In order of Disney filmography, after Make Mine Music, the live-action/animation hybrid Song of the South follows suit - however as it had never been officially recognized as a Walt Disney Animation Studios film (formerly [...]
Continuing our trip through Disney's era of "packaged films", the next feature leaves the continent of South America and returns to the United States for a lesson in music. Make Mine Music was a semi-continuation of [...]
Another in a long line of Disney packaged films, The Three Caballeros is a brisk 72-minute romp through the cultures and festivities of Latin America, as seen through the eyes of the artists and animators [...]
War changed the creative environment at the Walt Disney Studios in 1942. When America officially entered World War II, the army began occupying the studio, creating a tension that made it hard for the artists [...]
Time has been much kinder to Dumbo than film and animation historians think. What was once a source of major discussions involving political and cultural debates has now shed the then-current events of its past [...]
Fantasia is an interesting film in that it came right after Snow White and Pinocchio and set out to be so different from the usual Disney product that nobody really knew what to make of [...]
In 1942, The Walt Disney Studios, which had been known for so long as the beacon of fantasy and whimsy, decided to tackle an impossibly ambitious project in the midst of World War II that, [...]
When Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became a massive hit for the Walt Disney Studio, fans were quick to pressure the studio into making a sequel. Such was a film society that was used to studios [...]
Much can be said about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The usual reasons for its universal acclaim range from it being the “first full-length animated feature” to “the first Disney fairy tale”. However, these [...]
Welcome to a new segment on Geeks Corner. For the past few years, I have been doing Song Saturdays on DAPs Magic where every week, I would analyze and review a different Disney song. Given [...]