Tag "The Three Little Pigs"

A Face Made for Voice-Over

March 28, 2013 by Michael Mallory 3 Comments divider image

Few men in the history of animation had as hard a time forging a career as actor Regis Frick. It was not that Frick wasn’t a good actor; in fact, his recitations of Shakespeare were said to move audiences to tears. The problem was that Regis Frick’s had a face [...]

D23 Fanniversary: A Toon Lover’s Impressions

March 27, 2013 by Jake Friedman No Comments divider image

As I sat in my seat at the Newark Museum auditorium, I realized that I was spending an afternoon ogling lost Ferdinand Horvath sketches from the ’30s and also singing along with a TV show theme song from the ’80s. This, in essence, is what the D23 Fanniversary is all [...]

‘Bambi’ Lands on National Film Registry

December 28, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Disney’s landmark 1942 animated feature Bambi was one of the 25 new movies added to the National Film Registry this week. Every year, the org chooses 25 titles that are deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically” significant to add to the registry. As the NFR describes the film, “One of Walt [...]

Into the Woods with Keane & Pocahontas

December 8, 2011 by Michael Mallory No Comments divider image

One often hears animators described as actors with pencils. You also hear Walt Disney Feature Animation legend Glen Keane described as “the Laurence Olivier of animation.” Anyone who doubts that should take a look at Pocahontas (1995), for which Keane supervised the animation of the title character, and “dracted”—a combination [...]