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...Work was rushing ahead last week on Disney's particular hobbyhorse ("The world's biggest toy," one of his friends called it, "for the world's biggest boy"): an $11 million "permanent World's Fair" set on 160 acres in Anaheim, just 30 minutes from the center of Los Angeles. "Disneyland" opening next July, will be able to handle 10,000 cars and 40,000 people a day. The park will be divided into four areas: 1) Fantasyland-a guided tour through the Disney imagination, during which the visitor takes a ride in an airborne pirate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Father Goose | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...stairways leading to Macbeth's room and the guest room where King Duncan was murdered. Because Actor Maurice Evans and Schaefer conceived the play as "an extremely personal and domestic drama," all these elements were built in proper relation to each other, rather like the enlargement of a toy castle. Instead of the actors going to the camera, the camera followed the actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Macbeth in Color | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...Silver Chalice), Judy Holliday (plugging Phffft), Carol Haney (plugging The Pajama Game), and Pinky Lee (plugging himself). Whenever Commentators Francis and Downs ran out of comments-which was frequently-the TV camera returned to the studio for commercials by Tootsie Roll, Crosley, Heinz, Alcoa, and U.S..toy manufacturers. There was not much time left for the parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...juvenile Jenkins was jumping with joy, As he sported him over the sandy lea; In his small fat hand there was many a toy And many a cake in his mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Juvenile Carroll | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

...hobby and model kits. Strombecker has knock-down dollhouse furniture (7-and 8-piece sets for $2.50) to give aspiring Chippendales a chance to prove their talents; when they have finished making their own furniture, they can assemble a prefab, 6-room dollhouse from a Keystone Wood Toys kit ($14.95). Renwal Manufacturing Co. has a Be a Designer set ($4.98) with 29 pieces of miniature furniture, paints and traceable designs to make the plastic pieces look different. For more advanced work, Walter L. Herne Co. has a three-sided furnished room ($5) with different wallpapers and upholstery fabrics for experimentation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Help for Santa | 11/22/1954 | See Source »

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