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• "Walt Disney's Cinderella" is a picture-perfect picture book

  Jim Hill reviews this new hardcover from Disney Press. Which features a spectacular selection of Mary Blair's concept art for Walt Disney Productions' 1950 release Read More... Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Walt Disney, traditional animation, Disney Press, "Peter Pan", Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, "Walt Disney's Cinderella", "Cinderella", "Alice in Wonderland", Mary Blair, concept art, Newbury Medal, Cynthia Rylant, Animation Research Library, ARL, Jon Scieszka, WDAS

• "Walt's People -- Volume 5" is an entertaining addition to this ongoing Disney history series

  Jim Hill reviews Didier Ghez's latest book, which features a fascinating collection of interviews with various Disney Legends Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, other, theme park, Walt Disney, Visual Effects, Imagineering, traditional animation, Walt Disney Pictures, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Ron Clements, John Musker, Ward Kimball, Marc Davis, "The Little Mermaid"

• "Disney's Lost Chords" showcases long-hidden treasures from the studio's musical archives

  Jim Hill just raves about this self-published hardcover, which features 225 rarely-seen pieces of development art as well as 77 songs that were cut from Walt Disney Productions' pictures in the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, music, musical, Walt Disney, traditional animation

• "Cartoon Modern" takes a witty & informed look back at animation's not-so-distant past

  Jim Hill reviews Amid Amidi's award-winning book. Which pays tribute to the many studios as well as individual artists that helped to revolutionize the look & style of 1950s-era animation Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, other, TV, Broadway, musical, Walt Disney, traditional animation

• "Once Upon a Time -- Walt Disney -- The Sources of Inspiration for Disney Studios" catalog reveals how the Masters reportedly inspired the Mouse

  According to Jim Hill, picking up a copy of this handsome Prestel Publishing hardcover is almost as good as taking a trip up to Canada to see this once-in-a-lifetime animation art exhibit in person. Almost Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, other, Walt Disney, traditional animation

• Wandering the halls with Roy E. Disney

  Jim Hill brings you the highlights from this past Saturday night, when noted film historian Leonard Maltin interviewed this Disney Legend at the Philadelphia Film Festival Read More... Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, TV, Pixar, Walt Disney, traditional animation, computer animation