Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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The first full-scale, annotated biography of Walt Disney, from the Los Angeles Times Book Award-winning author of Winchell. Few personalities ever loom large enough in the cultural consciousness that their names alone immediately evoke an image, a set of values, even a way of regarding the world. To this day, Walt Disney bestrides our culture. He re-invented animation, re-imagined the amusement park, and reshaped the entertainment industry by building a synergistic empire the likes of which no one has ever seen. With these contributions, Walt Disney has left a deep ineradicable brand on our culture. In this truly definitive biography of both the man and his work, we learn in remarkably vivid detail exactly how he accomplished all of this.The Washington Post - Michael DirdaThere's nothing Mickey Mouse about this terrific biography of Walt Disney (1900- 1966), arguably the most influential figure in 20th-century American culture. The research is astonishingly detailed, whether Neal Gabler is deconstructing complex business and financial alliances, revealing the shifting inner dynamics of the Disney studios or describing, in page after mesmerizing page, the creation of such cartoon landmarks as "Steamboat Willie," the Silly Symphonies, "The Three Little Pigs," "Fantasia" and "Pinocchio." There's an entire 60-page chapter just on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), guiding the reader through the long gestation and realization of this masterpiece of animation, the very Chartres of cartoons.
