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Blog Post: Huffington Post -- Is Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Get A Horse!" something old, something new or something inbetween?

Jim Hill

Toon fans and film historians just don't know what to make of Walt Disney Animation Studios ' " Get a Horse! " There's a real air of mystery surrounding this animated short. The fact that it's done in black-and-white, features rubber-hose, pie-eyed versions of classic Disney...

on28 Apr 2013
Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Jim Hill

For three weeks now, photos of a mysterious bankers box have been making the rounds on the Web. Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof reportedly deliberately put these images out there to help whet people's appetites for " Tomorrowland ," the sci-fi -themed project that these two wrote which is...

on7 Feb 2013
Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Jim Hill

I have to admit that It's been kind of amusing to watch the reaction (both here and elsewhere around the Web) that Tuesday's "What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy" story has been getting. With all sorts of would-be Disney scholars...

on26 Jan 2012
Blog Post: Want to see where Walt Disney grew up & vacationed? D23 will take you there in 2012

Jim Hill

You know what they say: the third time's the charm. As D23 mapped out its plans for 2012 ... well, Steven Clark knew that it was going to take more than just charm to make the third year of operation for the Official Disney Fan Club memorable. "Heading into Year No. 3, we felt that it was time...

on16 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Huffington Post: Jim Hill - "Disney Studios is still struggling with controversial cartoon characters from its past"

Jim Hill

"Disney Studios is stiIl struggling with controversial cartoon characters from its past" A buck-toothed, squinty-eyed Chinese cook. A pickaninny centaurette who shines hooves. A tar baby. A red-faced Indian Chief who says "Ugh" and "How." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc...

on25 Oct 2011
Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country

Jim Hill

There's a joke from " Annie Hall " that I love: Two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort. And one of them says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." And then the other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." I bring this story up today...

on21 Jun 2011
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Enjoy a little cheesecake from the Mouse

Jim Hill

Here's an interesting bit of trivia for you film history buff out there. Grim Natwick - the animation legend who many in the industry credit with making the title character in Disney's " Snow White " seem so lifelike ... Snow White and Forest Animals Special Set-up from "Snow White...

on9 May 2011
Blog Post: What Johnny Depp just did for "Rango," Kathryn Beaumont did for Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" back in 1950

Jim Hill

Are you looking forward to " Rango " ? Copyright 2010 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved I know that I am. And not just because this project reunites Johnny Depp with his " Pirates of the Caribbean " director, Gore Verbinski . Or because this Paramount Pictures will be ILM 's...

on24 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Toon Thursday: How Disney's "Mickey and the Beanstalk" went from being a full length film to an animated featurette

Jim Hill

Nancy and I were just watching "The Purdum Reel." Which is this Special Feature on the Blu-ray version of the Diamond Edition of Disney's " Beauty and the Beast ." Which hits store shelves yesterday. Concept art from the Richard Purdum version of "Beauty and the Beast."...

on7 Oct 2010
Blog Post: Figuring out what was wrong with Disney's original Abraham Lincoln AA figure

Jim Hill

Back in the late 1950s, when Corky Wilds was working for Mitchell Camera Corporation , he'd make the trek from his home in North Hollywood out to Glendale. "This was before the highway got built. So the only way to get to Mitchell Camera's offices in Glendale was to drive up Riverside Drive...

on30 Aug 2010

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Blog Post: Huffington Post -- Is Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Get A Horse!" something old, something new or something inbetween?

Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Blog Post: Want to see where Walt Disney grew up & vacationed? D23 will take you there in 2012

Blog Post: Huffington Post: Jim Hill - "Disney Studios is still struggling with controversial cartoon characters from its past"

Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Enjoy a little cheesecake from the Mouse

Blog Post: What Johnny Depp just did for "Rango," Kathryn Beaumont did for Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" back in 1950

Blog Post: Toon Thursday: How Disney's "Mickey and the Beanstalk" went from being a full length film to an animated featurette

Blog Post: Figuring out what was wrong with Disney's original Abraham Lincoln AA figure