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...

Pinocchio still feels like an unlikely choice for a Disney picture. Released in February 1940, this adaptation of the novel by Carlo Collodi was more than double the cost of its predecessor. Unfortunately, it didn’t come close to the financial success.… Read more...