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As he put it, "It's better when this kind of Mickey magic and joy is shared." The Charlotte and Robert Disney House changed hands numerous times over the years, occasionally threatened by demolition. A recent public outcry seems to have solidified its fate, however, and for the better. Designated as a Los Angeles Historical Cultural Monument, the house is currently under rehabilitation and set to be restored to the way it once looked in the 1920s. The finished Alice’s Wonderland, which mixed live-action and animation, was not theatrically released, but it did get the Disney brothers a distributor. The following Alice Comedies series proved to be a success, counting a total of 57 shorts in its filmography and introducing the character of Peg Leg Pete, who would go on to be Mickey Mouse’s arch-nemesis.
Richard and Dion Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles
Donald remembers him from past cartoons and is not too happy about it, especially when the chaos caused by the bird is attributed to Donald. It is Black and White Day at the House of Mouse, and the club is packed with old black and white cartoon characters. One of them, Dennis the Duck, tries to win over Donald, who is annoyed by him at first. Donald hires the Big Bad Wolf to perform a show at the club (mainly so Daisy could get his autograph).
This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.
This unusual house was designed for him by Arthur L. Haley in the Arts and Crafts style; it retains its original interiors and furnishings. In an attempt to shut down the House of Mouse, Pete steals all the cartoons, and cannot be found guilty even with obvious clues pointing to him. Meanwhile, Donald is put in charge of the club after Mickey and Goofy leave to film a new cartoon. Despite managing to keep the show going, Pete points out that with only one cartoon, guests would get bored and eventually stop coming. His movements cause all the missing cartoons to come out of his coat, exposing his dirty trick and having him thrown out. A musical band consisting of Donald Duck's troublesome nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie always serve as the musical guests, with such alternating names as "The Quackstreet Boys", "The Splashing Pumpkins", and "Kid Duck".
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Some say it was the first modern house to respond to California's unique climate, serving as the prototype for the distinctive California style that developed in the early twentieth century. A well-preserved and fascinating example of Arts and Crafts architecture, designed by Greene and Greene, it was built in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter & Gamble Company. Enjoy a collection of fascinating, historic pieces of Los Angeles architecture that were built as private residences. Walt Disney's most famous cartoon star, Mickey Mouse and his gang of friends run a nightclub called the "House of Mouse" in the middle of Main Street in the city of Toontown, which shows Disney cartoons as part of its floor show. Each episode features a framing plot revolving around the comic mishaps of Mickey and the other characters running the club, often with cartoons that fit the theme of the framing plot, which are used as wraparounds for various Disney cartoons.
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The show focuses on Mickey Mouse and his friends running a cartoon theater dinner club in the fictional ToonTown, catering to many characters from Disney cartoons and animated movies while showcasing a variety of their cartoon shorts. This 1921, Mayan-inflected Frank Lloyd Wright house was originally built as a “progressive theatrical community” space by activist and oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. Today it’s the centerpiece of Barnsdall Park and is open for tours during the park’s popular Friday night wine tasting events. The original Neutra VDL Research House, a living laboratory for architect Richard Neutra’s theories on residential design, was built for $8,000 (including the site!) in 1932; it burned down in 1963 and two years later his son oversaw the rebuilding of an updated version. Neutra was something of a control-freak as a designer—he made recommendations to his clients that included the ideal flowers to display, and would occasionally make unannounced visits to see how, exactly, people were living in his homes. Today, this glass-walled paragon of modern design overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir is an active part of LA’s design community and home to occasional art installations.
The Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
Fans of today’s DIY movement will appreciate the rustic Craftsman charm of this home, which is furnished with hand-crafted wood pieces; it’s interesting to see how closely modern-day bohemian design mirrors that of Lummis House. The Historical Society of Southern California is now headquartered here, and it holds several Sunday afternoon programs a year, as well as an annual holiday open house in December. From tract homes to Case Study Houses, Southern California has always been at the forefront of residential home design (even Ice Cube knows it). Whether you’re interested in local history, celebrity digs or plain old house porn, we’ve got a spot for you. So get off the beaten museum track and check out these landmark architectural homes, all within a few mile radius and (mostly) open to the public.
