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Animation

Saturday Morning Cartoons: A Selection of Animated Red Riding Hoods

Sep 3, 2016 Brandie Ashe 0

Fairy tales have long served as source material for filmmakers–only natural when one considers how universal those stories truly are. These fantastical, largely archetypal narratives draw on moral codes and lessons that transcend time, telling and […]

Animation

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Flowers and Trees (1932)

Aug 27, 2016 Brandie Ashe 0

In 1929, Walt Disney and composer Carl Stalling collaborated on the creation of a new series for the Disney animation crew: episodic cartoons based around particular melodies, in which the action was driven not by […]

Animation

Animation Alley: The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Oct 27, 2015 Brandie Ashe 0

1929 was a good year for Walt Disney: his seminal creation, Mickey Mouse, had just broken out as a huge star in the wake of the immensely popular short Steamboat Willie (1928). That cartoon’s success led to […]

Animation

Birds of a Feather: Disney’s Latin America and The Three Caballeros

Mar 14, 2015 Brandie Ashe 2

On Sunday, March 15th, Turner Classic Movies will open the Disney Vault for another night of rare programming. As part of the evening’s celebration, TCM will air the 1944 film The Three Caballeros, followed by the 2008 documentary Walt […]

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Animation

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Three Little Pigs (1933)

Jan 10, 2015 Brandie Ashe 1

As recounted in Stefan Kanfer’s history of animation, Serious Business (1997), early in 1933, Walt Disney gave a personal tour of the Disney animation studio to movie star Mary Pickford. Disney was considering making a live-action version […]

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Opinion

An interesting face (and some talent) go a long way: Sterling Holloway

Nov 18, 2014 Jill Blake 1

“Sterling Holloway brings a new type of comedy to the screen as different as he himself is in the Hollywood galaxy.” Where there are leading men and women to light up the marquee and draw […]

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