Concentrating on the classic animated feature films produced under Walt Disney's personal supervision, Robin Allan examines the European influences on some of the most beloved Disney classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book. This lavishly illustrated volume is based on archival research and extensive interviews with those who worked closely with Walt Disney.
Concentrating on the classic animated feature films produced under Walt Disney's personal supervision, Robin Allan examines the European influences on some of the most beloved Disney classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book. This lavishly illustrated volume is based on archival research and extensive interviews with those who worked closely with Walt Disney.
Preface (Brian Sibley); Introduction and acknowledgements; Walt Disney: The Man and the Studio; European Influences Before Snow White; 'I Believe in Fairy Tales': Snow White; Pinocchio; Introduction to Fantasia; Fantasia: From Bach to Stravinsky; Fantasia: From Beethoven to Schubert; The Nineteen-Forties; From Cinderella to Disneyland; From Magic Kingdom to Mowgli; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Select Filmography; Index.
A fascinating study of the way Europe and European culture influenced Walt Disney in the making of animated feature films from Snow White to The Jungle Book
Robin Allan lectures in film, drama, and English at Inter Theatre in Derbyshire, U. K. He has published a number of articles on Disney and two children's books.
"It is almost thirty years now since I first met Robin Allan and, in that time, he has repeatedly, and generously, shared his knowledge and trenchant opinions with myself and others writing about Disney. I have long entertained the hope that he would, one day, write his own book on the subject. That he has now done, and the resulting work is uniquely his own. The insights to be found in these pages offer a new and vital perspective to our understanding and appreciation of that American - and, it can now be said, European - institution known as Walt Disney" From the Preface by Brian Sibley
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