New Disney Blu-ray/Home Media Predictions

Yep, it's that time again... Now we know that Fun & Fancy Free, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Hercules, Tarzan and Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers will hit Blu-ray on August 12th...

Updated Disney Blu-ray/Home Media Predictions

I've decided to move my occasional Disney Blu-ray predictions to this blog, because… After all, this place is all about Disney home media, right? Anyways, for the longest time, I had predicted that Disney would give us a few animated classics on Blu-ray this month. Last March, they gave us The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan and Brother Bear to go along with Wreck-It Ralph and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so I was thinking they'd give us Hercules, Tarzan and The Black Cauldron some time this month.

Mystery Solved! … and What The Heck Was That?

Hello all, hope you all had a fine Christmas or holiday, and I hope your year is off to a great start! Though this surfaced the day after Christmas, I finally got around to watching it last night and boy was it a real surprise… And head scratcher!

Is This Farewell?

Our dear Disney historian and longtime film critic Leonard Maltin held a Q&A of sorts a few months ago…

The Dumbo Anomalies

Walt Disney's Dumbo was theatrically re-released four times prior to its home video debut in 1981. Its first theatrical re-release was in 1949, which was the first part of a double-bill with the 42-minute Saludos Amigos. Then Walt Disney showed an edited version of the film on the Disneyland television series in 1955, but the film was still theatrically re-released after that. One notable re-release was in 1976, as the film was on a double-bill with Australian live-action Disney production Ride a Wild Pony. (The film had been released in its home country a year earlier.)

International Disney VHS Tapes

No Diamonds Across The Atlantic

In the UK, the Walt Disney Classics logo was never used for preceding the feature presentation of Disney's animated classics on video. The 1984 logo? Nope. The 1988 one? Nada… Same goes for pretty much all European tapes.

But wait, it did appear a couple of times!

The Classics Logo... Examined!

A couple of days ago, this very logo turned 25 years old... The Walt Disney Classics logo.