Creating Pocahontas
The problematic 1995 Disney feature has, to this day, never been considered for a live action remake, Broadway musical, an animated series or any other possible uses.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Remembering Classic Mr. Magoo
An overview of the career of UPA’s greatest success.
Larry Harmon’s “Laurel and Hardy”
Harmon approached Laurel in 1961 about generating more income by his producing an animated series based on the characters of Stan and Ollie.
Dancing Around “Cats Don’t Dance” (1997)
The Los Angeles Times stated that only fifteen people attended the first matinee screening in a theater in Pasadena. It’s gone on to become a cult classic.
In His Own Words: Floyd Norman on Cleaning Up Ward Kimball
Walt suggested cleaning up the soup scene pencil test and showing it as a special treat on his weekly television program.
In His Own Words: Frank Lloyd Wright on “Fantasia”
Walt brought in H.G. Wells and Alexander Woollcott,” Mel Shaw remembered. “He even had Frank Lloyd Wright to the studio to talk about inspiration and art”.
Walt Disney and Polo
In the 1930s, there were more than 25 polo fields in Los Angeles, and the “Mickey Mouse Team” captained by Walt Disney played at the Uplifters Polo Field.
Animation Anecdotes Redux
Today to celebrate installment #400 of Suspended Animation, I am returning to my original format of random anecdotes.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Bluth’s “All Dogs Go to Heaven”
It was the first animated feature made with Don Bluth in sole control without input from Amblin since The Secret of NIMH over seven years earlier.
The Birth of Hanna-Barbera’s “Smurfs”
Producer Joe Barbera said in 1982, “Even though they’re a happy little group of Smurfs, they have problems too.”
