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Walt Disney [1901-66] Walt received a record 64 Oscar nominations [1932-1969], and won 22 Academy Awards and 4 Honorary Oscars, among many other honors, including postage stamps.

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Walt Disney credits at Internet Movie Database
Walt Disney entry at Wikipedia
Walt Disney Family Museum

Books About Disney Studio Films

	"The Disney Films" [orig 1973] by Leonard Maltin Disney Books 11x8½ 4th edition pb [8/2000] out of print/used Disney Books 11x8½ 3rd edition pb [9/95] out of print/many used Crown hardcover [1973] out of print/used Random House hardcover [1973] out of print/used
	"The Disney Poster: The Animated Film Classics From Mickey Mouse To Aladdin" [1993] Disney Editions 5½x4½ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used Disney Editions 14¼x11¼ hardcover [9/93] out of print/used
	"Walt In Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney" [1994] by Russell Merritt & J.B. Kaufman Johns Hopkins Univ Press 10½x9 pb [3/2000] out of print/used Johns Hopkins Univ Press 11¼x9¾ hardcover [3/94] out of print/used
	"The Disney Poster Book" [2002] by Tony Anselmo Disney Editions 14¼x11¼ hardcover [2002] out of print/used "The Disney Poster Book" [1984] Crown/Harmony pb [1984] out of print/used see also Magic Lantern's Movie Posters & Books Page

Selected  Movies
of  the  Walt Disney  Era

Walt Disney credits [1922-1970] at Internet Movie Database

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"Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" animated feature [Disney/R.K.O. Dec 1937] Supervising director David Hand; Honorary Oscar to Walt Disney for 'significant screen innovation' (1939) in the form of one statuette and seven miniatures; listed on National Film Registry (1989); 'Snow White' has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; full credits from IMDb

Princess Snow White survives an assassination attempt by her jealous stepmother, the Queen, by fleeing into the forest. Snow White finds refuge there with seven dwarfs, who work in a jewel mine. But the Queen is relentless and locates and tricks Snow White with an enchanted 'poison' apple. Disney Studios Home Ent. Limited Edition on Blu-ray [10/2009] 3 disks for $149.99   Disney Studios Home Ent. color Blue-ray/DVD combo [10/2009] 2 disks for $19.99   The Blue-ray editions include newly-discovered storyboards for animated sequel "Snow White Returns"; "Heigh-Ho" karaoke sing-along; and featurettes "Hyperion Studios", "The One That Started It All", and "Disney Through The Decades", plus more Disney Studios Home Ent. color DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $18.49   Walt Disney Home Video color VHS [10/94] out of prodn/hundreds used "Disney's Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs: Still The Fairest of Them All" [2001] 39-minute documentary released on the 2001 DVD; co-produced, co-written & directed by Harry Arends; narrated by Angela Lansbury; featuring John Canemaker, Rudy Behlmer, Roy Edward Disney, Ollie Johnston & Frank Thomas, with archive footage of Walt Disney & Ward Kimball full credits at IMDb

"Pinocchio" animated feature
[Disney/R.K.O. Feb 1940; restored 1992]
Supervising directors Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen; won Oscars for Best Original Song & Best
Music Score; listed on National Film Registry (1994); full credits from IMDb

"No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio" [2009 video] /tt1396503/

"Walt  Disney's  Fantasia"  animated feature
[Disney/R.K.O. Nov 1940; restored in 1990 & 2000]

Animated musical sequences include abstract images set to J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"; Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" ballet; Paul Dukas's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Mickey Mouse; dinosaurs & volcanoes in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"; Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony"; "Dance of the Hours" by Ponchielli with delightful dancing hippos, crocodiles, ostriches & elephants; and Mussorgsky's darkly apocalyptic "Night On Bald Mountain" which morphs into "Ave Maria" in the rain. Narration by Deems Taylor (restoration narration by actor Corey Burton); Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski; won Honorary Oscars to Walt Disney & Leopold Stokowski in 1942; listed on National Film Registry (1990) Disney Video color DVD [11/2000] out of prodn/many used Disney Video color VHS [9/92] out of prodn/many, many used full credits from IMDb "Fantasia" [1940] posters category at AllPosters.com

