- 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!
