Walt Disney : Conversations

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.