"Fantasia  2000"  animated sequel
[Disney/Buena Vista Dec 1999]

Animated musical sequences include Beethoveen's Fifth Symphony; whales at sea set to "The Pines of Rome"; 1930s New York City set to Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"; "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" fairy tale set to Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto #2; a goofy flamingo set to the finale of "Carnival of The Animals"; the classic sequence from the original film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Mickey Mouse; "Pomp and Circumstance" starring Donald Duck; and a forest sequence set to "The Firebird"; released in IMAX format Disney Video widescreen color DVD [11/2000] out of prodn/many used Disney Video color VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/many, many used full credits from IMDb "Fantasia 2000" posters category at AllPosters.com

	"The Fantasia Anthology" DVD box set [2000] includes "Fantasia" [1940] and "Fantasia 2000" [1999], plus a third disk with two 1-hour documentary films about the making of the movies, and other extras Disney Video widescreen color DVD [11/2000] 3 disks - out of prodn/many used
	"Walt Disney's Fantasia" [orig 1983, rev 1999] by John Culhane Harry N. Abrams 12x9½ hardcover [12/99] out of print/many used

"Dumbo"  [Disney Oct 1941]

The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo at the circus, but the newborn's enormous ears lead to ridicule and the nickmname 'Dumbo'; he performs as part of the clown acts until his only friend, a mouse, helps him achieve his full potential. Supervising director Ben Sharpsteen; adapted from a book by Helen Aberson & Harold Perl; voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy & Verna Felton Disney 60th Anniv. color VHS [10/2001] for $20.99 Disney 60th Anniv. (Spanish) color VHS [10/2001] for $22.99 Disney 60th Anniv. color DVD [10/2001] for $23.99 Disney Records audio CD [3/2001] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb | play theme music "Dumbo March" [2min:16sec midi file]

The 'magic' black feather that Timothy Q. Mouse and the crows give to the mute, floppy-eared Dumbo stands for every religion, belief system and dogma of Mankind. When Dumbo loses the magic feather atop the diving tower, he must take action in the face of his fears on his own, just like humans must do each moment. see "The Tao of Dumbo" essay at Working Minds Philosophy website

"Bambi" [1942] /tt0034492/
"The Making of Bambi [1994 video] /tt0219898/

"Song of The South" [1946] /tt0038969/
movie fansite http://www.songofthesouth.org/

"So Dear To My Heart" [1948] /tt0041890/
http://www.amazon.com/So-Dear-Heart-Hamilton-Luske/dp/B000AE7TLO/

"Cinderella" [1950] /tt0042332/

Walt Disney's  "Treasure  Island"  [Disney July 1950]

	Directed by Byron Haskin; based on the 1893 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson; starring Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea. Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Keen & Geoffrey Wilkinson Disney color VHS [3/97] for $19.99 Disney color DVD [3/97] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb
	"Long John Silver: Return To Treasure Island" [TI/DCA Dec 1954 sequel] Directed by Byron Haskin; starring Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Lloyd Berrell & Rod Taylor VCI color CinemaScope DVD [6/2006] for $9.99 Direct Source color VHS [6/99] for $3.99 Celebrity color VHS [1/87] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb
	1893 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] Signet pb [12/98] for $3.95 Penguin 7¾x5 hardcover [12/99] for $5.95 Bookcassette UNABR audio [6/93] for $12.57 Tantor UNABR audio CD [12/2002] for $39.00 book illustrated by N.C. Wyeth [1882-1945] Atheneum 9¼x7¼ hardcover [10/81] for $19.79

lots more "Treasure Island" stuff
(books, silent & sound features, TV movies & TV series, posters, links)
on Magic Lantern's "Treasure Island" Movies Page

"Alice In Wonderland" [1951]

"The  Great  Locomotive  Chase"
[Disney 1952]: full credits at IMDb

"The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men"
live action feature film [Disney/R.K.O. June 1952]

Filmed in Technicolor; after an archery contest at the king's palace, young Robin's father is attacked and killed by henchmen of Prince John. Robin turns outlaw to avenge his father and to redress John's oppres- sion of the people of England. Directed by Ken Annakin; script by Lawrence Edward Watkin; starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita Hunt, Hubert Gregg, Elton Hayes, Anthony Eustrel, Patrick Barr, Anthony Forwood, Michael Hordern & Hal Osmond Walt Disney Video color DVD [4/2009] for $9.99   Walt Disney Video color VHS [4/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

"Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom" [1953 short] /tt0046442/

"Peter Pan" (1953) /tt0046183/

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" [1954] /tt0046672/

Walt's weekly TV show
"Disneyland" ABC-TV show [1954-58]
"Walt Disney Presents" ABC-TV show [1958-61]
"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" NBC-TV show [1958-67]

"The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History" [1997] by Bill Cotter Disney Editions 10&frac4x7¼ hardcover [9/97] out of print/many used World Pubns hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used

"Lady and The Tramp" [1955] /tt0048280/

"Davy Crockett, King of The Wild Frontier" [1955] /tt0047977/

"The Mickey Mouse Club" daily ABC-TV series [1955-59]

"Zorro" [1957 TV serties]

"The Sign of Zorro" [1958] /tt0054307/
made from eight episodes of the TV series and released as a feature film

more Zorro info (movies, synopses, books, posters) is on
Readers of The Purple Sage Western Bookstore's 'El Zorro' Page

"Old Yeller"  [1957]
videos/DVDs • credits on IMDb

sequel "Savage Sam" [1963 movie]: credits on IMDb

"Old Yeller" [1956 book] by Fred Gipson
Old Yeller Day [est. 1999] in October in Mason, TX

"The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca"
[Disney miniseries Oct 1958 to March 1960]

ten episodes directed by Christian Nyby & starring Robert Loggia miniseries credits at IMDb "Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law" [Disney 1962] made from "Nine Lives" footage, released as a feature film outside U.S.A. feature film credits at IMDb "Walt Disney Treasures - Legendary Heroes: "Elfego Baca" [1958-60] and "The Swamp Fox" [1959-61] Buena Vista / Disney color DVD set [12/2005] 2 disks for $29.99

Elfego Baca [1865-1945] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

"Sleeping Beauty" [1959] /tt0053285/
"Once Upon A Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty" [1997 video] /tt0381471/

"101 Dalmatians" [1961]
"The Hundred and One Dalmatians" [1956 novel] written by Dodie Smith
"One Hundred and One Dalmatians" [1961] animated film
"101 Dalmatians" [1996] live-action remake of the 1961 animated film
"101 Dalmatians: The Series" [1997-1998] animated television series
"101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure" [] animated sequel to the 1961 animated film
"102 Dalmatians" [2000] sequel to the 1996 live-action film

"Babes In Toyland" [1961] /tt0054649/

"One Hundred and One Dalmatians" [1961] /tt0055254/

"The Sword In The Stone" [1963] /tt0057546/

"Mary Poppins" [1964] /tt0058331/

"Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree" [1966] /tt0061199/

"The Jungle Book" [1967] /tt0061852/
"Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: The Making of A Musical Masterpiece" [1997] video] /tt0219900/

"Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day" [1968] /tt0063819/

"Destino" [Disney/Buena Vista Dec 2003]

A collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali; begun but abandoned in 1946;
later executive produced by Roy E. Disney; directed by Dominique Monfery;
Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short; full credits from IMDb

Selected  Movies & TV
of  the  Post-Walt Disney  Era

the weekly TV show without Walt
"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" NBC-TV show [1957-69]
"The Wonderful World of Disney" NBC-TV show [1969-79]
"Disney's Wonderful World" NBC-TV show [1979-81]
"Walt Disney" CBS-TV show [1981-83]

"Popeye" [Disney/Paramount Dec 1980]

Directed by Robert Altman; script by Jules Feiffer; starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt & Richard Libertini Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2003] for $9.99 Paramount color VHS [10/96] for $9.45 full credits at IMDb official Popeye the Sailor website

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" animated feature [1988]

"The Little Mermaid" animated feature [1989]

"Dick Tracy" feature film [Touchstone June 1990]