When the home was finished in 1929, it cost a reported $3M, making it the most expensive private home in the city at the time. Master woodworker Sam Maloof and his carpenters designed and built this lovely, thoughtful home piece by piece in his on-site workshop; no two door openings are the same here, and each joint is a wonder of craftsmanship. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Maloof has had his iconic rocking chairs shown at the Smithsonian; he also designed the chairs that were used on-camera at the history-changing Nixon/Kennedy debates. Visitors can see some of this furniture, as well as the wide-ranging collection of arts-and-craft pieces that he and his wife of 50 years, Alfreda, amassed together. The garden, which he tended, and the house are both open for tours; if you ask, you might be able to peek into the workshop, where he continued building until his death in 2009 at the age of 93. After architect Rudolph Schindler came to California in the 1920s to oversee construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, he designed his residence in West Hollywood.
The crew was not allowed to use any of the characters from Tarzan due to licensing issues. There were other limits for this program as well, which forbids the use of Pixar characters due to Disney not owning content from Pixar prior to 2006[23] and King Louie following a legal dispute. This even omits characters created for the direct-to-video sequels due to promotional problems[24][25] as only allowing characters from the original source material.
The Schindler House - MAK Center for Art and Architecture
The Magic Mirror from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been installed in the lobby of the club, helping answer questions characters may have. The series was a successor to the short-lived Mickey Mouse Works, an earlier program consisting of original cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and friends. The majority of the cartoons featured on House of Mouse were reruns from Mickey Mouse Works, although classic theatrical cartoons as well as new Mickey Mouse Works cartoons were also regularly shown. The series was also created to commemorate and coincide with the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney's birth.
The series is almost 20 years old, technology has, of course, changed dramatically during that time and there are certain adjustments needed to be made for Disney+. Disney doesn’t typically share their plans on when a specific title will be added to the streaming service. New content is usually announced during the middle of the month for the following month.
Meanwhile, most of the voice actors from Disney's animated franchises of the late-1980s to 2000 reprised their roles in this show, except for a few exceptions. The show ceased broadcast on US television on February 6, 2009 after being aired for the last time on Toon Disney before it re-branded as Disney XD. Many characters from various Disney animated films (such as Cinderella, Aladdin, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, The Lion King, Beauty And The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Sleeping Beauty, and many more) have appeared on House of Mouse, mostly as guests and attendees.
A living car from one of the cartoons shown at the club arrives and Max, curious that it has no driver, gets in only to be taken hostage and driven around against his will. When the car crashes itself into the club, Goofy assumes the worst and forbids Max from having a car. Feeling sorry for Max, Mickey and the others let him host and show a cartoon of Goofy being a reckless driver. Convinced he was too harsh with Max, Goofy relents and buys a used car for him and gets him his own parking space.
Roberts "Bobs" Gannaway and Tony Craig aimed to have the series reintroduce Disney characters to a new generation who were only familiar with them via marketing and "homogenized theme-park figures". They wanted to avoid making Mickey Mouse "hip" or "edgy" and retain the characters' personalities as closely as possible. The series was notable in that it allowed the characters to be played with more loosely as Craig stated, "Everybody thought it was really funny to loosen up a bit and let the characters be who they were and have some fun, instead of being so stiff".
With up to five planes of movement and static scenery, depth of field was created. In 1940, the studio released a tour de force called "Fantasia," combining animated characters with classical music. It had required a production staff of 1,000 people, and lost money at the box office, but became a landmark in film history. Pasadena may think it owes much of its traditional Arts and Crafts style to Charles and Henry Greene, the brothers and architects responsible for designing many of the city’s landmark buildings, but really, they should be honoring Thomas Greene, the architects’ father.
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Where would we be without those energetic civic boosters that built Los Angeles? The prolific Charles Fletcher Lummis founded the Southwest Museum, was an editor at the Los Angeles Times, and still managed to design this house (the name of which means “the Sycamore” in Spanish) on the banks of the Arroyo Seco. Its exterior is made almost entirely from river rock and the interior is heavily influenced by Pueblo Indian dwellings.
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