Charles Boyer Window on Main Street
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Charles Boyer stepped up to the microphone at Ms. Harriss’s request, stating that he
was “astonished that I’m up here among all these illustrious names that were
with Disneyland for so many years.”
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He expressed his appreciation and his thanks to Disneyland, then thanked the Disneyland collectors, and “the collectors who have been waiting for me to sign their work. They’ve made me what I am over the years and I really do appreciate that”. A soft-spoken man of few words, he concluded with “I know my son has something he wanted to say, so I’ll invite him up for a couple of minutes.”
Bruce Boyer came up and recited the following poem for his
father:
“Ode to Charles Boyer”
of the stone castle
Stroked with a sweep
of a master brush
To bells of
the Lady
tinkle and tassel
Painted with brilliant
sparkle colored dust
From Mouse
ears, Ducks
and a Captain’s hook
With talking crickets, Dalmatians
Princess fairy books
To long nosed
puppets
and dwarfed men
Dancing over canvas
plotted and penned
From
Matterhorns, trains
and submarines
To Caribbean pirates
and New Orleans
All shed a
tear
At the end of the show
They give a bow to
this artful maestro
After thirty
nine years
lights turn dark
for Charles Boyer
has left the park.
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Talking with Bruce later, we were to find out the poem was initially written because Charles’s daughter in-law was making up special bookmarks for family and friends to remember the event and she “wanted something on the back”. Charles had not heard the piece before that morning and was pleased by it.