The Walt Disney Family Museum – Review

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/waltdisneyfamilymuseum As a proclaimed dedicated Disney fan, I’m so disappointed to say that I had no idea this museum existed before visiting San Francisco! And am I ever glad that I found out about it. The amount of knowledge taken away from a […]

Walt Disney – His Final Days

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/hisfinaldays Walt’s life was a whirlwind of ups and downs from the beginning – from joining the war legally “too young”, becoming a cartoonist and starting his own studio, to his original character being stripped away from him, to his first films that […]

Walt Disney – The Origins of Disneyland

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/originsofdisneyland We ended off part 4 on a pretty rough note – speaking about the Disney strike that happened in the 1940s where Walt lost a ton of his animators, and also how Walt dealt with the studio becoming a war plant during […]

Walt Disney – During the Wars & Strikes

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/warsandstrikes Welcome back! In part 3 we learned about the processes it took for the Walt Disney Animation Studios to pump out their first 5 films: Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. We often like to think about the happy times for […]

Walt Disney – The First Vault Films

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/firstvaultmovies The short subject was just a filler on any program. So I just felt I had to diversify my business and get into these other things that would give me a better chance. Now if I could crack the feature-length field, that […]

Walt Disney – Early Companies & Early Films

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/earlycompanies Welcome to part 2! You’ve learned about Walt’s family background, some of the jobs that his father had, and Walt’s first introduction to cartooning. Now you will learn about what he decided to do with his new found talent and where it […]

Walt Disney – Early Life

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/waltdisneyhistory When you think of Walt Disney, what do you picture? Do you see young Walt with slicked back dark hair and dark mustache? Do you think of older Walt, with salt and pepper hair, in a blazer and hat? Typically, people think […]