Disney’s “The Tortoise And The Hare” (1934)
A landmark of Disney animation, Tortoise and the Hare received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short for 1934, defeating Charles Mintz and Walter Lantz’s first cartoons in color, respectively.
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Disney’s “Goliath II” (and Kevin Corcoran) on Records
A look at the vinyl version of the first Disney short to use the Xerox process – and we pay tribute to Disney Legend Kevin “Moochie” Corcoran, who passed away last week.
Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh” on Records
The second featurette in the Pooh series made its debut on vinyl before the film’s release with several cast changes and a different musical approach.
In Their Own Words: Hamilton Luske Remembered By His Children
Very little has been written about Ham Luske who had a lengthy career as an animator and director at Disney. In March 2012, I interviewed his children about him.
Animation Anecdotes #231
Hitler loved Disney cartoons and had a copy of Snow White delivered to his private movie theater. He considered it one of the greatest movies ever made. His personal collection also included eighteen Mickey Mouse shorts.
Animation Anecdotes #230
Among today’s anecdotes: Lou Scheimer of Filmation Studios talking about runaway production, Peter Chung on “Reign”, and whatever happened to Disney’s “Secret Lab”?
Disney’s Oswald Rabbit “The Ocean Hop” (1927)
This week’s breakdown features everyone’s favorite lucky rabbit in a cartoon inspired by aviator Charles Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight from New York to Paris.
Animation Anecdotes #229
Jim Korkis quotes Joe Dante on Looney Tunes; Gary Goldman on The Land Before Time; Jack Bradbury on working at Disney with Walt Kelly; and much much more.
Reviews, Plugs and Appearances
Time for another round-up of reviews for books and videos (strangely, most of them Disney-related this time around). But before we get into that I want to plug a couple of personal appearances I’ll be making this month – some local to Southern California, and a couple back east.
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball’s Autobiography
“The Bulletin” was the Disney Studio in-house employee newsletter. Ward Kimball was asked write his own brief autobiography, knowing it would entertain the readers as Ward already had the reputation of being a jokester.
