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My Reviews of Saludos Amigos & The Three Caballeros

03.12.2021 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros are two of Disney's more interesting package films. — The Three Caballeros remain well-known from Disney today.

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.… Read more...

A Look Back at Disney’s Bambi (1942)

10.16.2020 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

Bambi explores the attractive natural world in the 1942 film. — Bambi arrived in theaters during the middle of World War II.

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.… Read more...

Ranking the Segments in Disney’s Fantasia

08.07.2020 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

Mickey talks to composer Leopold Strokowski in the Disney 1940 film Fantasia. — Fantasia is a fascinating early Disney animated feature.

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...