Forever Disney
ONE of the proudest boasts of the motion picture is that a creative artist and entrepreneur by the name of Walt Disney picked the film medium for his life's work.
Long after most pictures made by the industry become faded memories known only to film historians of another day Disney's screen works will live. The land of the imagination knows no boundaries of nationality or time, so his films may be expected to delight audiences of all ages into the indefinite future.
The Disney Story, told in a special section of this issue of The HERALD, spans a quarter of a century in which more than four hundred cartoon shorts have been produced plus two dozen features and a group of nature subjects. Each has been stamped with the seal of quality. Most have won great acclaim at the box office. A number of them have been landmarks in the history of the screen.
Disneyland, already on the air as a weekly television program, and under construction as a super amusement park and tourist mecca in Southern California, is the name of 1954 Disney innovations certain to win an even larger audience for the theatrical releases.
The Disney Story begins with Mickey Mouse. Its current milestone is Buena Vista, tailor-made distributor. Its future is unending.
