| Edition |
First limited hardcover edition. |
| Description |
384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map (some color), portraits, charts, facsimiles ; 34 cm |
| Note |
Includes "What I Know About Girls" by Walt Disney, Parents magazine from January 1949. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-383) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- "What I know about girls" / Walt Disney -- Beginnings : An invisible history ; Celluloid beginnings ; The women of Walt's world -- 1920s : Kingswell beginnings ; Hyperion horizons -- 1930s : Hyperion heydays ; Assembly line approach ; World of ink & paint ; The fairest one of all ; Feature film expansion -- 1940s : Burbank beginnings ; The war years ; Rebuilding -- 1950s : Animating classics ; Wide-screen horizons ; Xerographic beginnings -- 1960s : Triumphs & loss -- 1970s : Transitions & training -- 1980s : Low points & redemption ; Computer & characters ; Digital frontiers -- Preservation : Retaining the artistry. |
| Summary |
"In her latest landmark book... author Mindy Johnson pulls back the celluloid curtain on the nearly vanished world of ink pens, paintbrushes, pigments and tea... meet the pioneering women who brought hand-rendered animated stories to vibrant, multicolored life at Walt Disney Studios and beyond. Extensively researched with the full support of the entire Walt Disney Studios archival resources, plus a multitude of private collections, firsthand accounts, newly discovered materials, and production documentation, as well as never-before-seen photography and artwork, this essential volume redefines the collective history of animation."--Inside front jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Walt Disney Productions.
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Walt Disney Productions. (OCoLC)fst00531829
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Women animators.
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Animation (Cinematography)
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Animation cels.
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Animated films.
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Motion picture industry.
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Animated films. (OCoLC)fst00809611
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Animation cels. (OCoLC)fst00809634
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Animation (Cinematography) (OCoLC)fst00809628
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Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
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Women animators. (OCoLC)fst01177128
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| Added Author |
Foray, June, writer of foreword.
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.
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Walt Disney Productions.
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| Added Title |
Ink and paint : the women of Walt Disney's animation |
| ISBN |
9781484727812 (hardcover ; reinforced binding) |
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1484727819 (hardcover ; reinforced binding) |
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