- March 5
- Disney releases the Donald Duck film Drip Dippy Donald to theaters. [16] [23] [228.151]
- March 19
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey Down Under is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [15] [228.319]
- March 20
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Song) for the song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the film Song of the South. [13] [17] [38.176] [23] [39.435]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Special Award) to James Baskette for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in the film Song of the South. [17] [38.176] [39.435] (1947 [23])
- April 16
- The Donald Duck film Daddy Duck is released. [16] [23] [1378.168]
- April 30
- The Pluto film Bone Bandit is released. [16] [23] [1378.88]
- May 21
- Disney releases the Donald Duck film Donald's Dream Voice to theaters. [16] [23] [228.147]
- May 27
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Melody Time to theaters. It includes the animated films Once Upon a Wintertime, Bumble Boogie, Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot, Blame it on the Samba (with Donald Duck), and Pecos Bill. Cost to produce the film was US$2 million. (Gross theater receipts: US$1.3 million.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [25] [97.204] [232.85] [370.82] [1102.459] (1947 [112.236])
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
- (month unknown)
- The Donald Duck comic book is started in Sweden. [654.7]
- Quaker Oats Muffets cereal boxes offer an inflatable Mickey Mouse toy. [245.48]
- Kellogg's offers a Donald Duck ring in its Pep cereal. [245.48]
- Disney re-releases the film The Three Little Pigs to theaters. [370.17]
- The dwarfs from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs make their first appearance in the Ice Capades. [177.85]
- Walt Disney begins production of the "True-Life Adventure" series of live-action short films. [34.203]
- Walt Disney announces during the annual report that the next animated feature will be Cinderella. [23]
- Walt Disney forms Walt Disney British Films Ltd. in England. [23]
- U.S. Time introduces ten new Ingersoll Walt Disney watches, each with a different animated character on the face. [230.65]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Special Award) to Disney for the Hindustani version of the film Bambi, for furthering the influence of the screen. [369.49]
- July 9
- The Pluto film Pluto's Purchase is released. Mickey Mouse and Butch also appear. [16] [23] [228.394]
- July 30
- The Donald Duck film The Trial of Donald Duck is released. [16] [23] [501.571]
- August 13
- The Pluto film Cat Nap Pluto is released. Figaro the cat also appears. [16] [23] [1378.124]
- August 27
- The Donald Duck film Inferior Decorator is released. [16] [23] [97.111] (1938 [228.255])
- August 31
- Walt returns to the studio after a 10-day trip visiting the Chicago Railroad Fair and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village collection of buildings. Walt Disney sends a memo to Dick Kelsey, a production designer. He describes an idea for "Mickey Mouse Park", with Main Village, Railroad Station, Carnival Section, Western Village, with various shops and restaurants. [48.218] [92.98] [234.98] [238.200] [328.88]
- September 10
- The Pluto film Pluto's Fledgling is released. [16] [23] [228.393]
- October 15
- The Donald Duck film Soup's On is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [97.112] [501.514]
- October
- Kay Kamen renews his merchandising contract with Disney, but only in the Americas. [113.237]
- November 5
- The Donald Duck film Three for Breakfast is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [15] [16] [23] [501.553]
- December 3
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey and the Seal is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [228.319]
- December 21
- Disney's first True-Life Adventure film, Seal Island, is released as a sneak-preview in the Crown Theater in Pasadena, California. [13] [22] [34.204] [48.208] [501.489] [1102.446] (1947 [13])
- December 24
- The Donald Duck film Tea for Two Hundred is released. [16] [15] [23] [501.539]
|