Monday, 27 August 2012
MICKEY MONDAYS: Manifestations of the Mouse
I'm currently on holiday on the Greek island of Kalymnos and this is my brand new beach towel!!
Monday, 13 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
MICKEY MONDAYS: Manifestations of the Mouse
Who lives in the Castle?
Sleeping Beauty?
Cinderella?
NO!
Open the roof and up pops ––– MICKEY!!
This novelty was made in China for Disneyland Paris and note the missing 'i' (apart from the 'dot) in 'Disneyland'!
UPDATE:
Thanks to some help from my friend Richard Kaufman, I can now tell you that this is
one of a set of four McDonald's premiums from a child's "Happy Meal" in 1996 each featuring a Disney character in one of the park buildings.
The other toys featured Minnie in Minnie's House (Mickey's Toontown), Donald Duck in Space Mountain and Daisy Duck in It's a Small World.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
WEDNESDAYS IN WONDERLAND
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the first telling of the story that became known to the world as Alice in Wonderland.
You can read more about that event here.
Almost ninety years later, in 1951, Walt Disney made his famous animated film version of Lewis Carroll's original and to mark this special day, here are a trio of Carrollian/Disneyana collectibles...
You can read more about that event here.
Almost ninety years later, in 1951, Walt Disney made his famous animated film version of Lewis Carroll's original and to mark this special day, here are a trio of Carrollian/Disneyana collectibles...
Monday, 2 July 2012
MICKEY MONDAYS: Manifestations of the Mouse
British Mickey Mouse book, c.1934
Cover art by Wilfred Houghton (?)
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Sunday, 10 June 2012
GOODBYE, UNCLE RAY
The recent death of Ray Bradbury has left me very saddened as it brings to the end a 38-year friendship.Back in 201), Decidedly Disney carried a blog post in celebration of Ray's 90th birthday, in which I focused particularly on Ray and his Disney connections.
You can read it here.
Monday, 4 June 2012
SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS
Britain and the Commonwealth are currently celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the Accession in 1952 of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
To mark this event, decidedly disney, reproduces the cover of the British comic, Mickey Mouse Weekly (Vol 2 No 66 8 May, 1937), with a patriotic, flag-waving depiction of Mickey and Donald celebrating the coronation of Her Majesty's father, King George VI on 12 May 1937.
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
Monday, 30 April 2012
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