The character of Winnie the Pooh has been around for almost a century now, but Disney’s version of the characters in 1966 with Winnie the Pooh and The Honey Tree have really stuck in pop culture. Learn more about the original voice actors of the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Read MoreThe story of Snow White has been retold for centuries to many different generations, but the 1937 Disney film really solidified what we think of when we hear her name. Learn more about Disney’s time experiencing with human characters, how they came up with Snow White’s design, her live action model Marge Champion, and the later adaptations of Snow White.
Read MoreDuckTales, woo-oo! The original DuckTales series was the third animated televisions series that Disney ever did. Learn more about the voice actors, the theme song, the characters, and the revival.
Read More101 Dalmatians marked a pivotal point for the Walt Disney Animation Studio, depicting a more modern animation style with the use of xerography, and showing a more realistic side of Disney over fantasy. Learn more about what makes 101 Dalmatians the first contemporary film for the studio.
Read MoreThe castle staff from Beauty and the Beast are some of the strongest supporting characters in any Disney film. Learn more about the magical people lending their voices to Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and more.
Read MoreThe Skeleton Dance is known as the very first Silly Symphony ever produced. It was animated by Ub Iwerks and composed by Carl Stalling. Learn more about the other innovations attached to Disney’s The Skeleton Dance, the animation process, and what the theatrical response was.
Read MoreThe original story of Winnie the Pooh was written by A.A Milne, inspired by his son Christopher Robin Milne. Partial rights to the characters were sold to a merchandising company, when Walt Disney then acquired partial rights as well. Disney struggled to retain the full rights to the character for several decades. Learn more about the struggle for the rights to Winnie the Pooh.
Read MoreWhen Disney began their animation journey back in the 1920s, the studio has constantly evolved with their style, processes, and techniques. Learn more about when Disney started to implement animation techniques like technicolor, rotoscoping, 3D affects, CGI, and more.
Read MoreBeauty and the Beast (1991) and Tarzan (1999) have very similar elements. The male and female protagonists have strikingly similar personalities, the villains have similar motives, and some of the scenes are almost identical. Learn more about all of the similarities between Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan.
Read MoreJiminy Cricket began as a minor role in Walt Disney’s second animated feature film, Pinocchio (1940). He quickly became the heart of the film, the message of love, and became the face of the Walt Disney Company. Learn more about Jiminy Cricket’s impact on the studio.
Read MoreA lot of Disney’s animated films were based on classic fairytales that have been retold over centuries. Some of these fairytales go back to the 1900s, 1800s, even as early as 400 AD. Learn more about what the oldest Disney retold fairytale is.
Read MoreAs Walt worked toward the success of his company back in the 1930s, he had a list of movies he wanted to accomplish right after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We would’ve seen The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, and many other movies in a much earlier decade. Learn more about Walt’s original film timeline.
Read MoreLewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland has several wild characters within the story. Each of the primary characters has a different origin, whether it’s someone Carroll knew in real life, or is a combination of multiple people. Learn more about the origins of the Alice in Wonderland characters.
Read MoreDisney made their way from VHS, to DVD, to a streaming service. Between that time, there were many special edition DVD collections that were put out by the company through the early 2000s. Do you have any of them? Check it out!
Read MoreEver wonder when Disney made the shift from VHS to DVD? Learn more about Disney’s earliest VHS tape prototypes, what the very first home video they released was, and how they transferred over to DVD.
Read MoreBeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was a midquel to the original and was released in the direct-to-video format. Why did Disney start doing direct-to-video? What was production like? And the villain was changed last minute… why? Learn more here!
Read MoreDid you know the story of Snow White had been around for over 100 years before the Disney film came out? There’s a lot of things Disney changed when retelling the story, one of them being the added kiss from the prince in the end… so how is the original told? Find out here.
Read MoreIt’s not uncommon to do a double take when watching a Disney film, as some animated sequences are often recycled from old Disney movies. It forced the animators to find creative ways to implement them, and pays homage to old Disney films. Learn more and see which animations were recycled here!
Read MoreWe all know Disney’s telling of the story Mulan, but who really is Mulan? Is she based on a real person in history? Is Li Shang part of the original story? What did Disney change about it? Find out here.
Read MorePart 2 of characters you didn’t know were voiced by the same people! I find this topic so interesting, and Disney has housed so many legends over the years that I’m sure I’ll be able to find more for a part 3! For now, check out part 2 here:
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