| Description |
1 online resource (432 pages) |
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Simpson Book in the Humanities |
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Simpson Book in the Humanities
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| Contents |
Introduction : "It's all me" -- "The pet in the family" : on the farm and in the city, 1901-1923 -- "A cute idea" : the self-taught filmmaker, 1923-1928 -- "You've got to really be Minnie" : building a better mouse, 1928-1933 -- "This character was a live person" : the leap to feature films, 1934-1938 -- "A drawing factory" : ambition's price, 1938-1941 -- "A queer, quick, delightful gink" : on a treadmill, 1941-1947 -- "Caprices and spurts of childishness" : escaping from animation, 1947-1953 -- "He was interested in something else" : escaping from film, 1953-1959 -- "This is where I am happy" : restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959-1965 -- "He drove himself right up to the end" : dreaming of a nightmare city, 1965-1966 -- Afterword : "Let's never not be a silly company." |
| Summary |
Based on decades of research, "The Animated Man" offers a portrait of Walt Disney as a flawed but fascinating artist, one whose imaginative leaps allowed him to vault ahead of the competition and produce work that even today commands the attention of audiences worldwide |
| Analysis |
20th century american animation |
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20th century american culture |
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20th century american history |
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american business |
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american culture |
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animated films |
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biography |
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cartoon characters |
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cartoons |
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disney animation |
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disney company |
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disney studios |
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disney |
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disneyland |
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entrepreneur |
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mickey mouse |
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midwest |
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promotional |
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rural missouri |
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snow white |
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snow with and the seven dwarfs |
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steamboat willie |
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television |
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walt disney world |
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walt disney |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-377) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.
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| SUBJECT |
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 fast |
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Disney, Walt 1901-1966 gnd |
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Disney, Walt. idszbz |
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. sears |
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Disney, Walt. swd |
| Subject |
Animators -- United States -- Biography
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Animators
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Animatiefilms.
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Animators -- Biography.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures
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Biographies
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Motion pictures.
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Films.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520941663 |
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0520941667 |
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1281752606 |
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9781281752604 |
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0520241177 |
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9780520241176 |
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