1920's of a technique he developed in his silent "Alice in Cartoonland" shorts. Alice was a live little girl and the cartoons were drawn around her. They featured a cat that looked and behaved remarkably like Pat Sullivan's "Felix". The thing I hated most about "Mary Poppins" and "The Gnomemobile" were the little kids' snooty British accents. What was this obsession with British settings anyway? I think "Lady and the Tramp" was set in London too, wasn't it? Or am I thinking of "101 Dalmations"?
amir@digi-g.UUCP (Amir Vafaei) (10/12/84)
Does any one know whether Fantasia is released on Video yet or not?