The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life

Index

ABC radio show, Donald Duck on, 255 ABC-TV, 291, 293,335,367,375,378,391 ABC-Paramount, 385, 427 Disney breaks with, 286, 368-70 and Disneyland park, 365, 370, 383, 385, 387 Absent-Minded Professor, The (1960), 380, 382, 406,441 Academy Awards, 69, 198, 215, 217, 230, 269, 304, 380 first for animated film, 65 for Mary Poppins, 407, 408 special, 67, 279 for technology/special effects, 56, 435 Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences, 279 Adventures ofIchabod and Mr. Toad, The (1949),249,435 AffluentSociety, The (Galbraith), 324 AFL (American Federation of Labor), 205, 20813 ,218,225 African Lion, The (1955), 304, 305, 365 Agee, James, 236, 246, 251 Agriculture Department, U.S., 229 Air Transport Command, U.S., 229 Alice comedies, 27, 28-29, 33, 46, 49, 109, 427 success of, 29, 47 Alice in Wonderland (1951), 194, 259, 269, 285, 363,366,367,389,428,429 Alice's Wonderland (1923), 27, 49 Allen, Gracie, 377 Allen, John, 451 Ama Girls (1958), 198 Amazon Awakens, The (1944), 258 American Academy ofArts and Letters, 124 American Ambulance Corps, 10, 11 American Legion award, 350 American Motors Corporation, 366, 367, 374 Inaex American Society of Screen Cartoonists, 208 Anderson, Bill, 239, 398, 400 Anderson, Ken, 106, 155, 178, 193, 197, 245, 357, 400 and Disneyland park, 385, 386, 393 Andrews, Julie, 407, 408 Animated Cartoon Associates, 210 Animation Board, 267 Animator, The (union bulletin), 210 Appalachian Spring (Copland), 71 ArcticAntics (1930),31,38 Armstrong, Orlando Kay, 278 Army, U.S., 228 Army Air Force, U.S., 229 Army Signal Corps, U.S., 229 Arness, James, 320 ArtAfterpieces (Kimball), 270 Art Digest, 115, 121, 131, 143 Art ofWalt Disney, The (Feild), 101 Art Students' League (New York), 92 Astaire, Fred, 138 Audio-Animatronics. See Technology (robot) Autograph Hound, The (1939), 66 Autopia ride (Disneyland), 388, 394 Autumn (1930),38,112 Babbitt, Art, 93, 94, 95, 105, 253, 268 and relationship with/strike at Disney, 98, 208, 214-20, 224 Babes in Toyland (1961), 373, 404 Baby and Child Care (Spock), 339-40 Baird, Sharon, 336, 338, 341 Balanchine, George, 114 Ball, Lucille, 161 Balliett, Whitney, 410 Bambi (1942), 68, 83, 89, 113, 156, 204, 326, 363 production details, 177, 186-87 514 Index Band Concert, The (1935),65,123,252 Bank ofAmerica, 31, 158, 394, 427 Barks, Carl, 254 Barn Dance, The (1928), 40, 51 Barnes, Howard, 118, 237 Barnum, P. T., 366 Barnyard Battle (1929), 40, 72 Barnyard Olympics (1932), 40 Barre-Bowers studio (New York), 92 Baskett, James, 275, 277, 279 Bathing Time for Baby (1940s), 261 Bear Country (1953), 304, 306 Beaumont, Kathryn, 363 Beaver Island (1950s), 365 Beaver Valley (1950),304,305 Beck, Daisy, 15 Beecher, Ruth Disney (sister), 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 384,426 Belcher, Marge, 216 Bellamy, Edward, 443 Bellboy Donald (1942), 327 Benchley, Robert, 164-65, 269 Benton, Thomas Hart, 71, 106, 114, 175 Bergen, Edgar, 249, 353, 363, 377 Betty Boop, 48, 186 Big Brothers Association, 348, 430 Bigelow, Karl W., 145 Bioff, Willie, 212-13, 219 BlackboardJurlgle, The (1955), 359 Blackburn, Tom, 315 Blair, Mary, 356, 416-17 Blue Rhythm (1931),33 Bodle, George, 204 Bond, Ward, 240 Bon Voyage (1962), 380, 406 Boorstin, Daniel, 295, 323 Bosche, Bill, 309 Bradbury, Ray, 395-96 Bragdon, Claude, 122, 126 Brave Little Tailor (1938), 73, 135 Braver-Mann, Barnet G., 122 Breen, Joseph I., 278 Brewer, Roy, 240 Broggie, Roger, 385, 411, 412 Brooks, Van Wyck, 71 Brown, Edmund "Pat," 447 Bruns, George, 315 Bryan, William Jennings, 19 Buckley, William F., 319 Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, 373, 433 Burgess, Bobby, 336, 337, 341 Bums, George, 377 Bums, Harriet, 411 Bums, Haydon, 421, 443 Burr, Lonnie, 336, 338 Burton, Thomas, 123 Busch, August A., 422 Busy Beavers (1931), 75 California Institute ofthe Arts, 419-21 Calkins, Earnest Elmo, 150 Campos, F. Molina, 246 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 413 Cannibal Capers (1930),38,278 Capehart, Homer, 290 Captain Kangaroo Show, The, 358 Carnegie, Dale, 43, 47, 58, 146, 257, 324, 405 Carousel of Progress. See World's Fair (New York City, 1964-65) Carr, Harry, 167 Carroll, Lewis, 110 Castaway, The (1931), 34, 35 Cauger, A. Vern, 26 CBS-TV, 363, 365, 367, 369 Chain Gang, The (1930),132 Chaney, Lon, 37 Chaplin, Charlie, 37, 39, 75, 127, 128, 138, 157 political views of, 239-40 Walt compared to, 144, 191 Charlot, Jean, 106, 122 Chicago Art Institute, 10, 123-24 Chouinard Art Institute, 105, 137, 169, 217, 419 Churchill, Douglas, 47...