Disney archives

by Kathy & Sean Look where we found the magic! At the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago at a special exhibit that celebrates the magic of Disney imagination, creativity, and entertainment. With film clips that feature the early life of Walt Disney, props from films, and costumes worn by fan favorites, Treasures of… Read More »Looking for Magic: Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives

Born in 1901, Walt Disney was an international celebrity by the time he was 30 and hailed a genius before he was 40.

The happily ever after, well theres not much to say about this right? All fairy tales have to end with happily ever after but how can Cinderella just have a happy ending if she has gone though so much torture and neglect from her stepmother and stepsisters, and it all gets better after she meets a prince and marries him. She forgets everything and it leaves no impact on her as if it never happen but despite the fact it does imply the notion about forgetting the past and moving on.

Walt Disney sketching Mickey Mouse.

Always wondering what part you would play in the old, crazy classic? Well, here is your chance to find out!

Disney Concept Art - Aurora and Phillip

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A prop storybook was created for the opening and closing sequences of “Sleeping Beauty” (1959) to help tell the tale of Princess Aurora who was cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent. Pages inside of this book were created in the medieval style, with artwork designed and painted by the film’s art director, Disney Legend Eyvind Earle. The book, and its very delicate pages with intricately–detailed gouache paintings, was restored in 2010 for future displays.

This incredible hi/res photo surfaced online recently. Walt Disney is dropping by Eyvind Earle's office, it looks like a late afternoon meeting sometime during the late 1950s. Walt loosened his tie, and his right arm is leaning on one of Earle's exploratory paintings, which is pictured below. Casual photos from behind the scenes of Disney animated films are rare, and this image takes you right back in time when Sleeping Beauty was in production. Heritage Auctions recently offered beautiful…