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Since its film debut in 1897, Kansas City has shown up in movies, television and short films as both backdrop and star. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at some of those iconic cinema settings.
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Kansas City is known for a lot of things, from barbecue to jazz. Here are some of our region's lesser-known points of hometown pride.
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Walt Disney gets all the credit for creating Mickey Mouse, but it was actually his best friend Ub Iwerks who first brought the iconic character to life in 1928.
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Walt Disney gets most of the credit for creating Mickey Mouse. But few know the real story: Kansas City animator Ub Iwerks, Disney’s best friend, was the first to bring the iconic character to life. Then Mickey's success almost tore them apart for good.
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The cartoonist's first professional studio will become a community space.
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Walt Disney's first professional studio was in Kansas City and is now getting a new lease on life, and a way to keep holiday dollars in the metro.
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Segment 1: Mahatma Gandhi's grandson reflects on his family legacy.As the world begins celebrating Gandhi's 150th birthday, Park University brings the…
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Everything about Walt Disney is legendary, especially in his hometown of Kansas City where a mythology has grown up around the young ad man who created…
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Segment 1: The forgotten Kansas Citian behind Mickey Mouse.The story of how Mickey Mouse got his start is part of Kansas City mythology. But Walt Disney…
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He only spent four years of his childhood there, but Walt Disney always held Marceline, Missouri close to his heart. On this edition of Up To Date, we…
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An attempt to breathe life into a building near Troost Avenue with ties to Walt Disney could help erase the corridor’s stigma as a key dividing line in…
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In the early 1920s, when Walt Disney was in his early 20s, he was heading up a struggling animation studio on Kansas City’s east side.A small field mouse…