Happy 70th, Snow White!
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Two worth-a-glance articles about the film’s …
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The Character Design of Ward Kimball
It is well known that, for a variety of reasons, legendary Disney director and animator Ward Kimball was demoted by Walt Disney from …
Holiday Gift Ideas: Disney Treasures
On sale starting today, the latest three volumes of the amazing Walt Disney Treasures series. Talk about a gift that all animation buffs, …
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?
Disney historian and author Jim Fanning has written a fine appreciation of the little-seen Ward Kimball featurette Dad, Can I Borrow the …
9 Most Racist Disney Characters
I’m not sure how long this has been posted, but I just found out that Cracked Magazine.com has listed what they believe are the 9 most …
The Pixar Story Hollywood Screening
We’ve plugged Leslie Iwerks’ new Pixar documentary on the Brew many times before. It’s a must see. I want to alert the Los Angeles area …
Your Charm article about Disney
Below is an early-1940s article from a magazine called Your Charm, a young woman’s magazine alone the lines of Mademoiselle. Forgive the …
Mickey Mouse bedroom mural
You remember our June 2006 post about animator Joe Busam’s painting his child’s nursery in the style of a 1930s cartoon. Now Brew …
Whatever happened to…?
David Stainton – According to Chuck Oberleitner:The Walt Disney Company no longer employs David Stainton, former head of what was once …
New Disney Oswald Merchandise
Disney consumer products design manager Juan Ortiz recently started an “official unofficial” blog about Disney Store merchandise and the …
Your Friend The Rat
Apparently a new Pixar short – their first with extensive 2-D traditional animation – will available on the Ratatouille DVD and Blu-Ray …
Ugly Mickey
Actually, this portrait of the Mouse (by Marcelo Braga) is one of the nicer ones. A blog devoted to bad drawings of Mickey, sent in …
Janie Reitherman R.I.P.
Howard Green sends us this sad news: Janie Reitherman — Woolie’s widow — passed away on Saturday at her home in Burbank from …
Hal Adelquist
Hal Adelquist, (pictured above, left of the Mouseketeers) was an assistant director on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, production …
What Makes Mickey Move? (1934)
Our friend Charles Shopsin has unearthed yet another vintage article about animation in the 1930s from the pages of Modern Mechanix. This …
It all started with a… toy?
How did this one get by me? Did Walt Disney name his most famous creation after a toy, Micky Mouse (sic)? On eBay today, someone is …
Song of the South plays Philly
I don’t know how this happened, but I just found out that Song of the South had a public performance in the Philadelphia last Tuesday …
Disney in Argentina, 1941
We’ve all seen the 16mm color footage of Walt Disney visting South America in 1941. Now, courtesy of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture …
Sound Tricks of Mickey Mouse
Once again our friend Charles Shopsin posts another great animation article from his collection of vintage Modern Mechnix magazines. This …
A Disney Animation Filmography
At the Ottawa International Animation Festival last week, attendees recieved a unique little publicity piece. An eight-inch round …
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