Snow White Cafe

A small bar and restaurant near the intersection of Hollywood and Highland. A place with unknown origins, there doesn't seem to be a reliable source of how this place came to be. Still a good place to go to for some heap food and drinks, and if you are a Disney fan, it is the Snow White Cafe. Here are some pictures:

Happy Imaginings,

imaginear tony

El Capitan's Throwback Thursday

Occasionally the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, CA does a "Throwback Thursday" showing of a classic Disney film. They let facebook users vote for which movie will be shown, and on the selected date they screen the audience favorite.


Last week I was able to attend the "Throwback Thursday" screening of Aladdin. They gave everyone a pin, popcorn, and a small drink. Here are some pictures:

 

Happy Imaginings,

imaginear tony

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer

This should be a nice expansion of the current Marvel Universe. I'm looking forward to it. 

This August. 

Happy Imaginings,

imagineartony 

Disney's 2014 Movies

 

A list of the movies Disney will be releasing in 2014:

February 28, 2014 – The Wind Rises

March 14, 2014 – Need for Speed

March 21, 2014 – Muppets Most Wanted

April 4, 2014 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

April 18, 2014 – Bears

May 16, 2014 – Million Dollar Arm

May 30, 2014 – Maleficent

July 18, 2014 – Planes Fire & Rescue

August 1, 2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy

August 8, 2014 – The Hundred-Foot Journey
October 10, 2014 – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

November 7, 2014 – Big Hero 6

November 21, 2014 – McFarland

December 25, 2014 – Into the Woods

The Walt Disney Family Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum, located in San Francisco’s Presidio, it is an amazing collection of Disney history and memorabilia. There is even a huge model of the Disneyland of Walt’s Imagination, which is perhaps my favorite thing in the museum.

The Walt Disney Family Museum

Every Disney fan should make a pilgrimage to this wonderful place at some point in their life. It is definitely worth it. They have amazing special events and programs if you can make them. Their website.

Happy Imaginings,

imaginear tony

Disneyland's Historical Monorail

It was the first daily operating Monorail to cross a public street in the United States . . . is one of many facts about Disneyland's Monorail system. Below is a picture of the plaque dedicated the Disneyland Monorail as a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark:

Disney has also recently relesed some information about the Monorail.

The History of the Disneyland Monorail:

Mark I 1959-1961

Mark II 1961-1969

May they continue this series!

Happy Imaginings,

imaginear tony

"Saving Mr. Banks" Book App

Disney made a behind the scenes book made for tablets and phones that is available for download. chech out their press release and the book:

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DISNEY’S “SAVING MR. BANKS” BOOK GIVES FANS

A SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK

AT THE MAKING OF THE TIMELESS CLASSIC “MARY POPPINS”

Featuring Rare and Exclusive Archival Treasures, Recording Sessions from the Academy Award®–Winning Composers, an Interactive Timeline of Historic Walt Disney Studios Milestones, Storyboards, Video and More

BURBANK, CALIF. (December 10, 2013) — Walt Disney Studios announces the release of SAVING MR. BANKS: The Official Multi-touch Book, based on Disney’s highly anticipated film “Saving Mr. Banks,” in theaters December 20, 2013. Exploring the previously untold story of how Walt Disney worked his magic on author P.L. Travers to secure the rights to her book, “Mary Poppins,” the book includes a foreword by Academy Award®-winning composer Richard Sherman; never-before-seen correspondence between Walt Disney and P.L. Travers; rare storyboards and scripts from the Disney archives; an interactive timeline of historic Walt Disney Studios milestones; original recordings of the Sherman Brothers, performing their “Mary Poppins” hit songs; facts and profiles on the key characters in “Saving Mr. Banks”—all created by Apple’s  digital book creation app, iBooks Author.

The “Saving Mr. Banks” book is available for free, exclusively on iBooks at www.iTunes.com/SavingMrBanks.

Using Apple’s iBooks Author, the UK digital agency, Brandwidth was able to include video, audio and multi-touch interaction to create a robust storytelling experience. Readers can watch interviews featuring the cast and filmmakers, browse extensive photo galleries and explore the original storyboards and concept art—all in full retina detail. ‘Mary Popovers’ deliver fascinating facts throughout the book.

Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen.

When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.

For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge.  He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.

It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

Disney presents “Saving Mr. Banks,” directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Alison Owen, Ian Collie and Philip Steuer, and written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Executive producers are Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan, Andrew Mason and Troy Lum.

Download book here:

www.iTunes.com/SavingMrBanks

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If you download the book, do enjoy it!

Happy Imaginings,

imaginear tony