Long-Overdue New Book Round-Up
A few months have gone by and its time once again to weed through the books piling up from various publishers. These are the good ones. First up, an anthology…
Tag Archives: Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse’s “Candy Mine” and “Orphan’s Benefit”
This week Mickey Mouse and company star in a original audio adventure, and we take a look at the numerous releases of Orphan’s Benefit – a cartoon soundtrack that just…
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball and His Disney Pranks
Ward Walrath Kimball was born on March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1934, he joined the Disney Studios staff as an in-betweener and quickly rose in the ranks to…
In His Own Words: Jack Hannah Remembers Some Disney Shorts
Jack Hannah joined the Disney Studios in 1933 and spent five years as an animator, another five years in the story department where he was teamed with Carl Barks as…
A Paul J. Smith Scrapbook
Who was “Paul J. Smith” (1906-1980)? He was a pioneering animator who started with Walt Disney on the Alice Comedies, then joined Harman-Ising on the Bosko Looney Tunes and Merrie…
BOOK REVIEW: John Canemaker’s “The Lost Notebook”
I don’t know about you, but I just spent my Memorial Day weekend reading (and drooling over) the latest book by animation historian extraordinaire John Canemaker, The Lost Notebook: Herman…
In His Own Words: Bill Justice Remembers Early Days at Disney
Bill Justice joined The Walt Disney Studios in 1937 where he quickly rose from in-betweening to full animation. Perhaps the characters he is most closely associated with are the mischievous…
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball Tells Some Disney Stories
Ward Walrath Kimball was born on March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1934, he joined the Disney Studios staff as an in-betweener and quickly rose in the ranks to…
Disney’s O-Zell Soda
Over the past weekend I had the pleasure to meet Dina Benadon and Brent Young, owners of the 1893 house that Walt and Roy Disney were born in. They bought…
The Story of Disney’s “The Art of Animation”
When Walt Disney was producing the animated feature film Sleeping Beauty, he realized that a great way to publicize the “high art” approach of the film as well as address…
