animation

  • French postcard by Editions Superluxe, Paris, no. 14. Image: Walt Disney – Mickey Mouse S.A. Publicity still for Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, a.o., 1940). Caption: Unfortunately Pinocchio meets John the Fox and Gideon again, who by lies, sell him to the Big Coach who takes all the naughty boys to the Island of Pleasures.…

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  • French postcard. Image: Walt Disney Productions. Publicity still for The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967). It was Walt Disney’s lead story man and writer Bill Peet who first suggested making an animated version of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’. In the film version, The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967), baby Mowgli is abandoned in the jungle…

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  • Dutch postcard by Rembrandt Uitg. Mij, Amsterdam. Image: Walt Disney. Publicity still for Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, a.o., 1940). Caption: ""Who is there?", Gepetto called rattle tandingly." The second full length animated Disney classic, Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, a.o., 1940), is based on the 19th century Italian novel of the same name by…

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  • French postcard by Editions Superluxe, Paris, no. 12. Image: Walt Disney Productions. Publicity still for Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, a.o., 1941). Caption: Timothy has found a great role for Dumbo. He will have to jump from a springboard and come to plant a flag at the top of a piramide of elephants. Walt Disney’s Dumbo (1941)…

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  • French postcard. Image: Walt Disney Productions. Publicity still for Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, a.o., 1941). Walt Disney’s Dumbo (1941) is a great animation film that deals with discrimination, self esteem, the importance of family and friendship. In the opening sequence, a stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, a veteran of the tough circus world.…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt