From the Disneyland website: One of several original buildings dating back to the opening of the Disneyland Resort in 1955, The Golden Horseshoe was also where Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian, celebrated their 30th anniversary with the debut performance of the original Golden Horseshoe Revue. Walt kept a private box — now public — upstairs to the right of the stage so he could watch the show whenever he felt like it. With over 50,000 performances logged since then, the Golden Horseshoe Revue was at one time “the world’s longest-running live stage show,” according the Guinness Book of World Records.
To this day, Western flair is everywhere at the Golden Horseshoe, with wall-mounted longhorns chosen by Walt himself, polished brass banisters and 1850s-style period chandeliers. Disney legend Harper Goff designed the saloon’s interior using a set design he had created for the 1953 Doris Day film "Calamity Jane."
The four videos below are from the "Wonderful World of Color" in 1962, and present the 10,000th performance of the show featuring Betty Taylor, Annette Funicello, Wally Boag, Gene Sheldon and Ed Wynn.
"The Golden Horseshoe Revue" ran in Disneyland from its opening day on July 17, 1955 until October 12, 1986 when that show made its final performance.
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