Dec 14, 2017
Preserving Our Cinematic Heritage
The American Film Registry announced their 2017 list of 25 films to be preserved for their "cultural, social, historic and/or aesthetic...
Dec 8, 2017
Defining Fantasy With Color
Georges Melies was born December 8th, 1861 in Paris France. The Father of Visual Effects, Melies' film fantasies expanded imaginations...
Dec 5, 2017
"It was all started by..."
There's a Walt Disney quote that many are familiar with: "I hope we don't lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse!"...
Dec 2, 2017
What's in a Name?
December 2nd, 1935, Marc Davis began working at Walt Disney Studios. Starting as an Inbetweener, Marc quickly advanced to assist Grim...
Nov 28, 2017
Ink & Paint Makes History!
Late in the evening of November 27th, 1937, several hundred women artists made history! Three weeks before the film's premiere, the last...
Nov 26, 2017
Remembering the great Charles Schulz!
Born 11/26/1922, legendary cartoonist and humorist, Charles Schulz was responsible for one of my earliest introductions to illustration,...
Nov 18, 2017
LEADING LADIES of ANIMATION 2017
A stellar panel from the 2017 CTN-Expo, celebrating these LEADING LADIES of ANIMATION – JANE BAER, LORNA COOK & KATHY ZIELINSKI! Thanks...
Nov 18, 2017
Celebrating MINNIE!
November 18th, 1928 — marks a significant debut! Where we celebrate the birth of Mickey on this date, we must also note the beginning of...
Nov 14, 2017
Fantasia's Female Forces
11/13/1940 – Walt Disney's Musical Masterpiece Fantasia, released in theaters nationwide. This visual and audio tour-de-force was unlike...
Nov 13, 2017
LEADING LADIES OF ANIMATION Panel Event coming to CTN Expo this Friday, 11/17/17
Join me FRIDAY, 11/17 at the CTN Expo where I'll be hosting the inaugural panel event: LEADING LADIES OF ANIMATION Meet some of today's...
Nov 11, 2017
"Toot..."-ing about Mary Schuster!
November 10th, 1953 marked the release of the first animated work completed in Cinemascope — Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom. This Academy...
Nov 10, 2017
Celebrating Brains...
Known to most as a Hollywood starlet in the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s, Hedy Lamarr, (born Nov 9th, 1914) starred alongside...
Nov 6, 2017
Animated Women of Depth & Color
80 years ago (11/5/37), a short film debuted which forever changed the world of animation – Walt Disney's latest Silly Symphony entitled,...
Nov 2, 2017
Remembering Animator Retta Davidson!
Retta Davidson was born November 1st, 1921 in Arcadia, CA. Just after graduating from high school, Retta joined Disney Studios as a...
Oct 30, 2017
HALLOWEEN HAUNTINGS!
From the eloquent palette of Mary Blair, capturing the Headless Horseman for Ichabod... Truly a Treat!
