Song of the South Premiere Photos With Walt Disney
Friend of the Wren’s Nest and awesome preservation dude Jonathan was kind enough to send a picture our way of the Atlanta Song of the South premiere.
Above is Walt Disney (far right) and other presumed persons of importance at a Capitol City Club dinner or other table sitting adventure. Neat!
Then we looked into the Georgia State University Photographic Collections, which offered plenty of photos from the premiere. The Fox was (and remains) the place to be, eh?
Song of the South premiered in 1946, when car swarming was clearly just as popular as it is today. Look, Walt Disney (on the right again, in the car) is loving it!
According to Jim Auchmutey, Disney was hounded by autograph seekers at the Wren’s Nest too. They accidentally knocked him over.
Well, hello ladies. Cool portrait you’ve congregated around.
You say that’s Joel Chandler Harris? What a handsome man. I only wish I could see such a fine portrait up close, now 63 years later.
Wait wait wait, that EXACT same portrait is in the east parlor of the Wren’s Nest?! Today? Right now?! And probably tomorrow too?! I should visit the Wren’s Nest immediately!*
*See how I did that? Smooth, I know.
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Amelia Trace Lerner
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2 Comments to Song of the South Premiere Photos With Walt Disney
Fabulous post. Almost as fabulous as those dresses in the last picture.
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