Disney rejects Disney Legend's bio from parks

[BC1836]

The Walt Disney company stated that it "was not interested in carrying" Fess Parker: TV's Frontier Hero, the authorized biography of Fess Parker, who starred as Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and other Disney films in the 1950s.

Parker, who was the featured guest at the opening of Disneyland in 1955 and who was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1991, died in 2010.

In a letter to the author dated Oct. 2, 2013, the company, which approved a number of images in the book, said it had "a strategic merchandising program in place."

Ironically, books on Audrey Heburn, John Wayne and other performers are on sale at Walt Disney World gift shops and stores.

 

[Vickmeys]

Disney missed a sale, I would have bought the book.

 

[Planogirl]

I don't get that at all. I would have been interested too but I suppose that these will pop up at other stores. I wonder what their reasoning is?

 

[Viva Las Disney]

The only thing I can think of is maybe they want to keep the illusion that Davy Crockett was a real character and not an actor ???

 

[Jennasis]

Wonder if Disney has a book in the works?

 

[BC1836]

All the Davy Crockett items were removed from a showcase in One Man's Dream about two years ago. The Crockett collectibles had shared space with a few Zorro collectibles. Now, that same showcase only features costumes from Zorro.

 

[EMom]

The only thing I can think of is maybe they want to keep the illusion that Davy Crockett was a real character and not an actor ???

I assume you meant that to be funny?

You'd have 'em rolling in the aisles at The Alamo.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

I assume you meant that to be funny?

You'd have 'em rolling in the aisles at The Alamo.

That's too funny. I was referring to Disney never breaking character while on stage, not that he's a fictional character rather than a real historical person, but it's way funnier how it came across.

The DIS needs an embarrassed smiley!

 

[aubriee]

The only thing I can think of is maybe they want to keep the illusion that Davy Crockett was a real character and not an actor ???

Uh, as a Texan who knows her Texas history and who has been to the Alamo multiple times, I hate to tell you, but Davy Crocket was real. Disney did not invent him.

Edited: Oh EMom caught that. The comment was very funny though. lol

 

[BC1836]

And next year marks the 60th anniversary of the first Davy Crockett episode, which launched the nation-wide Crockett Craze!

Again...why does WDW sell the bio of Audrey Hepburn and not that of a Disney Legend?

 

[LilyWDW]

Wonder if Disney has a book in the works?

It wouldn't surprise me. Why put one product in the market that is not produced by you when you have something similar in the pipeline? Makes perfect sense.