Disneyland- Main Street Cinema

At Disneyland, with all of its animatronic figures and characters, some of the best features of the park are the simplest ones. Here, we see Main Street Cinema, a small building which shows classic Mickey Mouse cartoons. In front of the entrance is a ticket booth with a figure of "Tilly", a cast member who is originally from Walt Disney's home town of Marceline Missouri.

A view of the ticket booth with Tilly sitting inside. There's no movement to the figure, but the detail is fairly good.

A closer view of the figure shows more of its features. Notice the name tag. I guess that makes it an honorary cast member.

From straight on you can see not only the figure's hat hanging up, but also photographs of many famous individuals. I'm not sure what their significance is with either Disney or Missouri.

And from another angle.


Some of the signs around the entrance advertise the movies inside.


And on the other wall is more of the same.


And the star of the cinema himself, Mickey Mouse.

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Hawaiian Wax Museum- Captain James Cook Discovers Hawaii

(1779)

This intriguing scene from the Hawaiian Wax Museum shows the meeting between Captain James Cook (1728-1789) and Hawaiian King Kalaniopuu (1729-1782). The two exchanged gifts, of linens, cloaks, sugar, fruits, sabers, etc. But soon the relations with the Hawaiian peoples became strained, and a fight resulted between them, ending in Cook's death. However, this scene highlights the historic nature of the first meetings between the explorer and the inhabitants of Hawaii.

Captain James Cook holding what looks to be the saber that he gave Kalaniopuu.

Kalaniopuu preparing to receive the gift.

A crewman holding a linen shirt, one of the gifts for the king.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Little Caesar

With its bloody arm, the wax figure of Edward G. Robinson at the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum warns us of the perils of the mafia. Here, we see him shot, probably about to die alone. Little Caesar was released in 1931, and also starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Glenda Farrell. The figure is a copy of the one from the Movieland Wax Museum, and was virtually identical to its southern California counterpart.

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