Format:
XVIII, 393 S. :
,
Ill.
ISBN:
978-0-520-24117-6
Content:
"Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film, the history of American business, and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. He was both a creative visionary and a dynamic entrepreneur, roles whose demands he often could not reconcile. In his compelling new biography, noted animation historian Michael Barrier avoids the well-traveled paths of previous biographers, who have tended to portray a blemish-free Disney or to indulge in lurid speculation. Instead, he takes the full measure of the man in his many aspects. A consummate storyteller, Barrier describes how Disney transformed himself from Midwestern farm boy to scrambling young businessman to pioneering artist and, finally, to entrepreneur on a grand scale. Barrier describes in absorbing detail how Disney synchronized sound with animation in Steamboat Willie; created in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sympathetic cartoon characters whose appeal rivaled that of the best live-action performers; grasped television's true potential as an unparalleled promotional device; and-not least-parlayed a backyard railroad into the Disneyland juggernaut." -- Publisher's description.
Note:
Introduction: "It's all me" -- 1. "The Pet in the Family": on the farm and in the city, 1901-1923 -- 2. "A cute Idea" the self-taught filmmaker, 1923-1928 -- 3. "You've got to really be Minnie" building a better Mouse, 1928-1933 -- 4. "This Character wa a live person" the leap to feature films, 1934-1938 -- 5. "A drawing factory" Ambitions' price, 1938-1941 -- 6. "A queer, quick, delightful gink" on a Treadmill, 1941-1947 -- 7. "Caprices and spurts of childishness" escaping from animation, 1947-1953 -- 8. "He was interested in something else" escaping from film, 1953-1959 -- 9. "Where I am Happy" restless in the magic Kingdom, 1959-1965 -- 10. "He drove himself right up to the end" dreaming of a nightmare city, 1965-1966 - Afterword: "Let's never not be a silly company". - Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
1901-1966 Disney, Walt
;
Biografie
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
URL:
Table of contents only
URL:
Publisher description
Author information:
Disney, Walt 1901-1966
