Mickey Finn

After the success of Disney’s Silly Symphonies, other studios began their own spin on the program. This for Leon Schlesinger and the Warner Brothers was a way of incorporating popular music with cartoons (Beck, iv). An exemplary case of these Merrie Melodies, which is interchangeable with the more known name, the Looney Tunes are Duck Amuck. While Merrie Melodies had been in production since the beginning of the 1930s (Beck iv), Duck Amuck made it’s debut in 1953, directed by Chuck Jones (Klein,…

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton, the American director, has spent his life making important contributions to the film industry. He uniquely incorporates aspects of gothic film, horror, fantasy, and comedy to create masterpieces that shape the film industry. However, there is something special about the films that Burton creates, something that is difficult to define. I believe that Burton has created his own genre of film by blending elements of gothic film, fantasy and German expressionism.…

Eggener, Keith L. “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment.” American Art, vol. 7, no. 4, 1993, pp. 31–45. Print. In “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment,” Eggener describes the situation of how Surrealism rose to gain popularity in American entertainment with the help of Salvador Dali, yet it almost fell back down with him as well. Surrealism came to America during the 1930s and its journey to popularity was not exactly smooth in the…

Walt Disney, the founder of The Walt Disney Company, has created a very successful franchise, with net profits in the billions, but faces scrutiny over racial and anti-semitic claims. According to a biography of his life, there are claims that he discriminated against black americans until the 1950’s and did not allow women to work in positions of power until the late 40’s. The anti-semitic claims are less serious, only being accused of claiming that he is an “underdog” in Hollywood that is…

The Toy Story trilogy is a Disney Pixar classic because it was the beginning of an era for the company. Toy Story was the first Pixar movie to come out in 1995. Since the release of Toy Story they have not had a flop. They created some type of voodoo magic to make a trilogy that was not only cohesive but well liked by the masses. According to Rotten tomatoes the lesser-rated movie is Toy Story three with a 99%. This is rare for any type of movie; especially an animated movie. The movie is great,…

I found this particular piece of artwork in the tunnels near Lanark residence, and obviously painted by some of its floor members quite a few years ago. This particular sign caught my eye because I was curious as to why an entire floor of people would choose a 2001 children’s animated movie to represent them in a public area for an indeterminate amount of time. I believe that the Shrek painting is a perfect example of a social media meme. According to Little (2014), “Internet memes—images that…

White, Tarzan; and the famous, Mickey Mouse and Friends, and many others, but no show or movie could top his best creation: Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Joining together the old classic, and the new and improved characters, is how the amusement park came about, and since the year of 1955 to today, the happiest vacation spot for all ages occupies a home in Anaheim, California. Disneyland’s and California Adventure Park’s…

The New York Mirror is an example of Walt Disney Company production that brought animation the love of newspaper readers. The New York Mirror published the Mickey Mouse funny strip with the permission of Walt Disney. In the name of animation, the most legendary works of animation that came after Mickey Mouse include Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, “The Little Mermaid”, “Little Red Riding Hood” “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Beauty and the Beast” and a lot of fairy tales that have…

Disney began as an organization on October 16, 1923; On November 18, 1928 it discharged its first Mickey Mouse toon. At that point after that it has dispatched different cutting edge movies, clubs start on TV, and so forth. It is likewise wanting to open Star wars themed lands at Disneyland and Hollywood Studios. There have additionally been reactions about it saying this sweeping scope and effect on society can exceed everything else. In each film, a young lady is spoken to as a princess and…

about Disney and his career, such as that he was an animator and producer. The article then goes into detail about the early stage of his career, which took off with the creation of Mickey Mouse. It leads into the next part of his career by stating, “But Disney's creations included far more than the ‘invention’ of Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Goofy, and other cartoon characters. He became one of the entertainment industry's most prominent and influential figures.” The article proves that by supplying…