Happy Anniversary to Walt Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland!”
On this day in 1951, Disney’s most offbeat and unfathomable animated features premiered–but it took years for the story LP to appear on Disneyland Records.
La Verne Harding: Hollywood in a ’54 Red Mercury
Harding was the first female animator in Hollywood and she exerted a strong design influence on the Walter Lantz characters, including Woody Woodpecker.
The Disney “Alice in Wonderland” Never Made
Walt purchased the rights to Alice in Wonderland in 1938 — in particular the rights to reproduce the original Tenniel drawings.
Missing Footage – And Remembering Things That Never Existed!
Did you ever swear that a scene in a film was there – but there’s no proof of its existence?
A Revolutionary Article (Part 4)
TV animators continued to find the proper “spirit” to celebrate Independence Day, and the revolution in general.
Merrie Melodies 1940-41: The Care and Feeding of a New Cartoon Star (Part 1)
Carl Stalling continued to fold songs – both old and new – into the scores of the WB cartoons.
The Online 16mm Cartoon Carnival: July Edition
Cartoon Carnival #93 will take place this coming Saturday, July 25th, at 3pm eastern time (12 noon on the west coast).
In His Own Words: H.T. Kalmus on Disney in Technicolor
Walt Disney in 1940 said, “We could do many things with color that no other medium could do.”
Watch a New Reel of 60s Commercials With Me!
This is my first time seeing the reel, and it looks like the spots are in fairly good shape.
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is currently on the faculty of Cal Arts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
