Ohh, Fantasia. What joys don’t you provide? Well, quite a few, if some folks are to be believed. Over the years, I have heard all manner of reactions to this film: some love it for its sheer artistry and musical magic, while others find it to be monotonous, boring, over-hyped, and overblown, and still others…
This week for Saturday Morning Cartoons, we’re taking a look at Walt Disney’s second full-length animated feature–the best production of his animation studio’s early years, in my ever-humble opinion–the wonderfully magical Pinocchio, released by RKO in 1940. In this film, more so than in its predecessor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, everything comes together…
As we kick off our salute to classic Disney animation (and our Saturday Morning Cartoons series!), there’s no better place to begin than with the one that started it all: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released by RKO in limited theaters in 1937 and later across the country in 1938. I have to admit…
It should come as no surprise that the three of us grew up loving animated films in general, and Walt Disney feature films in particular. We grew up in the time of the “clamshell” video cases, and I remember a veritable forest of them populating the shelves of my parents’ entertainment center. In fact, they’re…
You’re welcome. 🙂 I don’t know what made me think of this today, but I was glad to find it posted online! In “The Autograph Hound,” released by Walt Disney Studios in 1939, Donald Duck travels around “Hollywood Studios” in search of autographs from the famous stars of the day, all while trying to allude…
Happy birthday, Bugs! Today being the 70th birthday of one of the most iconic characters in entertainment history, it’s only appropriate to celebrate by watching some of the crazy rabbit’s best. For anyone interested, Bugs Bunny shorts run rampant on YouTube, including the best of them all–1957’s What’s Opera, Doc? I’m also partial to Duck…
True Classics 