Beatty designed the film to look like the primary-color graphics of the comic strip, with the yellow fedora & coat, etc.; the story is the basic Thirties-era origin tale: Tess wants to settle down with her detective boyfriend, who is caught up in his work fighting criminals. Co-produced & directed by and starring Warren Beatty; also starring Glenne Headly, Charles Durning, Charlie Korsmo, Allen Garfield, John Schuck, Madonna, Breathless Mahoney, Mandy Patinkin, Paul Sorvino, Al Pacino, R.G. Armstrong, Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Dick Van Dyke, Seymour Cassel, Henry Silva, James Caan, Michael J. Pollard, Estelle Parsons, Mike Mazurki & Walker Edmiston; nominated for 7 Oscars, won 3 Disney widescreen color DVD [4/2002] for $9.99 Disney color VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" 'profile' poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" 'standing' poster from Amazon for $9.99 novelization for kids by A.L. Singer Golden Press pb [7/90] out of print/used "Dick Tracy: The Making of The Movie" [1990] by Mike Bonifer Bantam M.T.I. pb [5/90] out of print/many used

"Beauty and The Beast" [1991]

"The Lion King" animated feature [1994]

"Pocahontas" animated feature [1995]
http://www.amazon.com/Pocahontas-10th-Anniversary-Mel-Gibson/dp/B0007KTBIU/

"Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World" animated feature [1998]
http://www.amazon.com/Pocahontas-II-Journey-Classic-Collection/dp/B00004R99U/

"The  Wonderful  Ice  Cream  Suit"
[Touchstone Jan 1998]

Barrio con-man Gomez convinces four strangers to pool $20 each to buy a luminescent vanilla ice-cream-colored suit; he intends to split for El Paso, well-dressed. The first night, each gets the suit for an hour, and each is transformed: Dominguez with his guitar & voice charms women who dance in a parade through the plaza; Martinez's turn gets his lovely neighbor's attention; street poet Villanazul captures a crowd with his political and economic vision. The suit makes Gomez a better man, so he may not bolt; but then, what do they do with the last partner, the filthy ‘Vamanos!, whose juicy-taco-eating, wine-drinking habits could ruin the suit? Directed by Stuart Gordon; script by Ray Bradbury, based on his story & stageplay; starring Edward James Olmos, Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Clifton Collins Jr. & Gregory Sierra Walt Disney Video color DVD [8/99] out of prodn/scarce Touchstone color VHS [8/99] out of prodn/many used Bantam pb playscript [1972] out of print/used full credits from IMDb

"The Legend of Mulan" animated feature [June 1998]
http://www.amazon.com/Mulan-Special-Ming-Na/dp/B00024I2Z4/

"Mulan II" animated feature [Nov 2004 video release]
http://www.amazon.com/Mulan-II-Ming-Na/dp/B0002YLCH4/

	"Tarzan" [Disney animated film June 1999] voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosie O'Donnell, Wayne Knight & Lance Henriksen Collector's Edition DVD [4/2000] 2 disks for $35.99 Disney widescreen DVD [1/2000] for $25.49 Disney color VHS [2/2000] for $23.99 Disney Records soundtrack CD [5/99] for $11.98 full credits at IMDb • official website
	"Tarzan  &  Jane" [Disney animated video July 2002] voices of Michael T. Weiss, Jeff Bennett, Olivia d'Abo, Grey DeLisle, Alexis Denisof & April Winchell Disney widescreen DVD [7/2002] for $24.99 Disney color VHS [7/2002] for $24.99 full credits at IMDb

more on Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Tarzan' Movies Page

Magic Lantern's "Pirates of The Caribbean" Page

"The Curse of the Black Pearl" [2003] • "Dead Man's Chest" [2006]
"At World's End" [2007] • "On Stranger Tides" in 2011?

"Cars" animated feature [Pixar/Disney June 2006]

A collection of classic automobiles set out for adventure on Route 66. Directed by John Lasseter & Joe Ranft; with voices of Tim Allen, Mario Andretti, George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Paul Dooley, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Keaton, Larry The Cable Guy, Jay Leno, Cheech Marin, Paul Newman, Richard Petty, Tony Shalhoub & Owen Wilson Walt Disney Home Ent widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2007] for $19.49 Walt Disney Video widescreen color DVD [11/2006] for $13.99 "Cars" movie posters at AllPosters.com full credits from IMDb • Disney official movie site

"A Christmas Carol" animated feature [Disney Nov 2009]  

