The Walt Disney Family Museum celebrates the 2013 Academy Awards season with recently compiled fun facts about the legendary Oscars® and Walt Disney. Twenty-six of these famed Awards are on view at the Museum including the celebrated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Oscar which is on exhibit through April 14, 2013 in the special exhibition, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic.
Last week, we asked you to brush up on your knowledge on Walt's Academy Awards® for your chance to win tickets to the Museum! Answer the following five questions in the "comments" section (and don't forget to include your e-mail address so we can contact you) by 11:59PM on Sunday, February 26. If you pass the test, we'll throw your name into a drawing for tickets and a special prize from the Museum...
Walt’s Academy Award collection began in 1932, when he took home the Academy Award for the cartoon short Flowers and Trees. While watching this film on the big screen, it was very easy to imagine what the audiences of 1932 found appealing about this film. The brilliant colors, the multiple shades of green, and the heartwarming story still makes audiences chuckle at the enchanting film...
For this Friday's edition of "Walt's Oscars", we'd like to share with you the complete list of Academy Awards that Walt Disney received in his lifetime. As you know, he still holds the record for most Oscars won by an individual--as well as most Academy Award nominations for an individual (59)!! Take a look at our past Academy Award-related posts...
Even decades after his passing, Walt Disney still retains the honor of being the individual with the most Academy Award nominations and the most Oscar wins. While the listing of these awards for animation, live action and more is very impressive, it is fun to take a quick look behind some of the stories of those golden statuettes...
The Irving G. Thalberg Award is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to those “whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” The honor is only presented periodically, and has only been awarded 38 times since the first was given to Darryl Zanuck in 1937...
When the Disneyland TV show first flashed across the nation’s television screens on October 27, 1954, the animated opening sequence promised that viewers would occasionally be welcomed into Adventureland, “the wonder world of nature’s own realm.” This came as no surprise to the audience watching that night...
The Fifth Annual Academy Awards were held on November 18, 1932 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Grand Hotel won for Best Picture, and the Best Actor category ended up in a tie between Wallace Beery for The Champ and Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. But the night belonged to a different man—the night belonged to Walt Disney.
As visitors to the Museum make their way through the second floor galleries, they occasionally overlook the displays in 7b, intent on taking in the breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge that awaits them just beyond. But when that occurs, these guests miss the opportunity to see the special treasures arrayed in the cases in this gallery...
We’re rolling out the red carpet with KCBS AM/FM and KRON TV’s Jan Wahl as we celebrate Walt Disney’s Academy Award® winning and nominated films! Watch clips from Flowers and Trees to Mary Poppins and learn about the Walt’s 26 Academy Awards—the most any individual has ever won in the history of the Oscars®!