Walt Disney Treasures Wave 6 DVDs - LaughingPlace.com DVD Guide

© Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Walt Disney Treasures Wave 6
Released December 19

More Silly Symphonies
The Complete Pluto Volume 2
Your Host, Walt Disney
The Mickey Mouse Club Featuring the Hardy Boys

Click for LaughingPlace.com's Toon Talk Review

Walt Disney Home Entertainment presents more gems from the famed Disney vault! The popular WALT DISNEY TREASURES series is back with WAVE VI, four new, 2-disc DVD sets that feature rare and never-before-seen materials on DVD December 19, 2006. An amazing collection of animated and liveaction programs, each keepsake volume is hosted by noted film historian Leonard Maltin and presented with superb picture and sound.

These four must-own collections once more demonstrate the rich heritage of Walt's legendary Studio. More Silly Symphonies presents a new collection of the young Disney Studio's pioneering, outstanding early animated shorts, including two directed by Walt himself. The Complete Pluto Volume 2 delivers more hilarious hi-jinks from Mickey's (and the world's) beloved canine companion, Pluto. Your Host, Walt Disney brings legendary live-action TV shows, hosted by Walt, to a new generation; and The Mickey Mouse Club Featuring The Hardy Boys is a family adventure from the Golden Age of Television, featuring Disney's first "Hardy Boys� serialized film in its entirety. All four 2-disc DVD sets feature rare or never-before-seen bonus materials that delve even deeper into these rich collections of Disney lore.

Each volume is individually numbered, with an authenticity certificate, and an exclusive lithograph in the collectible, unique packaging tins. Available just in time for the holidays, in a limited supply, and are must-haves for every Disney collector. Each of these new 2-disc DVD volumes is priced to own at U.S. $32.99 (S.R.P.), Canada $36.99 (S.R.P.).

© Disney. All Rights Reserved.

More Silly Symphonies

This second volume completes the Silly Symphonies collection with more award-winning shorts which showcase Walt's technical and narrative innovations. Over the years, Silly Symphonies has been used as a model of how best to combine sight and sound and included in this volume are over a dozen never-before-released shorts from 1929-1938.

Included in this collection are the Academy Award winner "Three Orphan Kittensâ€? (Winner Best Short Subject 1935); "Mother Goose Goes to Hollywoodâ€?, and two seminal shorts directed by Walt himself: "Springtimeâ€? and "Night.â€? This collection includes over a dozen shorts that have never before been released on DVD.

Bonus materials include audio commentaries; "Silly Symphonies Rediscovered� featurette on this trail-blazing series of short films; "Animators At Play� featurette, and extensive production art galleries.

© Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The Complete Pluto Vol. 2

Mickey's best pal Pluto stars as top dog in a new set of adventure-filled animated shorts. One of Walt's classic characters, Pluto has kept generations of audiences in stitches with his hilarious antics. This collection offers all the zany, madcap comedy that Pluto is famous for, in a full-color collection that spans 1947 to 1951. Included are "Pluto's Blue Noteâ€? (Academy Award nominee, Best Short Subject, 1947), "Bone Bandit,â€? "Pluto's Sweater,â€? "Figaro and Cleoâ€? and "Cat Nap Pluto.â€?

Bonus materials include: a "master class� with modern-day Disney animation masters Randy Cartwright and Andreas Deja. Randy discusses "Bone Trouble� and Andreas discusses "Hawaiian Holiday� - it's a class all Disney fans will want to attend!

Plus, there is "Pluto's Process� - a deconstruction of the shorts "Pluto's Judgment Day,� along with a fascinating, very rare pencil test from this short. Also featured are extensive production art galleries.

© Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Your Host, Walt Disney

Here is a wonderful chapter in the fabled "Disneyland� TV show, hosted by Walt himself. This famous television series has something for every Disney fan. Included here is the complete Fourth Anniversary episode of Walt's show, a wonderful surprise party by the Mouseketeers, and a 10th anniversary special program on the Disneyland Imagineers, creating some of Disneyland's most famous attractions such as Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. Bonus features include a rare interview with Walt's daughter, Diane Disney Miller; and production art galleries.

© Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The Mickey Mouse Club Featuring Hardy Boys

Adventures from the famous Hardy Boys books were serialized on the Mickey Mouse Club, and this Walt Disney Treasures volume includes the complete Hardy Boys debut serial from 1956-1957, "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure.� This superb story features Tim Considine (Disney's "The Swamp Fox,� "The Shaggy Dog� and more) as Frank Hardy, and Tommy Kirk ("Old Yeller,� "Swiss Family Robinson� and many more) as Joe Hardy. The boys, both amateur detectives, are the sons of a famous sleuth who tells them that detective work is too dangerous for boys. But that doesn't stop them from going on a rousing quest to find a legendary treasure. Based on the best-selling book series by the mysterious writer, F.W. Dixon, "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure� is fun live-action adventure for the whole family.

Bonus features include: "From Dixon to Disney� on the Hardy Boys' journey from print to TV; "The Hardy Boys Unmasked� featurette; and production galleries.