75 Years After Its New York Debut, ‘Bambi’ Remains Underrated
“Bambi” offered a warning to humanity, but no one listened.
#Mel Shaw
From ‘Bambi’ to ‘The Lion King,’ Disney Legend Mel Shaw Lassos a Retrospective
Check out our image gallery of Mel Shaw artwork, which will soon be on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Unseen Footage From Disney’s First Attempt at ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Never-before-released home videos provide a glimpse of the early concept art and showreel for the Disney classic.
‘Mouse in Transition’: Disney Dead-Ends and Lucrative Mexican Caterpillars (Chapter 12)
Steve Hulett on everything from “Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore” to “Katy Caterpillar.”
‘Mouse in Transition’: The Marathon Meetings of Wolfgang Reitherman (Chapter 5)
My wrestling match with Ken Anderson now over, I returned once more to Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman and Larry Clemmons, working on the story end of “The Fox and the Hound.”
‘Mouse in Transition’: The Disney Animation Story Crew (Chapter 3)
Larry had me writing sequence scripts for “The Fox and the Hound,” which turned out to be my assignment for the next six months. Part of the package was attending Woolie Reitherman’s marathon story sessions, which often left me drained and dazed. There were also Woolie’s marathon take-selection meetings, which left me drained and bewildered.
Mel Shaw (1914-2012)
The Disney History blog reports that Disney visual development artist Mel Shaw has passed away at the age of 97. He was born Melvin …