Because it is important to think critically about your sources of entertainment, I present to you another youtube find: I won’t deny the influence on-screen characters have on people’s perceptions of who they are or who they want to be. However, I think having other… Read More »Constructions of Masculinity in Disney Movies
Find out who is kissing Mickey Mouse in the above frame as well as dozens of other animated cameos by Hollywood’s biggest stars who appear in the Disney animated short Mickey’s Gala Premier over on the 2719 Hyperion blog. What a wealth of knowledge Jeff… Read More »A Map to the Stars in Mickey’s Gala Premier
Hans Perk of A. Film L.A. Blog found the original patent filed from The Walt Disney Company for the Circarama camera technology. One of the very interesting details is that Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney both share the patent as its inventors. Click through to… Read More »Circarama Patent, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
Harriet Burns, Disney Legend and Imagineer has died at age 79. Burns was the first woman ever hired by Walt Disney Imagineering in a creative rather than an office capacity. Her role as an attraction and product designer for Walt Disney Imagineering laid a path… Read More »Harriet Burns, Disney Legend and Imagineer has died at age 79
The Animation Guild blog took one of his walks through the Walt Disney Animation Studios to network with the members of his guild this week, and he couldn’t help noticing that as ‘BOLT’ wraps up production, not only are the short term hires being let… Read More »Bolt Nearing Production End Means Computer Animation Ending Disney too
If you weren’t lucky enough to attend Jeff Kurtti’s session at this summer’s NFFC Convention, then LaughingPlace.com has your best chance to see a preview of the Walt Disney Family Museum. It’s great that Jeff was there to provide this sneak peek, but the death… Read More »Walt Disney Family Museum Preview
Disney Animation Fans rejoice, Didier Ghez has unearthed an unreleased recording of one of Walt Disney’s most famous, but unheralded animators Bill Tytla A few weeks after that meeting I realized that the person who had conducted the interview was Louise Beaudet, who passed away… Read More »Rare Recorded Interview with Disney Animator Bill Tytla
Editor: I’m honored to have Mike from The Disney Podcast Directory join us for what looks to be another regular look at the growing number of amazing podcasts put together by fans of the Walt Disney Company. Is there any other company out there with… Read More »Latest Disney Fan Podcasts from the DPD