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Disney's American Legends is a 2002 American animated anthology film narrated by James Earl Jones.A compilation of four previously released animated musical shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios based on American tall tales, the collection includes The Brave Engineer (1950), Paul Bunyan (1958), John Henry (2000), and The Legend of Johnny Appleseed which is a segment from the 1948 film ...
Disney's American Legends Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection: Based on African American folk hero John Henry; only shown to the general public six times over three days at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre [1] — Destino: Dominique Monfery: October 10, 2003: Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 (two movie collection) Hybrid Animation
The DVDs Disney's American Legends as released in 2001 [2] and Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection featured this short. [3] Apart from its DVD release, the short film was only shown in one theatre in the USA, namely Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre. There, the short film was shown six times in three days. [1]
Disney retold the story in Disney's American Legends. In the story, John Henry was born into slavery but when he and his wife were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, his wife had their chains forged into a 20-pound hammer. John used the hammer to join with railroad workers who were told if they finished building the railroad line they ...
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed is an animated short musical segment from Walt Disney's 1948 film Melody Time. It is narrated by Dennis Day and is based on the American frontiersman John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. It is also included on the 2001 direct to video, VHS, and DVD release of Disney's American Legends.
Dave Smith died on February 15, 2019, in Pasadena, California. [3] Remarking on Smith's death, Disney CEO Bob Iger said, "He was the unsung hero of Disney's history who, as our first archivist, spent 40 years rescuing countless documents and artifacts from obscurity, investing endless hours restoring and preserving these priceless pieces of our legacy, and putting them in context to tell our ...
A Disney Halloween: United States: 1983-10-01: 90: 23 Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams: United States: 2007-09-04: 56: 2 Disney's American Legends: United States: 2002-02-12: 58: 4 Doing Impossikible Stunts: United States: 1940-08-02: 7: 4 Donald and His Duckling Gang: United States: 1977-11-19: 70: 10 Donald Duck and his ...
Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.