Zootopia and Other Animal Worlds
The third Disney D23 Expo for the studio’s fans, this August 9th, included an “Art and Imagination” presentation that showcased previews of Disney’s planned theatrical features through 2016. At the…
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Animation Auction Alert!
Opening this month at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, California, is a preview showing of original animation art being offered in an incredible auction by Profiles in History….
Disney’s 1963 “Three Little Pigs” Sequel
You’ve read about or heard about Walt Disney’s animated films aimed at Latin American audiences in the 1940s – but here’s one cartoon sequence that rarely gets any attention. This…
Sonia Comes To Hollywood
Courtesy of Mark Kausler (by way of his brother, Kurt) comes this article about Sonia the Duck from Walt Disney’s Peter and the Wolf that I’d never seen before. It’s…
Walt Disney’s “Donald and The Wheel” (1961)
As Jim Korkis informed us last month, Walt Disney found great success with non-theatrical educational films, especially ones that could double as theatrical featuettes and eventual fodder for The Wonderful…
Theatrical Cartoons 1953-54
Continuing our survey of theatrical cartoons, this time we take a look at the pivotal 1953-54 season. 3-D, CinemaScope, the year before Disney severely cuts back on shorts production –…
DVD/Blu-Ray Review: Disney’s Mulan, Brother Bear and Hunchback
Editor’s Note: I will on occasion post DVD reviews of classic animation here on Cartoon Research. Sometimes I’ll review them, other times I’ll let my colleagues do the chores. Today…
Disney’s Forgotten “Puppets Cereal” Commercial
Does this image ring any bells? If you were a child in 1966, you might have bought Nabisco’s Puppets Cereal. Crunchy, crappy breakfast food sold in plastic “dolls” in the…
Scrooge McDuck And Money (1967)
It may have started with a mouse… but it all ended with Scrooge McDuck and Money. Released roughly three months after Disney’s death, in March 1967, it would in theory…
Walt Disney’s Forgotten “Carrot” Characters
Well, ya learn something new everyday… for example, I never knew Disney helped the British Government win the war by promoting carrot recipes in the Yorkshire Post newspapers – until…
