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Disney’s Three Caballeros

By Bill I. (NDH#35) | Published: Friday, January 27, 2012

At the end of the 1930s, the Disney Studios fantastic successes with Mickey Mouse and the classic animated Movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” began to wane. War clouds were gathering over Europe and the kind of comic relief Mickey and the Silly Symphonies gave the depression-weary country was lost over the impeding fear of a global war. After the war started in September, 1939, the mood was even sourer. In addition, the release of Pinocchio on February 2, 1940 hoped to be as successful as Snow White, was not. The long anticipated “Fantasia” released on November, 13, 1940 was also not an initial success. The Disney Studios also over-expanded in European markets, now closed due to the war.

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Posted in Disney Company | Also tagged Brazil, Donald Duck, Goodwill tour, Latin America, Mexico
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Dumbo

By Ryan K. (NDD#137) | Published: Monday, September 26, 2011

In 1941, the Walt Disney Studios were not the juggernaut they are today. With a series of troubles hitting the studio – including the box office failure of Fantasia, an animator’s strike and the European box office drying up because of World War II – Walt and his crew needed to figure out a new way of making films. They had to make things cheaper and more profitable.

It was from those circumstances that Dumbo sprang to life. If Snow White and Pinocchio were high art films, with incredible realism and lifelike characters, then Dumbo was a cartoon in the best possible way. Using watercolor backgrounds, caricatured animals and a sweet, simple story, Dumbo managed to build an emotional roller coaster like no Disney film to that point had.

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Posted in Disney Reviews, Movies | Also tagged Bill Tytla, Disney studio, Dumbo, Mrs. Jumbo, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball
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Disney’s Animators Strike

By Bill I. (NDH#35) | Published: Monday, August 22, 2011

On May 29, 1941 Walt Disney pulled up to his studio on Buena Vista Blvd, and saw a sight he will never forget. Almost 300 angry protesters were picketing the studio, all of them his cartoonists. Shouting and holding signs, it was a sight that Walt would never forget, and never forgive. But what could have caused this strike? To work at the Disney Studios was the dream of hundreds of artists and animators. To understand this and the events leading up to the most pivotal event in the history of Animation, we have to understand the work environments of the early 20^th century and to understand Walt Disney himself.

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Posted in Disney Company | Also tagged Art Babbitt, Burbank, Cartoonists Strike, Disney Animators, History, Hyperion Studios, Labor Disputes, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
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