Walt Disney : Conversations

by Jackson, Kathy Merlock; Walt Disney Company

• ISBN13: 9781578067121
• ISBN10: 157806712X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi

Summary

The imagination of Walt Disney (1901-1966) is still seen in theme parks throughout the world bearing his name, on numerous live-action films and television specials, on toys and assorted merchandise, and on an international corporation known both for the high quality of its creative output and its ubiquity.Walt Disney: Conversationscollects interviews and profiles of the man who created Mickey Mouse, and produced such full-length animated classics asSnow White,Cinderella,Fantasia,Bambi,The Lady and the Tramp,Dumbo,Sleeping Beauty,Peter Pan, andPinocchio, along with countless short cartoons.Bringing together over twenty pieces from the late 1920s to the late 1960s, this book traces Disney's career from the early classicSteamboat Willieto the construction of Disneyland, and the live-action venturesThe Mickey Mouse ClubandMary Poppins.Walt Disney: Conversationsshows how Disney saw his productions as shapers of popular culture and reveals how firmly he understood the issues of his time.Featuring an interview conducted by producer Cecil B. DeMille, Disney's testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and rarely seen pieces from the Disney corporation's archives,Walt Disney: Conversationsreveals a complex visionary whose impact on animation, live-action film, television, and theme parks has never been equaled.Kathy Merlock Jackson is professor and coordinator of communications at Virginia Wesleyan College. Her works includeWalt Disney: A Bio-BibliographyandImages of Children in American Film: A Socio-Cultural Analysis. She has also been published in theJournal of Popular Culture, theJournal of American Culture, and theJournal of Popular Film and Television. She lives in Virginia Beach.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Chronology	xxi
How Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse Hit the Up Grade	3	(2)
Florabel Muir
Snow White's Daddy	5	(8)
George Kent
Interview of Walt Disney by Cecil B. DeMille	13	(2)
Cecil B. DeMille
Talk Given by Walt to All Disney Employees	15	(5)
Walt Disney
Mr. and Mrs. Disney	20	(7)
Ladies' Home Journal
That Million-Dollar Mouse	27	(7)
Frank Nugent
The Testimony of Walter E. Disney Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities	34	(8)
Robert E. Stripling and H.A. Smith
The Amazing Secret of Walt Disney	42	(15)
Don Eddy
Walt Disney: World's Most Successful Showman	57	(5)
Paul Molloy
Interview by Tony Thomas	62	(5)
Tony Thomas
Interview by David Griffiths	67	(5)
David Griffiths
A Visit with Walt Disney	72	(5)
Lee Edson
Interview with Stan Hellenk	77	(4)
Stan Hellenk
The Wide World of Walt Disney	81	(8)
Newsweek
Interview with Fletcher Markle	89	(15)
Fletcher Markle
Interview with Hooper Fowler	104	(11)
Hooper Fowler
80 Million a Year from Fantasy	115	(8)
Frank Rasky
The Fantastic Walt Disney	123	(10)
Bill Davidson
The Wonderful World of Walt Disney	133	(6)
Bill Ballantine
Index	139