Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem. This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given a big financial and creative… Read More »The CalArts Story
Congratulations to Ruthie Thompson on her 100th Birthday today. Ruthie was recently profiled in the Vanity Fair piece on the Ink and Paint Girls. Ruthie grew up on the street where Walt Disney lived in Hollywood. She was asked to be an extra in a… Read More »Ruthie Thompson – Happy 100th Birthday
For the last 40+ years one man has literally had the job of preserving the history of the Walt Disney Company. That man, Dave Smith, like so many others came to Disney on a temporary assignment and ended up sticking around for the rest of… Read More »Dave Smith, Walt Disney Company Archivist to Retire
A few updates related to The Disney Blog. Today is the 6th Anniversary of the first post on this blog. It’s been a long and fun journey that I hope continues for many more years. Running this blog has allowed me to meet many readers,… Read More »Backstage at the blog
In December of 1935 Walt Disney sent an 8-page memo to Don Graham, a Chouinard Art Institute animation instructor, with suggestions on how to train animators to be prepared for the intensive Walt Disney Studios animation process. This missive helped elevate Disney’s product to the… Read More »Walt Disney’s Secret Sauce – How to Train an Animator
California Adventure’s new “World of Color” show previewed last night for an audience that included radio contest winners. Full show video from that event has now made it online. One word describes this show for me – WOW! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Certainly… Read More »“World of Color” Full Show Video
Progress City, USA has the story of George McGinnis, a student whose undgraduate design project was able to catch the eye of Walt Disney and many Imagineers. Eventually it was the key to his landing a job a WED, know known as Walt Disney Imagineering.… Read More »How a student project opened the doors of Disney for one Imagineer
Disney Legend Art Linkletter died at his home at the age of 97, according to the LA Times. Linkletter’s career started on radio in 1944 and then he made the move to TV in the 50s and 60s. A close friend of Walt Disney, Linkletter… Read More »Disney and TV Legend Art Linkletter dead at 97