2006:
Actress Shelley Winters passes away in Beverly Hills, California. A two-time Oscar winner, she appears in Disney's 1977 Pete's Dragon.
1898:
Author and mathematician Lewis Carroll, best remembered for his Alice books,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass
(1871) dies suddenly of violent pneumonia. He was just 2 weeks away from turning 66
years old. (His work will have a lasting impression on many - including Walt Disney.)
1924:
Actor Guy Williams is born Armand Joseph Catalano in New
York City. He will go on to be the star of Disney's Zorro TV
series (as well as the classic 60s sci-fi series Lost In Space).
1949:
Disney's Pluto short Pueblo Pluto, directed by Charles Nichols, is released.
1962:
The NBC-TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
airs part 2 of "The Silver Skates."
1979:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs part 2 of "Donovan's Kid,"
starring Darren McGavin, Mickey Rooney and Shelley Fabares.
1990:
Epcot's Person of the Century attraction is launched at CommuniCore West.
The first of two four story dolphins are placed atop the Walt Disney World
Dolphin Resort
2001:
Starting today, Disney Auctions offers Disney Parks and Resorts One-of-a-Kind Collector Pins. As part of the 15-month Millennium Celebration at Disney World, guests were
introduced to pin trading & collecting. While the pins are no longer available at the parks, collectors can
now bid for one-of-a-kind collectors' pins at Disney Auctions (www.ebay.disney.com). For the first time ever
online, Disney offers retired pins and one-of-a-kind prototype pins.
2003:
Disney releases 4 classic live-action films on video & DVD:
The Absent-Minded Professor, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The
Moon-Spinners, and The Horse In The Gray Flannel Suit.
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1926:
Actor and author Tom Tryon is born in Hartford, Connecticut. Disney fans will know him as the TV cowboy Texas John Slaughter (shown on the
Wonderful World of Disney from 1958-1961). Tryon is also the star of Disney's 1962 live-action comedy Moon Pilot.
1955:
The Donald Duck short No Hunting, directed by Jack Hannah, is released. Disney's first short of the new year, it will be nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subjects - Cartoons).
2007:
The NFFC (the club for Disneyana enthusiasts) host the World's Largest
Strictly Disneyana Show & Sale at the Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel in
Garden Grove, California.
Emmy-winning composer Harvey Cohen passes away at age 55 in Los
Angeles. He orchestrated music for Disney's live-action 2006 feature The
Shaggy Dog, and composed music for both the 1998 Belle's Magical
World and the 1994 TV series Aladdin.
Between 1940 and 1941, the
Gillette Safety Razor
Company issued paper
masks of characters from
Disney's Pinocchio as part of
a special promotion.
JANUARY 14
JAN
1831:
The novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris) by French author Victor Hugo is first published. Set in 1482 Paris, the story will become enormously popular and be adapted to the screen a number of times. Hugo's novel will inspire the 1996
Disney animated feature.
2005:
The Disney Channel Original Movie Now You See It... debuts. Starring Alyson Michalka (of Aly & AJ), Johnny Pacar, and Frank Langella, the movie features a cover version of of the song "Do You Believe in Magic" performed by Aly & AJ.
2008:
Starting on this day (and continuing through the next 10 days) Imagineers field test a wireless device at Disney World known as the Disney Magic Connection. The hand-held unit has the potential to inform guests in real time what the current wait time is at a specific attraction! It will also let a visitor know whether there are any FastPasses left for a particular attraction ... and when they will be available. Sixty families will be randomly chosen each day at the Magic Kingdom to participate in the program.
Happy
Birthday
Quasimodo!
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JANUARY 14
THIS DAY MADE
IN THE
USA
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Actor Guy Williams born
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"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters." -author Victor Hugo
"I did a stage play and Walt Disney sent the head of talent for Disney Studios to see this play. I had no idea he was in the audience. I guess there were about ten girls in the cast, but a card was sent backstage with a man's name on it and asked me to please call him at the studio. So, I called him and he asked me if I had an agent and I said, 'No', and he said, 'Well you'd better get one because we'd like to test you for Zorro'." -Guy Williams
