Animation Anecdotes #360
The birthday celebration was part of a four day, fifteen city cross-country airplane tour, a Boeing 727, decorated with a 16-foot Donald Duck decal and “Happy Birthday” message along its side.
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Animation Anecdotes #358
“I didn’t understand this thing until the opening night. They never let me see any rushes. We started on the film in 1934 when I was 18 and it went on until I was 21.”
Disney Music – For Radio Only
In the 1930s, when it came to disseminating America’s popular songs, there were many ways. There was sheet music, phonograph records, juke boxes and… radio transcriptions.
Snow White and the German Conundrum
A couple of Berlin-based bands got to record “Snow White” songs – and thereby hangs one of several tales.
Snow White goes Spanish
If you were asked to name a country in continental Europe where Snow White might not run its appointed course, you wouldn’t necessarily think of Spain.
Snow White Travels
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” conquered the rest of the world, and the Disney crew had their boots laced and were ready to go! And, where the film went – so did the song score.
Snow White Goes Traveling (Sing Me A Cartoon #25)
If there’s one thing that the Walt Disney concern learned during the 1930’s, it’s that there was oodles of boodle to be made from the “foreign” market.
Sing Me A Cartoon 24: Snow White Meets The Big Bands
In 1937, when Snow White was released, Disney had many more ways its songs could be promoted. It was now the much-revered “Big Band Era”.
Sing Me A Cartoon 23: “Snow White” on Black Shellac
The idea of the “original soundtrack album” had not occurred to anybody until Disney tried it with Snow White – and it proved to be a hit all over the world!
Louella Parsons on the Great Disney Films
Her word weighed heavily with the public. Her opinion could make or break a film. The good news – she was quite the fan of Walt Disney.
