Chronology of the Walt Disney Company

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1949

January 14
  • The Pluto film Pueblo Pluto is released. Mickey Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.402]
January 19
  • RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film So Dear to My Heart to theaters. The film is based on the book Midnight and Jeremiah by Sterling North. [8] [11] [16] [23] [24] [25] [15] [85.85] [97.208] [113.236] [230.30] [501.510]
(month unknown)
  • All work on the animated short film Spring Cleaning is abandoned. The project, with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Bobo the elephant, had been worked on sporadically since early 1938. [176.42]
February 10
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mickey and the Seal for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.440]
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Tea for Two Hundred for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.440]
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Seal Island for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels. [39.440]
February 11
  • Disney releases the Donald Duck film Donald's Happy Birthday to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [228.148]
March 4
  • The Pluto film Pluto's Surprise Package is released. [16] [23] [15] [228.394]
March
  • The Soviet Union announces a purge of all Disney films, accusing Walt of attempting to infiltrate Russia with his propaganda. [34.205]
March 24
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Two Reels) for the film Seal Island. [13] [23] [38.187] [39.440] [34.204]
April 8
  • The Donald Duck film Sea Salts is released. [16] [23] [501.489]
April 29
  • The Pluto film Pluto's Sweater is released. Figaro and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [228.394]
May 4
  • The film Seal Island is generally released. [113.250] [7] [23] [501.490]
June 3
  • The Donald Duck film Winter Storage is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [15] [16] [23] [501.617]
June 24
  • The Pluto film Bubble Bee is released. [16] [23] [1378.102]
(month unknown)
  • Production begins on the animated feature film Peter Pan. [37.98] (1951 [48.221] [229.102])

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  • The Character Merchandising Division of Disney is created. [113.250]
  • Disney re-releases the film Dumbo to theaters. [25] [228.154]
  • The film Saludos Amigos is re-released in theaters in the US. [25] [501.483]
  • The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce awards Disney a "Bronze Plaque" for outstanding contributions to world trade. [34.205]
  • The sale of the five millionth Mickey Mouse watch is announced. The watch is presented to Walt Disney by Kay Kamen. [34.205] (1948 [113.109])
  • The Disney studio purchases 11 acres of vacant land across from the studio on Riverside Drive, for US$170,000. [34.206]
  • Roy Disney grants Armand Bigle merchandising rights for most of Europe. [267.210]
July 4
  • Filming begins in England on Treasure Island. [1102.470]
July
  • Disney announces the completion of the animated film Cinderella. [34.208]
August 5
  • The Donald Duck film Honey Harvester is released. [16] [23] [228.239]
August 26
  • The Goofy film Tennis Racquet is released. [16] [23] [501.545]
September 2
  • The Donald Duck film All in a Nutshell is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [16] [23] [1378.23]
September 23
  • Disney releases the Goofy film Goofy Gymnastics to theaters. [16] [23] [228.212]
October 5
  • RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad to theaters. The film is also known as simply Ichabod and Mr. Toad. The film was originally titled Two Fabulous Characters, as it comprises two half hour sequences: Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willow, and Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. [6] [8] [11] [13] [15] [16] [23] [25] [85.89] [97.209] [113.236] [191] [1378.10]
October 14
  • Disney releases the Donald Duck film The Greener Yard to theaters. [16] [23] [228.219]
October
  • The Walt Disney Music Company is formed, to publish and license Disney songs. [48.258] [113.263] [501.593] (1950 [37.30])
October 28
  • Kay Kamen, Disney's licensing representative for 17 years, dies in an Air France plane crash over the Azores. [23] [40.153] [113.237] [245.48] [1102.473]
November 4
  • The Pluto film Sheep Dog is released. [23] [15] [16] [501.495]
November 25
  • The Donald Duck film Slide, Donald, Slide is released to theaters. [23] [501.506] (Slide Donald Slide [16])
December 16
  • The Donald Duck film Toy Tinkers is released. Chip and Dale also appear. [16] [23] [501.567]

End of 1949. Next: 1950.

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