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Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment.
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Important Added Info: Note that we have seen three different versions of this program. Two of them are completely identical, EXCEPT that the copyright on the first interior page is two lines long on one and four lines long on the other. Surely this just means that these were printed in two different locations. We don't think it affects the value at all whether you have the program with the two line copyright or the four line copyright, but if you think it affects the value, know that this is a program that has a "two line" copyright. IN ADDITION, THERE IS AN EARLIER VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM BOOK THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED WHEN THE MOVIE PLAYED IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF CITIES (its roadshow engagement). THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ROADSHOW PROGRAM IS THAT IT MENTIONS THE "FANTASOUND" PROCESS, WHICH WAS NO LONGER USED WHEN THE MOVIE WENT INTO GENERAL RELEASE. Note that we have pictured the front cover and several interior 2-page spreads from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing.

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