Walt's Early Wonderlands
Walt's Early Wonderlands

Walt's Early Wonderlands

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2023
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Documentary
Animation

Overview

A compilation of early Walt Disney animated silent shorts restored by Thomas J. Stathes.

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Tommy José Stathes

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