13 Random Facts About the Disney Universe

If you think you know everything there is to know about Disney, you might be surprised by what you’re about to see.

Here are 13 facts about all-things Disney that you might not be familiar with.

Let’s take a look.

Betty Lou Gerson was also the voice of Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians.

It was obviously a gamble that paid off, but he must have been nervous.

Even his wife, Lillian, suspected the movie would be a bust.

A practice that’s obviously made a lot of people a lot of money in the decades since.

The 78 rpm record was a big seller.

Apparently, scary lady voices are hard to find.

The face you see in the crystal ball, though, is Imagineer Leota Toombs Thomas.

Mickey Mouse Writing Tablet
First Licensed Piece of Disney Character Merchandise
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— Disney D23 (@DisneyD23) June 11, 2020

Released in 1930, the licensing of the character to earn extra money was an eye-opener.

The tune from Pinocchio won for Best Original Song.

New Orleans Square at Disneyland, Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom, Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland, and in Paris, you’ll find it in Frontierland.

90% of their production was propaganda films, training films, print campaigns, and other things that supported the Allies’ war effort.

It went into production in 1951 and was released in 1959 – Disney was working on building Disneyland at the same time.

Animators then used the live-action movements as a reference to animate the movie. Wild.