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7 Books Every Disney Fan Should Read
One of the things that I love most about Walt Disney, and the entire world of Disney, is the fascinating heritage that it holds. The history, the stories, the legends all weave an amazing tapestry the fuels our passion and our love. And reading up on that history helps us all learn to love Disney even more.
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Disney Artist, Pioneer, and Legend Mary Blair
For all Disney fans who love the classic attraction “It’s a small World” and many of the beautiful murals and artwork seen around the parks, you can thank gifted artist Mary Blair. Mary was credited with introducing the Modern and the “Cartoon Modern” style art forms to Walt Disney and the studios.
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Walt Disney’s Circarama…
Walt Disney throughout his amazing career gave the world some of the most innovative animation and filming techniques.The multi-plane camera, the first full-color three-strip Technicolor process after several years of two-color Technicolor films for the Silly Symphony short, and story boarding are just a few of the advances he and his talented workers gave the industry. But perhaps one of the best processes he presented, and somewhat forgotten today, was something we take for granted in our modern world…Circarama!
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Walt Disney and the Ambulance Corps…
Walt Disney, if anything was a man who wore countless hats during his lifetime. Storyteller, animator, visionary, husband, father and the like. He was a hard working Midwesterner who gave 110% all the time and never gave up. But the one thing he was head and heels above all else, a staunch lover of his country and perchance one of the country’s greatest patriots. However, we rarely hear anything about Walt’s service in the armed forces. That is because although Walt witnessed our country’s two greatest conflicts, World War I and World War II, he was too young for the first and too old for the second. And this fact…