Looking for Disney radio shows!

Starter of this subject: Radio Days Toon
Last post in this subject: 7/11/2004
Messages in this subject: 9

Radio Days Toon 7/11/2004
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Hi everyone! :)

I have heard forever on old videotapes of The Wonderful World of Disney that Walt Disney had had several Disney shows and characters adapted for radio before the advent of television, but I was only just reminded of that. So I've been searching around looking for them. I've searched the local library and local places but no one appears to know of any info, and searching around on the web turned up Walt Disney's official dramatization of his "Snow White" movie but nothing else. And, of course, the current New Disney is acting like they don't want to have anything to do much with their own past so contacting them to ask was a bust. :(

Would you guys happen to know of any I can get a hold of anywhere? As I'm a cartoonist, ones features the various cartoon characters would really be ideal if anyone knows of any. ;)

Thanks!

Radio Days Toon 7/11/2004
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Just wanted to note, I learned that one of them, which apparently featured the actual characters, was started in 1938 as "The Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air".
Ted Hering 7/12/2004
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One of these "Mickey Mouse Radio Theatre" broadcasts shows up on the "Snow White" DVD as a bonus track. There were something like 18 of these shows in the whole series, with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Donald Duck getting into adventures provided by the "Magic Mirror."
Radio Days Toon 9/22/2004
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Really??? That's fantastic!

Are they also available anywhere else so I can get as many of them as I can get? Any info?

ed kienzler 7/11/2004
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Hi there friend of OTR- Your request for any help w/ Disney on radio has turned up 3 more movies they made into radio shows- all of these shows were on the Lux Radio Theatre. Other than "Snow White" there was "Pinocchio" on 12-25-39 with John Garfield and Cliff Edwards and the second one was "Alice in Wonderland" which was broadcast 12-24-51 with Kathryn Beaumont, Jerry Colona and Ed Wynn-and the third show I could find on my list was "Peter Pan" which was broadcast 12-21-53 and along w/ Miss Beaumont it also starred Bobby Driscoll and John Carradine. Disney on the LRT were pretty much limited to around the holidays, because they knew that kids might be listening to them. Now as to a location to find them I'll keep looking but I hope this helps a little bit...ed kienzler springfield illinois
ed kienzler 7/11/2004
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Hi again friend- Of the 3 show I mentioned in the previous BBS post I sent you, only one of them is on the site where I subscribe to-it is www.rusc.com-they have the "Pinocchio" episode- they charge to subscribe but it is a low monthly amount and you can try the site for three days and get charged only about $2.95. I am not trying to sell the site but it is a try and the quality of the program ( I have heard it) is very good!!! thanx again ed kienzler Springfield, Illinois
Janet 7/12/2004
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There were the Disney "films" which were aired on the LUX RADIO THEATRE, an hour long radio production that featured films and stars that were popular in their time.
In addition to those, which had PINOCCHIO, SNOW WHITE, etc., there are a pair of Movie Promotionals called "Leo On the Air" which were around 13 or 14:00 each, one for "Snow White" from 1937, & a second for "Song of the South" from 1946, both of which are still available. Walt Disney also appeared as a guest on several radio programs, along with some of his characters, before the release of his early films. Hope this helps! It's good to have some activity on the message board . . . it's been pretty quiet here lately!
Bob Slate 7/12/2004
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There is 8 episodes of "The Mickey Theatre" at "OTRTODAY."
JCB 7/12/2004
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The Railroad Hour in 1950 or '51 did a version of Disney's Snow White with Cinderella's voice Ilene Woods as Snow. I'd love to hear that one.
Janet 7/13/2004
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Found another . . . THE ELECTRIC HOUR with Nelson Eddy from December 23,1945. Guests, D