The classic Charles Dickens tale, set in Victorian England. Co-produced, adapted & directed by Robert Zemeckis; voices include Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes & Bob Hoskins DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb

Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland"  
3-D feature film [Disney March 2010]

Classic story elements in a new tale of the adult Alice returning to Wonderland, in Burton's usual dark style. Co-produced & directed by Tim Burton; script by Linda Woolverton; original music by Danny Elfman; starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover & Matt Lucas, and voices of Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Timothy Spall, Paul Whitehouse & Noah Taylor; Blu-ray extras include 12 featuretes Walt Disney Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray+DVD+digital [6/2010] 3-disk combo for $24.99 Walt Disney Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2010] for $19.99 Walt Disney Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/2010] for $16.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"Oceans" feature film [DisneyNature April 2010 release]  

Co-written & directed by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb

"The Lone Ranger" feature film [Disney 2010?]  

Yes, indeed, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's {terrible} official website has information on a forthcoming Lone Ranger movie, with a script by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (co-writers of 'Pirates of The Caribbean'); rumors swarmed across the web in late September 2008 that actor George Clooney is 'eager' to join already-signed actor Johnny Depp (as Tonto!} in the proposed big-budget Disney Pictures production. Time will tell: click for latest info at IMDb

more Lone Ranger info (The Legend, prior movies, TV series, posters, books) on the
Lone Ranger Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

"John Carter of Mars" animated feature film  
[Pixar/Disney release scheduled for 2012]

Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1917 novel "Princess of Mars"; begun by director Robert Rodriguez, followed by Kerry Conran and by Jon Favreau; current director is Andrew Stanton; art design based partly on work of illustrator Frank Frazetta; voice actors include Willem Dafoe, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch & Samantha Morton DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; click for latest info at IMDb "A Princess of Mars" [Oct 1917 novel] by Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950] American Civil War veteran John Carter is set upon by Indians in Arizona and mysteriously transported to the planet Mars, called Barsoom by the locals. He becomes a leader of the four-armed 'green' Martian race, who kidnap a princess of the 'red' humanoid Martian race. Carter rescues Princess Dejah Thoris and leads her army to victory over the Zodanga city state. Ballantine pb [1/90] for $6.50 Quiet Vision [Schoonover] pb [11/2000] for $10.39 Deodand 8½x5½ pb [8/2002] for $6.30 Wildside Press hardcover [6/2002] for $29.95

Works  About  Disney  Art

Walt Disney Company / Animated Features 'Booklist of Suggested Reading'
search Amazon books on keywords 'Disney movies'

	"The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse To The Magic Kingdoms" [1973, rev 2004] by Christopher Finch Harry N. Abrams 'revised/expanded' hardcover [11/2004] for $37.80 Harry N. Abrams 10x9½ 'concise' pb [9/99] for $15.61
	"Disney's Art of Animation #1: From Mickey Mouse To Beauty and The Beast" [1991] by Bob Thomas Disney 11¾x8½ pb [10/92] out of print/used Disney 11¼x8¾ hardcover [11/91] out of print/used
	"The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" [1995] by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston Hyperion hardcover [10/95] for $42.00
	"The Disney That Never Was: The Stories & Art of Five Decades of Unproduced Animation" [1995] by Charles Solomon Disney Editions 10½x10¼ hardcover [11/95] out of print/used
	"Before The Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists" [1996] by John Canemaker Disney Editions 12z11¾ hardcover [11/96] out of print/many used
	"Disney's Art of Animation #2: From Mickey Mouse To Hercules" [1997] by Bob Thomas Disney 11½x8½ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used
	"Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney - The Sources of Inspiration For The Disney Studios" [2007] by Bruno Girveau Looks at the matter from both directions: how Walt and the studio have always used their library of classic and other art to inspire visuals in their movies, and how modern artists have used Disney product as inspiration for their own works. Prestel Publng 12¼x9½ hardcover [2/2007] for $52.50
	"Hippo In A Tutu: Dancing In Disney Animation" [2009] by Mindy Aloff Disney Editions 10x8¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $21.90
	"A Disney Sketchbook, 1928-2008" [2009] by Disney Animators Disney Editions pb [6/2009] for $26.40

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