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Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Walt Disney left behind big dreams when he died in 1966. Perhaps none was greater than the hope that his son-in-law, Ron Miller, would someday run his studio. Under Miller's leadership, Disney expanded into new frontiers: global theme parks, computer animation, cable television, home video, and video games. Despite these innovations, Ron struggled to expand the Disney brand beyond its midcentury image of wholesome family entertainment, even as times...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Disney animation studio redefined its creative vision in the wake of Walt Disney's death. This latest volume from renowned Disney historian Didier Ghez profiles Ken Anderson and Mel Shaw, whose work defined beloved classic Disney characters from films like The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, and The Rescuers. With vivid descriptions of passages from the artists' autobiographies and interviews, accompanied by never-before-seen...
Author
Publisher
The Old Mill Press, Inc
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Claude Coats: Walt Disney's Imagineer-The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond is the story of artist and designer Claude Coats who, for more than half a century, was one of the most prolific creative talents at The Walt Disney Company and, arguably, the most accomplished. An unpretentious man of strapping stature, Claude was the artist behind some of the most stunning backgrounds produced at the Disney studio during...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The 1940s ushered in an era of musical experimentation and innovation at the Walt Disney Studios. Artists from all over the world flocked to California to be part of the magic, and their groundbreaking styles influenced such classics as Dumbo and Bambi as well as shaped the masterpieces that followed such as Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. For this volume, author Didier Ghez has unearthed hundreds of enchanting images--from early sketches to polished...
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Disney World is often referred to as the happiest place on earth" and the character Mickey Mouse is long ingrained in our collective memory. The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest and most valuable companies in the world. But behind all of that was one ambitious small-town farm boy who failed as often as he succeeded, and finally found worldwide fame - thanks to a cartoon mouse. Throughout the rise of Walt Disney, LIFE magazine was there, covering...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. The following is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and others. Includes featurettes, deleted scenes, photos,...
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Art Babbitt animated for the Disney studio throughout the 1930s and through 1941, years in which he and Walt were jointly driven to elevate animation as an art form, up through Snow White, Pinocchio, and Fantasia. But as America prepared for World War II, labor unions spread across...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious animated films of the time, Disney hired a group of "concept artists" whose sole mission was to explore ideas and inspire their fellow animators. They Drew as They Pleased showcases four of these early pioneers and features artwork developed by them for the Disney shorts from the 1930s, including many unproduced projects, as well as for Snow White and the...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The late golden age at the Walt Disney Studios saw the advent of an experimental new group known as the Character Model Department. This volume reveals hundreads of rediscovered images that inspired Disney's shorts and feature films during one of its most prolific eras, while capturing the rich stories of the artists that brought these characters to life."--Back cover.
Publisher
Disney
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Journey through the lives of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Academy Award-winning songwriting team that defined family musical entertainment with unforgettable songs like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, from Mary Poppins; I Wanna Be Like You, from The Jungle Book; and the most translated song ever written, It's a Small World (After All). Explore the deep and longstanding rift that has kept the brothers personally estranged throughout...