All posts tagged "Walt Disney"
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Festivals and Events
Disney’s Lost Oswald Short Surfaces at Telluride
September 5, 2012Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) debuted a newly restored digital print of the once-thought-lost 1928 Oswald...
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Festivals and Events
Academy Awakens ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in 70 MM
July 10, 2012The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty as...
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Television
The Dwarfs are Back in Disney Jr.’s ‘7D’
June 19, 2012Heigh ho, heigh ho, Disney Jr. has started production on a new animated series featuring radically...
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Festivals and Events
Destination D Details Announced
June 5, 2012Fans of Disney animation are invited to spend two magical days celebrating the art, storytelling, music,...
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Festivals and Events
Final Push Seeks to Restore Historic Disney Studio in Kansas City
May 29, 2012A group looking to restore Walt Disney’s first professional animation studio, in Kansas City, is launching...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
‘Fantasia’ in the Key of Ray
May 10, 2012Anyone who knows Ray Bradbury knows that he has a lifelong love of animation. The legendary...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Gene Deitch Sees Red!
May 3, 2012Even some fans of UPA, who have rushed out to buy the new, long-awaited DVD collection...
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Festivals and Events
TCM Plans 75th Anniversary Screening of ‘Snow White’
March 21, 2012Turner Classic Movies (TCM), in collaboration with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will present a...
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Features
The Red Planet Revisited!
March 16, 2012Pixar alum Andrew Stanton’s first live-action feature John Carter delivers a stunning blend of cutting-edge CG...
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People
Faux Walt Disney Biopic Poster Causes Stir
March 13, 2012French graphic artist Pascal Witaszek has caused a bit of a stir by creating a poster...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Remembering the Words of Robert B. Sherman
March 8, 2012The passing this week of songwriter Robert B. Sherman at age 86 brings an end to...
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Festivals and Events
‘Jungle Book’ Musical Set to Premiere in Chicago
February 28, 2012A new musical based on the Rudyard Kipling book and 1967 Disney adaptation of The Jungle...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Pocahontas and The Mouse’s Gong Show
February 23, 2012Every aspect of creating an animated feature takes time, except, arguably, for one: the greenlighting of...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Virginia Davis and the Road to Hollywood
February 16, 2012Several years before Mickey Mouse, little Virginia Davis was the first star of the operation that...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
When Snow White Scared Young Roy Disney
January 26, 2012The late Roy E. Disney ranks very high on the short-list of people who worked to...
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Features
‘Bambi’ Lands on National Film Registry
December 28, 2011Disney’s landmark 1942 animated feature Bambi was one of the 25 new movies added to the...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Into the Woods with Keane & Pocahontas
December 8, 2011One often hears animators described as actors with pencils. You also hear Walt Disney Feature Animation...
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Festivals and Events
“Lost” Disney Film Hits Auction Block
November 28, 2011The only known copy of Walt Disney’s film Hungry Hobos, thought lost until recently, has been...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Ollie Johnston: Even ‘Old Men’ Need a Lift!
October 27, 2011Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s became familiar with the smiling,...
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People
Google Celebrates Mary Blair’s 100th Birthday
October 21, 2011Google is showcasing a colorful “birthday doodle” in honor of Disney Legend Mary Blair’s 100th birthday...
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Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios are gearing up for an exciting weekend ...
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Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas has reported a big winning bid for the castle façade ...
