June 18, 1956: Walt Disney looked mucho tired Saturday ayem, after spending the night at Disneyland readying his new attraction, Tom Sawyer’s Island. It’s another part of Americana come to life, made ...

GOOD MORNING: Walt Disney looked mucho tired Saturday ayem after spending the night at Disneyland readying his new attraction, “Tom Sawyer’s Island.” It’s another part of Americana come to life, made ...

Short Starts is a column devoted to kicking off the week with a short film, typically one tied to a new release. Today we look at an early film by Steve Martin, who co-stars in “The Big Year,” which ...

1956: The Crane Company Bathroom of Tomorrow opens in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, promising visitors the lavish lavatory of the future, which was actually “Available Today!” from -- you guessed it -- ...

On October 27, 1954, the television show “Disneyland” premiered on ABC. Designed partly to advertise the Disneyland resort park, which opened on July 17, 1955 ...

When my colleague Denise Goolsby was interviewing a World War II veteran not long ago, she couldn’t wait to tell me that his wife, Dorothy Wrigley, had been Walt Disney’s secretary for five years ...