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Retlaw Enterprises

Retlaw Enterprises, originally Walt Disney Miniature Railroad, then Walt Disney, Inc. (WDI), and then WED Enterprises (WED), was a privately held company owned by the heirs of entertainment mogul Walt Disney.[3] Disney formed the company to control the rights to his name and to manage two Disneyland attractions that he personally owned. The name, Retlaw, is Walter spelled backwards.[2]

"Walt Disney Inc." redirects here. Not to be confused with The Walt Disney Company.

Company type

Private

Media, Real Estate

1950 (1950)[1]

Walt Disney

2005 (2005)

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA[2]
,
United States

Broadcast

~$150 million (1990)[2]

Retlaw Broadcasting Corp.

Walt Disney naming rights, until sold in 1982 to Walt Disney Productions (which was renamed in 1986)[2]

The Walt Disney Company

Disneyland Attractions: Retlaw paid rent for the attractions' rights-of-way and employed the attraction administrators. Walt Disney, through Retlaw Enterprises, also owned the Viewliner Train of Tomorrow as well as the horse-drawn streetcars on Main Street. Sold to Disney Productions in 1982.[2]

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Walt Disney Productions films: Retlaw purchased 10% interest in 26 Disney 1960's live-action movies, including , through Walt Disney's management contract with Walt Disney Productions, allowing them to invest up to 15% in new projects. By 1990, these films generated an annual income of $600,000+ for Retlaw.[2]

Mary Poppins

The design and architectural division, which designed Disneyland and its attractions, and the WED name, were sold to Walt Disney Productions in 1965 and later rebranded WED Imagineering.

[2]

Retlaw Broadcasting Corp., a subsidiary that held its TV stations

Amendola, Dana (2015). All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains (1st ed.). Disney Editions.  978-1-4231-1714-8.

ISBN

Broggie, Michael (2014) [1997]. Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom (4th ed.). . ISBN 978-1-57864-914-3.

The Donning Company Publishers

Curtis, Sandra (1998). . Hyperion. ISBN 0786882859. Retrieved June 1, 2016.

Zorro Unmasked: The Official History

Eliot, Marc (1993). . Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 155972174X.

Walt Disney: Hollywood's dark prince: a biography