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1. The Disneyland Story
Community Score
| 10.0 Perfect |
Walt Disney introduces the show that will be a Sunday-night tradition for over 40 years, Disneyland. In this episode, he introduces upcoming season previews, plus movies that are to be coming out soon. The second half of the show is all about Mickey Mouse, Disney's first creation.
Director: Robert Florey
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Jimmie Dodd (Himself), Ward Kimball (Himself), Norman Foster (Himself), Fess Parker (Himself)
2. MOVIE: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
The 1951 Walt Disney animated film is the basis of this episode.
Director: Bill Walsh
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Ed Wynn (The Mad Hatter (voice)), Jerry Colonna (The March Hare (voice)), Kathryn Beaumont (Alice (voice)), Eleanor Audley (Queen of Hearts (voice))
3. Prairie/ Seal Island
Community Score
| 5.9 Mediocre |
James Algar explores the lives of animal habitats as captured on film. The next portion is the 1948 True-Life Disney movie, Seal Island with Winston Hibler narrating about the habitat of the fur seal.
Director: James Algar, Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Winston Hibler, Winston Hibler (himself) , James Algar (himself)
4. The Donald Duck Story
Community Score
| 9.9 Superb |
It's all about Donald Duck here as his career is highlighted.
Director: Jack Hannah, Robert Florey
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Clarence Nash (voice of Donald Duck)
5. MOVIE: So Dear to My Heart
Community Score
| 6.9 Fair |
The 1949 Disney movie is highlighted in this episode. Jeremiah is a young boy who owns a black lamb named Danny the Ram. Jeremiah wants to enter Danny into the spring fair, not out of pride for his pet but for the material gain of winning a ribbon. But alas, the fleece-bearer flees from home, leaving Jeremiah devastated. Jeremiah prays to God asking to be reunited with his runaway ram. In return, he promises to love Danny forever, and forsake any thoughts of using him to win ribbons.
Director: Hamilton Luske, Harold Schuster
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Bobby Driscoll (Jeremiah "Jerry" Kincaid), Luana Patten (Tildy), Beulah Bondi (Grandma Kincaid), Raymond Bond (Storekeeper), Daniel Haight (Storekeeper's Son), Harry Carey Jr. (Judge at County Fair), Matt Willis (Horse Trainer), Walter Soderling (Villager), Burl Ives (Uncle Hiram), Spelman B. Collins
6. A Story of Dogs
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Walt Disney takes us behind the scenes on the making of his new animated feature Lady & the Tramp.
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Charles A. Nichols, Robert Florey
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Erdman Penner, Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Frank Thomas, Milt Kahl
7. Operation Undersea
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
This is a look into the making of the theatrical feature 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Director: Winston Hibler, Hamilton Luske
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Winston Hibler
8. Davy Crockett- Indian Fighter
Community Score
| 10.0 Perfect |
This is the first of five stories of the legendary Davy Crockett. In it, Davy and his friend Georgie Russel go off to fight the hostile Creek Indians.
Director: Norman Foster
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Fess Parker (Davy Crockett), Buddy Ebsen (Georgie Russel) , Basil Ruysdael (Gen. Andrew Jackson), William Bakewell (Maj. Tobias Norton), Helene Stanley (Polly Crockett), Pat Hogan (Redstick), Eugene Brindel (Billy), Ray Whitetree (Johnny)
9. A Present for Donald
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
In this Christmas episode, Donald Duck gets a movie projector and a film reel of a penguin who wants to be free of the frozen climate.
Director: Harold Young
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz
10. Beaver Valley / Cameras in Africa
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
In the first part, Walt Disney presents a famous animal photographer named Alfred G. Milotte, who presents clips of his African trip that has stunning stories about the African elephant and the lion. The second part deals with the beaver habitat as displayed in the 1948 True-Life Adventure film, Beaver Valley.
Director: Winston Hibler, James Algar
Guest star: Elma Milotte (herself)
11. Treasure Island (1)
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Director: Byron Haskin
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Bobby Driscoll (Jim Hawkins), Robert Newton (Long John Silver), Basil Sydney (Captain Smollett), Walter Fitzgerald (Squire Trelawney), Denis O'Dea (Dr. Livesey), Finley Currie (Captain Billy Bones), Ralph Truman (George Merry), Geoffrey Keen (Israel Hands), Geoffrey Wilkinson (Ben Gunn), John Laurie (Blind pew), Francis de Wolff (Black Dog), David Davies (Mr. Arrow), John Gregson (Redruth), Andrew Blackett (Gray), William Devlin (Morgan), Howard Douglas (Williams), Harry Locke (Haggott), Sam Kydd (Cady), Stepeh Jack (Job), Harold Jamieson (Scully), Diarmuid Kelly (Rolen), Reginald Drummond (Vane), Gordon Mulholland (Durgin), Patrick Troughton (Roach), Jim O'Brady (Wolfe), Chris Adcock (Pike), Tom Lucas (Upson), Leo Phillips (Spotts), Eddie Moran (Bart), Bob Head (Tardy), Ken Buckle (Joyce), Paddy Brannigan (Hunter), Jack Arrow (Norton), Fred Clark (Bray)
12. Treasure Island (2)
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Director: Byron Haskin
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Bobby Driscoll (Jim Hawkins), Robert Newton (Long John Silver), Basil Sydney (Captaion Smollett), Walet Fitzgerald (Squire Trelawney), Denis O'Dea (Dr. Livesey), Finley Currie (Captain Billy Bones), Ralph Truman (George Merry), Geoffrey Keen (Israel Hands), Geoffrey Wilkinson (Ben Gunn), John Laurie (Blind pew), Francis de Wolff (Black Dog), David Davies (Mr. Arrow), John Gregson (Redruth), Andrew Blackett (Gray), William Devlin (Morgan), Howard Douglas (Williams), Harry Locke (Haggott), Sam Kydd (Cady), Stephen Jack (Job), Harold Jamieson (Scully), Diarmuid Kelly (Rolen), Reginald Drummond (Vane), Gordon Mulholland (Durgin), Patrick Troughton (Roach), Jim O'Brady (Wolfe), Chris Adcock (Pike), Tom Lucas (Upson), Leo Phillips (Spotts), Eddie Moran (Bart), Bob Head (Tardy), Ken Buckle (Joyce), Paddy Brannigan (Hunter), Jack Arrow (Norton), Fred Clark (Bray)
13. Monsters of the Deep
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Walt Disney takes us into the world of the sea with its many creatures.
