Tag Archives: Dumbo

In the Center Ring (Part 6)
Animation Trails
February 14, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 6)

One would think that circus life and atmosphere hardly fit into the wartime years of animation, and that imagery of such frivolity would seem out of style. But you would be wrong.

Dumbo’s Mother: Adrienne Tytla
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
December 13, 2019 posted by Jim Korkis

Dumbo’s Mother: Adrienne Tytla

Adrienne le Clerc met her husband Bill Tytla in 1936 when she was a 22-year-old actress and fashion model from Seattle, earning extra money by posing for Disney Studio art classes.

Flying Elephants, yet!
NEEDLE DROP NOTES
March 11, 2018 posted by James Parten

Flying Elephants, yet!

From the score of Dumbo, Disney decided to concentrate on popularizing two of the songs: the lullaby “Baby Mine” and the rhythmic novelty “When I See An Elephant Fly”.

Animation Anecdotes #203
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
March 13, 2015 posted by

Animation Anecdotes #203

Peter Tytla: The Dumbo Boy. The December 29, 1941 issue of Time Magazine had a review of Disney’s recently released animated feature Dumbo. It included in the review of the…

Shirley Temple Does Disney
ANIMATION SPIN
February 18, 2014 posted by Greg Ehrbar

Shirley Temple Does Disney

This week we pay tribute to the greatest child actress of all time, Shirley Temple, who passed away last week, February 10th 2014, at age 85. During her vast and…