Last part of Mickey Mouse at the 1931 conference of London.

 

Mickey at the 1931 International Conference in London, part 2. One more part to come tomorrow.

 

On Monday, July 20, 1931, a conference of seven powers (Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium and Germany) met in London to discuss the economic situation in Germany.

According to the French newspaper "La Liberté," Mickey Mouse was in attendance as an observer :-)

More from this series tomorrow.

 

This just in from Garry Apgar:

[With winter almost gone, at least in the colder North American climes, it's nice to turn our thoughts to spring and what the French call le joli mois de mai. As reported in the news squib above from May 1953 our Gallic friends were thinking big at that time, Disney-big, in terms of animation.

I could be wrong, but I believe Walt did a live-action re-make of "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" in the mid 1960s called "The Nanny and the Chimney Sweep" ... though, if memory serves, he changed the title somewhat.

"French Cartoon Ready," New York Times, May 14, 1953, p. 33

Beautiful ad released in the December 28, 1933 edition of the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.

This just in from Garry Apgar. Does anyone know where thIs platter ended up?

I have acquired this postcard on ebay recently. In the English newspaper The Western Times from May 28, 1948 we find the following story.

I think that most of you will thoroughly enjoy this article, which I discovered a few days ago.