Credit Where Credit is Due?

October 25, 2012 by Michael Mallory 1 Comment

One of the tasks of a cartoon historian is to research and identify as accurately as possible which artists and artisans worked on what projects. That, however, can be surprisingly difficult, since screen credit in the Golden Age was often whimsical. Even today, when end credits might account for one-tenth [...]

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Pocahontas and The Mouse’s Gong Show

February 23, 2012 by Michael Mallory 1 Comment

Every aspect of creating an animated feature takes time, except, arguably, for one: the greenlighting of an idea. Back in the days when the Walt Disney Studio was just about the only game in town for animated features, it promoted an idea-pitching process known as “The Gong Show,” in which [...]

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