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The animated man [electronic resource] : a life of Walt Disney / Michael Barrier.

By: Barrier, J. Michael.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007Description: xviii, 393 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 | Animators -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.43092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction : "It's all me" -- "The pet in the family" : on the farm and in the city, 1901-1923 -- "A cute idea" : the self-taught filmmaker, 1923-1928 -- "You've got to really be Minnie" : building a better mouse, 1928-1933 -- "This character was a live person" : the leap to feature films, 1934-1938 -- "A drawing factory" : ambition's price, 1938-1941 -- "A queer, quick, delightful gink" : on a treadmill, 1941-1947 -- "Caprices and spurts of childishness" : escaping from animation, 1947-1953 -- "He was interested in something else" : escaping from film, 1953-1959 -- "This is where I am happy" : restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959-1965 -- "He drove himself right up to the end" : dreaming of a nightmare city, 1965-1966 -- Afterword : "Let's never not be a silly company".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-377) and index.

Introduction : "It's all me" -- "The pet in the family" : on the farm and in the city, 1901-1923 -- "A cute idea" : the self-taught filmmaker, 1923-1928 -- "You've got to really be Minnie" : building a better mouse, 1928-1933 -- "This character was a live person" : the leap to feature films, 1934-1938 -- "A drawing factory" : ambition's price, 1938-1941 -- "A queer, quick, delightful gink" : on a treadmill, 1941-1947 -- "Caprices and spurts of childishness" : escaping from animation, 1947-1953 -- "He was interested in something else" : escaping from film, 1953-1959 -- "This is where I am happy" : restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959-1965 -- "He drove himself right up to the end" : dreaming of a nightmare city, 1965-1966 -- Afterword : "Let's never not be a silly company".

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.