Smart talk and stories behind the magic of theme parks
The Disney Company has become an international corporation with a brand that’s recognizable everywhere. During the 21st century, they’ve expanded well beyond animated films and theme parks and keep acquiring new parts. It wasn’t always that way, however. Back in the early 1940s, Disney was struggling with finances and had just faced a vicious strike.… Read more...
We’re slowly progressing through the 1940s, and life keeps getting more complicated for Disney. The animators’ strike tore the company apart in 1941, and World War II raged across Europe. When Bambi arrived in theaters in August 1942, it was a different world than Snow White‘s blockbuster release five years earlier.… Read more...
It still amazes me to realize how far Disney progressed with feature animation during the period before World War II. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a great achievement and changed the medium, but that was just the starting point.… Read more...