Oops…! Disney’s mistakes
When Pinokkio gets trapped in the ropes of the marionettes, suddenly there are two more of them..
..The illustrators who’ve drawn Cinderella, forgot to give Cinderella toes when she dresses herself.
..Even in the movie “Tarzan” there are mistakes. When Tarzan killed Sabor, he lies Sabor down in front of Kerchak. Kerchak disappears out of the screen, but when he comes back a couple of seconds later, Sabor is suddenly gone..
Did you know that…
… Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse during a train trip from New York to California?
… Donald and Mickey are in the top 10 of figures everyone in the world knows? Read the rest of this entry »
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The Great Mouse Detective
Fidget, the bat-help of professor Ratigan in “Basil The Great Mouse Detective”, has a wooden leg on his right side the whole movie. But in the part where Olivia (the kidnapped girl) steps on his toes he suddenly has the wooden leg on his left side.
Pinokkio
In “Pinokkio” Pinokkio burns his left hand when he’s playing with… Read the rest of this entry »
A film comes to theaters
In 1937 Disney released first American animated feature film in movie history: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937 this film was premiered at the Carthay Cirle Theater in Los Angeles, Califorinia. On February the 4th 1938 the film came to theaters. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures, who also released films as King Kong. Snow White was one of only two animated films in Americans Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American films of all time. And it was called the greatest animated film of all time.
The birth of Snow White
The production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began in 1934, so they worked 3 years on the movie. In June 1934 Walt contacted the New York Times to tell them about making Snow White. The film had to be produced with a budget of $250.000, which ran up to a total cost of… Read the rest of this entry »
Live action and animation
With one film completed Walt Disney went to Hollywood. When he showed his showcase, consisting only one movie “Alice’s Wonderland” to a cartoon distributor, he received a contract for twelve more films. The “Alice’s” films were featuring a live girl working with cartoons. This was a good start for Walt.
Animation in 1923
Walt’s idea was to make the best cartoons anyone had ever seen. He had no plans, no specific stories, only a conviction. This was rather hard to achieve at the time, considering… Read the rest of this entry »