Director: Hamilton Luske, Peter Godfrey
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Kirk Douglas (himself)
14. Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
In the Second episode of the Davy Crockett trilogy, Davy, George and their families settle in Tennessee. Davy goes to town to file his claim, and he gets into it with a bully named Big Foot Mason. When Mason is beaten, the judge asks Davy to be the new lawman.
Director: Norman Foster
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Fess Parker (Davy Crockett), Buddy Ebsen (George Russel) , Basil Ruysdael (Andrew Jackson), William Bakewell (Tobias Norton), Mike Mazurki (Big Foot Mason), Helene Stanley (Polly Crockett), Jeff Thompson (Two Shirts), Henry Joyner (Swaney), Col. Campbell Brown (Bruno), Benjamin Hornbuckle (Henderson), Hal Youngblood (Opponent Political Speaker), Jim Maddux (First Congressman), Robert Booth (Second Congressman)
15. The Wind in the Willows
Community Score
| 9.5 Superb |
Kenneth Grahame is the subject of this episode as we take a look at the short film of "The Wind and the Willows", as seen in the movie The Reluctant Dragon from 1941.
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Claud Allister (Rat), Colin Campbell (Mole), Campbell Grant (Angus MacBadger), John McLeish (Prosecutor), J. Pat O'Malley (uncredited), Basil Rathbone (Narrator)
16. A Progress Reoprt/ Nature's Half Acre
Community Score
| 9.8 Superb |
The first half of this epsiode is dedicated to the construction of the new Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.
Director: Winston Hibler, Al Teeter, James Algar
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983))
17. Cavalcade of Songs
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
Walt Disney shows us the importance of music in motion pictures. We also get a behind the scenes peek at the music made for the forthcoming movie Lady and the Tramp
Director: Wilfred Jackson, Peter Godfrey
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Peggy Lee (Herself), Sonny Burke (himself), The Mellomen (themselves), Firehouse Five Plus Two (themselves)
18. Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
The final chapter of the Davy Crockett trilogy begins when Davy and George make friends with a cheating gambler named Thimblerig. It is Thimblerig that gets Davy and George to go to Texas to fight the Mexicans at the Alamo, an ill-fated mistake for Davy.
Director: Norman Foster
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)), Fess Parker (Davy Crockett), Buddy Ebsen (Georgie Russel), Hans Conried (Thimblerig) , Kenneth Tobey (Jim Bowie), Don Megowan (William Travis), Nick Cravat (Bustedluck)
19. From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
Classic storytelling comes to life with Disney animation.
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983))
20. Man in Space
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
This Tomorrowland version of Disneyland takes a look at how America is prepared to explore space- the final frontier.
Director: Ward Kimball
Guest star: Paul Frees (voice of Ludwig Von Drake (1961-1983)) , Ward Kimball (himself), Willy Ley (Himself), Dr. Heinz Haber (himself), Dr. Wernher Von Brown (Himself), Dick Tufeld (Narrator)
21. The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
Community Score
| 9.9 Superb |
The big day of the grand opening of Disneyland is almost here, and Walt Disney is making plans to ensure that the park will be safe and ready for its first guests on July 17, 1955.
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Guest star: Fess Parker (Davy Crockett), Winston Hibler (himself), Fred MacMurray (Himself), Annette Funicello (Herself) , Ronald Reagan (Himself), Art Linkletter (Himself), Bob Cummings (Co-Host/Narrator/Interviewer), Gale Storm (Herself), Danny Thomas (Himself), Frank Sinatra Jr. (Himself), Frank Sinatra (Himself), Sammy Davis Jr. (Himself), Irene Dunne (Herself), Julie Bishop (Herself), Jimmie Dodd (Himself), Roy Williams (Himself), Chubby O'Brien (Himself), Karen Pendleton (Herself), Lonnie Burr (Himself), Ned Wever (Announcer)
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