Leo T. reviewed Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation on + 1775 more book reviews
I have not yet seen this book but Adam Gropnik's long essay review (The New Yorker, p. 78, 28 December 2020, 'Hot-Ice-Cream Dreams') makes me interested in reading a few chapters. Mr. Gropnik lauds The Atlantic Monthly Press for publishing this book just as so much early and long obscure material can be seen on the Internet.
'Flip books' on film was discovered at the beginning of the 20th Century but animation of each frame was slow, painstaking, and expensive. Pioneer days are covered and the author shares the different outlooks of the Fleischer and the Disney studios.
"Despite wearing the red rose of the intrepid Fleischers, Mitenbuler is kind to Disney--kinder than a cultural historian of an earlier vintage might have been."
Walt would say a few words at the end of the weekly program and so the nation learned of Disneyland (a risky investment) and my cousins were envious that I got to go when it opened in 1955. Dad laid out $50 for the day (two parents, 8 and 4 year old kids), which was a lot of money, but it was wonderful. And I liked the Disney animation, made for theaters and so much better than the cheapo cartoons of the 1960s (Flintstones, Yogi the Bear, etc.).
'Flip books' on film was discovered at the beginning of the 20th Century but animation of each frame was slow, painstaking, and expensive. Pioneer days are covered and the author shares the different outlooks of the Fleischer and the Disney studios.
"Despite wearing the red rose of the intrepid Fleischers, Mitenbuler is kind to Disney--kinder than a cultural historian of an earlier vintage might have been."
Walt would say a few words at the end of the weekly program and so the nation learned of Disneyland (a risky investment) and my cousins were envious that I got to go when it opened in 1955. Dad laid out $50 for the day (two parents, 8 and 4 year old kids), which was a lot of money, but it was wonderful. And I liked the Disney animation, made for theaters and so much better than the cheapo cartoons of the 1960s (Flintstones, Yogi the Bear, etc.).
