Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One

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The first wave of Walt Disney Treasures was released on December 4, 2001.

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[edit] Mickey Mouse In Living Color

This set covers the first leg of Mickey Mouse's color career, from 1935 to 1938. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 3 May 2004. In the UK it was retitled 'Mickey Mouse In Living Colour' due to differences with British English and American English.

[edit] Disc one

[edit] Disc two

  • Bonus Features
    • Mickey In Living Color with Leonard Maltin: A short biography of sorts on the early portion of Mickey's cartoon career.
    • Mickey's Surprise Party: Easter egg bonus short from 1939, this cartoon was created for the 1939 New York World's Fair and was sponsored by Nabisco.

[edit] Silly Symphonies

This set is more or less descriptive of "The Best of the Silly Symphonies", with the cartoons presented herein arranged by theme. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 3 May 2004. Unlike the U.S. release, this has the original 'Jewish peddler' visuals restored to Three Little Pigs.

[edit] Disc One

  • Fables and Fairy Tales
    • The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
    • The Country Cousin (1936)
    • Babes in the Wood (1932)
    • Elmer Elephant (1936)
    • The Flying Mouse (1934)
    • The Golden Touch (1935)
    • The Robber Kitten (1935)
    • Lullaby Land (1933)
    • Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
  • Additional cartoons (via Easter eggs)
    • The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
    • Water Babies (1935)
    • Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
    • Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)
    • The Practical Pig (1939)

[edit] Disc Two

  • Nature On Screen
    • Mother Pluto (1936)
    • Peculiar Penguins (1934)
    • The Old Mill (1937)
    • Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
    • The Ugly Duckling (1939)
    • The Ugly Duckling (1931)
    • Father Noah's Ark (1933)
    • Birds of a Feather (1931)
    • The Busy Beavers (1931)
    • Just Dogs (1932)
  • Accent On Music
  • Additional cartoons (via Easter eggs)
    • Farmyard Symphony (1938)
  • Bonus Features
    • Songs of the Silly Symphonies: Leonard Maltin meets with Richard M. Sherman to discuss some of the Silly Symphonies' songs, including "The World Owes Me a Livin'" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".
    • Silly Symphony Souvenirs: Leonard Maltin meets with Dave Smith at the Walt Disney Archives to discuss and describe some of the many merchandises about the series (including several alone of the Three Little Pigs).
    • Still Galleries: A gallery of various behind-the-scenes and promotional pictures of the Silly Symphony series.

[edit] Disneyland, USA

This set depicts various episodes of the Walt Disney anthology series that take place within / are about Disneyland.

[edit] Disc one

  • The Disneyland Story: First broadcast on October 27, 1954, this is the very first episode of Disney’s long-running anthology series. First, the viewers are treated to a quick tour of the Walt Disney Studios, and introduced to Walt Disney's newest venture -- a theme park called Disneyland. Future episodes are also previewed (and they would parallel the themes of the lands in the park), as well as a little history on Disney's first success, Mickey Mouse. Several animated films are featured (some in whole, others in part): Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland (which is also the next episode of the show, as previewed at the end of the show), the "Laughing Place" segment from Song of the South, Lonesome Ghosts, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia.
  • Dateline Disneyland: Aired on July 17, 1955, this is the opening day special of the park, hosted by Art Linkletter, movie and TV actor Robert Cummings and actor and U.S. President-to-be Ronald Reagan. The opening festivities showed off the various sections of the park, complete with a grand parade up Main Street and it also featured appearances by well-known celebrities and dignitaries including then-California governor Goodwin Knight, Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen (as Davy Crockett and George Russell, respectively), Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dr. Heinz Haber, Danny Thomas and Gale Storm. Unfortunately, however, the telecast had more than its share of bloopers and miscues. For instance, during the opening parade, Fess as Davy Crockett, was introduced as Cinderella. In Frontierland, actress Irene Dunne, who was to christen the Mark Twain Riverboat, commented to Linkletter about a big crowd boarding the boat, "My, it's listing!" Also, Dunne mistakenly called Linkletter, "Walt." Also in Frontierland, the camera cuts to Robert Cummings at one point, who is obviously unprepared because he is busy putting the moves on a female Disneyland cast member. Returning from a commercial break, Walt himself begins reading the dedication plaque for Tomorrowland, only to stop as something gets his attention off-camera - it's crew members who apparently don't think they're on the air. "I thought I got a signal," the befuddled Disney says before the camera abruptly fades and returns so he can begin reading again. In Fantasyland, Art mistakenly referred to Captain Hook as "Captain Crew". But the most memorable screw-up happened in front of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, in which Linkletter lost his microphone in front of that attraction.

[edit] Disc two

  • Disneyland After Dark: This episode aired originally in 1962 as part of Disney's Wonderful World of Color and was later released in overseas theaters as a short subject. As the name of the episode implies, we’re presented with a view of Disneyland at night, hosted by Walt Disney himself. Although it does feature some nighttime entertainment, including a fireworks display (complete with a really-for-real Tinker Bell flying across the sky) and Tahitian dancers performing for Adventureland dinner patrons, this episode focuses less on Disneyland itself and more on the number of singing celebrities at the different sections of the park, including the Osmond Brothers, former Mouseketeers Annette Funicello and Bobby Burgess, teen heartthrob Bobby Rydell and the late, great Louis Armstrong.
  • Bonus Features:
    • Still Gallery: This gallery shows off images of various Disneyland attractions' posters, past and present.
    • The Magic Kingdom and the Magic of Television: Although most of the content of this mini-history of Disneyland is repeated from other intros on these discs with a montage of clips from all the episodes presented, it does feature some nuggets of information about Walt's view of the park as a tribute to Americana, his aspirations for the park to have the latest in technology and even a few world leaders that had visited the park (and one that wanted to but later couldn’t).

[edit] Davy Crockett

This set contains the original five episodes of Davy Crockett which were first shown on the Walt Disney anthology series from 1954-1955.

[edit] Disc one

  • Davy Crockett Indian Fighter: First broadcast 15 December, 1954
  • Davy Crockett Goes to Congress: First broadcast 26 January, 1955
  • Davy Crockett at the Alamo: First broadcast February 23, 1955

[edit] Disc two

  • Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race: First broadcast November 16, 1955
  • Davy Crockett and the River Pirates: First broadcast December 14, 1955
  • Bonus Features:
    • "A Conversation with Fess Parker"
    • "The Davy Crockett Craze"
    • Easter Egg: "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
    • Still Gallery
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