Many thanks to Richard Holliss for the copy of this article from Kinematograph Weekly for 31 May 1951 and to Matt Crandall (Vintage Disney Alice blog) for a scan of the cover.
Wednesday 30 May 2012
WEDNESDAYS IN WONDERLAND
Sixty-one years ago tomorrow, Kinematograph Weekly published this article by Walt Disney on the making of Alice in Wonderland...
Many thanks to Richard Holliss for the copy of this article from Kinematograph Weekly for 31 May 1951 and to Matt Crandall (Vintage Disney Alice blog) for a scan of the cover.
Many thanks to Richard Holliss for the copy of this article from Kinematograph Weekly for 31 May 1951 and to Matt Crandall (Vintage Disney Alice blog) for a scan of the cover.
Monday 28 May 2012
Saturday 26 May 2012
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Monday 21 May 2012
Saturday 19 May 2012
SNOW ON SATURDAYS: Images of Miss White & Co
Key-rings big enough to ensure you never again lose the keys to the cottage –– or the castle dungeon...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Monday 14 May 2012
MICKEY MONDAYS: Manifestations of the Mouse
Author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, who died last week, was born in the same year as Mickey Mouse. Here he is writing about his favourite childhood companion:
Mickey Mouse was our buddy. My brother and sister and I chewed his gum, brushed our teeth with his toothbrush, played with him in a seemingly endless variety of games, and read about his adventures in comic strips and story books. Best of all, our street pal was also a movie star. In the darkened theater, the sudden flash of his brilliant, wild, joyful face – radiating great golden beams – filled me with an intoxicating, unalloyed pleasure...Though I wasn't aware of it at the time, I now know that a good deal of my pleasure in Mickey had to do with his bizarre proportions: the great rounded head extended still farther by those black saucer ears, the black trunk fitting snugly into ballooning red shorts, the tiny legs stuffed into delicious doughy yellow shoes. The giant white gloves, yellow buttons, pie-cut eyes, and bewitching grin were delectable finishing touches...A gratifying shape, fashioned primarily to facilitate the needs of the animator, he exuded a sense of physical satisfaction and pleasure – a piece of art that powerfully affected and stimulated the imagination.
From Caldecott & Co: Notes on Books & Pictures by Maurice Sendak, Reinhardt Books, 1988
Saturday 12 May 2012
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Monday 7 May 2012
Saturday 5 May 2012
SNOW ON SATURDAYS: Images of Miss White & Co
Mild-mannered Minnie as the Wicked Queen...?
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
.jpeg)
