Vintage 1954 Walt Disney's Collectible Davy Crockett Fess Parker Childs T-Shirt

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Rare Vintage 1954 Walt Disney's Collectible Davy Crockett Fess Parker Childs T-Shirt
Excellent Vintage Condition - Has One Small Hole and a Two Small Stains - See Photos & Video for any Issues!
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Rare Vintage 1954 Walt Disney's Collectible Davy Crockett Fess Parker Childs T-Shirt
This is a very rare item, and may be the only one in existence! Excellent Vintage Condition - Has One Small Hole and a Two Small Stains That You Can See In The Photos. Childs Size Toddler. Collectible only item not to be worn! Marked Fess Parker WDP. Has a photo of Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and a Western Fort Screen on the front, and the back is bare.
Davy Crockett
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Davy Crockett
was a five-part serial which aired on
ABC
from 1954–1955 in one-hour episodes, on the
Disneyland
series. The series starred
Fess Parker
as real-life frontiersman
Davy Crockett
and
Buddy Ebsen
as his friend, George Russel. The first three and last two episodes were respectively edited into the theatrical films
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
(released in 1955) and
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
(1956). This series and film are known for the catchy theme song, "
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
".
Episodes
Walt Disney
produced weekly one-hour television programs for
ABC
as part of a deal that allowed him to build the
Disneyland
theme park. Disney wished to highlight historical figures, and his company developed three episodes on Crockett – "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter", "Davy Crockett Goes to Congress", and "Davy Crockett at the Alamo", broadcast December 1954–February 1955. They were shot on color film at the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
at the Mountain Farm Museum adjacent to the
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
, near
Qualla Reservation
's entrance; and at
Janss Conejo Ranch
, California. Crockett's death at the
Battle of the Alamo
is not actually shown; all we see is Crockett, the last survivor in the battle, on the parapet swinging his rifle at the oncoming hordes of Mexican soldiers. The picture fades and the
flag of Texas
is shown flying in the breeze as the male chorus reprises the last lines of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". The first three episodes of the serial were edited together as the theatrical film
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
(1955).
Although the historical Crockett perished at the Alamo, two other TV segments followed in November–December 1955: "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates", filmed in
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
. These episodes were edited together as the theatrical film
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
(1956). Crockett faces off against
Mike Fink
, another early American legend. In "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates", the men pick up a traveling minstrel (
Walter Catlett
), who unknown to them is in league with local river bandits. On their way to get horses, from friendly
Chickasaw
tribesmen, Davy and Georgie are kidnapped by a group of Chickasaws, because white men have been murdering members of their tribe. Crockett and Fink discover that the river pirates led by
Samuel Mason
, portrayed by
Mort Mills
, are impersonating
Indians
.
Cast
Kenneth Tobey
, later of the
syndicated
television adventure series
Whirlybirds
, starred as
Jim Bowie
in the "Alamo" segment and then as Jocko in the two later episodes. Future
Zorro
star
George J. Lewis
portrayed Chickasaw chief Black Eagle. Thirty-three-year-old
Don Megowan
was cast as 26-year-old
William Travis
.
Pat Hogan
portrayed Chief Red Stick.
William Bakewell
portrayed
Major
Tobias Norton and in the final episodes as a keelboat race Master of Ceremonies.
York, Parker, Tobey and Megowan met again as cast members for
The Great Locomotive Chase
.
Popularity
According to historians Randy Roberts and James Olson, "by the end of the three shows, Fess Parker was very well known, the power of television was fully recognized, and Davy Crockett was the most famous frontiersman in American history."
By the end of 1955, Americans had purchased over 0 million worth of Davy Crockett merchandise, including
coonskin caps
and
bubble gum
cards. Fess Parker later claimed he lost millions because a contract granting him a percentage of the merchandising sales was voided, as being with Walt Disney personally rather than
Walt Disney Productions
.
The shows sparked heated debate, with many questioning whether Crockett was really deserving of the amount of attention that he was receiving. Letter writers also questioned the series' historical accuracy. Nevertheless, the shows proved very popular. They were combined into a feature-length movie in the summer of 1955, and Parker and his co-star
Buddy Ebsen
toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. In the following years, Disney made less successful miniseries based on other historical American heroes including
Elfego Baca
,
Texas John Slaughter
, and
Francis Marion
.
Legacy
The Davy Crockett shows were repeated on
NBC
in the 1960s after Disney had moved his program to that network. The 1960 repeats marked the first time that the programs had actually been shown in color on TV.
Walt Disney Home Video
released the two theatrical films on DVD as
Davy Crockett - Two Movie Set
, on September 7, 2004. On November 15, 2015, the films were released on Blu-ray on a "60th Anniversary Edition" set through the Disney Movie Club.
A three-episode 1988–89
revival
was made entitled
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
, in which
Tim Dunigan
took over Fess Parker's famous role.
Johnny Cash
played an older Davy in a few scenes set before he went to Texas. In 2002, Disney (under its
Touchstone Pictures
label) revisited the subject of Davy Crockett and the Alamo, with the film
The Alamo
. The film, however, was a significant box-office failure.
Crockett Goes to Congress
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