Premiere of Disney Film Set In Salt Lake
Deseret News, 19 September 1962, page C7
Walt Disney's new movie, "Almost Angels," will have its world premiere next week at the Uptown Theater and Oak Hills Drive-in.
The film tells the story of the Vienna Boys Choir and features their members in several production numbers as well as in solos. It also has backgrounds of Austria, where the famous choir is headquarted.
The premiere was scheduled in Salt Lake because this is the home of the equally world-famous Tabernacle Choir and members of that group were guests with their children at a special prevue of "Almost Angels" recently at the Uptown. All acclaimed the picture for "its loveliness of scenery, sound and purpose."
Theodore L. Cannon, vice president of the Tabernacle Choir, and Uptown manager Ted Kirkmeyer were equally enthusiastic about the picture.
"Almost Angels" will be on the same bill as "Lady and the Tramp," full-length cartoon feature being reissued by Disney to lead the way to a new releasing schedule by his company.
"We hope to have Mr. Disney's name mean family entertainment without question," says a release from his studios. "We intend to have Disney features released together.
"We don't want them tied up with films of violence or movies otherwise unsuitable for the entire family. In other words, short subject, and both pictures will be Disney films or movies suitable for those who attend Disney programs."
The film tells the story of the Vienna Boys Choir and features their members in several production numbers as well as in solos. It also has backgrounds of Austria, where the famous choir is headquarted.
The premiere was scheduled in Salt Lake because this is the home of the equally world-famous Tabernacle Choir and members of that group were guests with their children at a special prevue of "Almost Angels" recently at the Uptown. All acclaimed the picture for "its loveliness of scenery, sound and purpose."
Theodore L. Cannon, vice president of the Tabernacle Choir, and Uptown manager Ted Kirkmeyer were equally enthusiastic about the picture.
"Almost Angels" will be on the same bill as "Lady and the Tramp," full-length cartoon feature being reissued by Disney to lead the way to a new releasing schedule by his company.
"We hope to have Mr. Disney's name mean family entertainment without question," says a release from his studios. "We intend to have Disney features released together.
"We don't want them tied up with films of violence or movies otherwise unsuitable for the entire family. In other words, short subject, and both pictures will be Disney films or movies suitable for those who attend Disney programs."