Tag: cartoon

Vault Disney #21 – Robin Hood

Original Release: November 1973 Runtime: 83 Minutes Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman Notable Actors: Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov and Monica Evans Oo De Lally! So begins our next ten Disney films. A lot has happened so far. We’ve had lost puppies and dwarfs, adventures in Brazil, adventures […]

Vault Disney #19 – The Jungle Book

Original Release: October 1967 Runtime: 78 Minutes Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman Growing up is hard. Growing up in the jungle is even more difficult. Growing up in the jungle, making friends with panthers, bears and wolves, and then being told you have to go back to live with […]

Vault Disney – A Farewell to Walt

Two months ago, Disney was just a brand to me. A monolithic corporation that I knew and was familiar with but to me it was no different than any other Warner Brothers or Dreamworks. It was simply a company. If you’ve been following this project, you’ll know that […]

Vault Disney #17 – 101 Dalmatians

Original Release: January 1961 Runtime: 79 Minutes Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman Its interesting to research the history of all of these films because you quickly find that Disney ran into financial troubles quite frequently. Our image of Disney today is as a huge […]

Vault Disney #16 – Sleeping Beauty

Original Release: January 1959 Runtime: 75 Minutes Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson and Wolfgang Reitherman Welcome back everyone! How are you feeling? Dreamy? Tired? Have you been have strange dreams of princes and dragons? Did you recently prick your finger on the spindle of a […]

Vault Disney #15 – Lady and the Tramp

Original Release: June 1955 Runtime: 75 Minutes Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske In the grand scheme of watching these films, Lady and the Tramp seems a bit out of place. After all, most of our films of late have featured human characters and have […]