Vintage Disneyland

Happy 65th, Disneyland! (PC: Vintage Disneyland Tickets)

Walt Disney was usually a-head of his competitors when it came to animation, but his live action output varied, and he was sometimes behind the curve. One fam...ous and popular live action movie genre that Walt never really approached for a full feature film was horror/thriller. The closest he came was 1963’s Dr. Syn, or The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, which - while technically more of an historical drama based around a fictional character - took place in the dark and foggy British wetlands, with a vigilante dressing up as a menacing scarecrow to come out of the shadows at night to terrify wrong doers (it had shades of Zorro and Batman.) It wasn’t until years after Walt’s death that his studio finally cracked the horror genre, first with 1980’s British Gothic tale The Watcher In The Woods and then 1983’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, a creepy story about a malevolent carnival operator (Jonathan Pryce) based on a story written by Walt’s close friend, author Ray Bradbury. One of Disney’s biggest live action box office hits (through their Hollywood Pictures label) was 1999’s The Sixth Sense - one of the few horror films to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

TBT: how many times did you Autopia?

I posted this in the group as well, which will garner more conversation if you’re interested.

This is also being discussed in the Vintage Disneyland group:

November 18, 1928 Mickey Mouse premiered in Steamboat Willie, the first animated film with synchronized music and sound effects. The world was never the same. See http://ThisWeekinCaliforniaHistory.com https://youtu.be/7NQyzcDnMdE

Disney Legend Bob Gurr is celebrating with Mickey Mouse the 60th Anniversary of the Disneyland Fire Engine Bob created on Main Street, U.S.A. this morning! Happy Birthday! Congrats and so well deserved Bob! #DisneylandToday

Vintage Disneyland turns 6 this year! January 30 for the group, which currently has over 62,000 members. June 30 for the page, which is this, and which I created for people who don’t like and/or who don’t have time to be in groups.

Joel Magee and his $2 million collection will soon be featured on the January 22nd episode.