| Title: | The Disneyphile's Disney File |
| Notice: | This Conference can show you The World |
| Moderator: | DONVAN::SCOPA .zko.dec.com::manana::eppes |
| Created: | Thu Feb 23 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 536 |
| Total number of notes: | 19961 |
Surprised not to see a note in here already on Bob Thomas' "Walt Disney: An American Original". I just finished reading it (thanks to a loan from Mod. Lowell!) and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a well written biography of Walt covering his entire life from the midwest aspiring cartoonist through the dreamer that conceived WDW. What most favorably impressed me about the man's story, was the fact that from all appearances in the book, he was as genuine and interesting a person as one would be led to believe only from experiencing his work. At least according to this account, throughout his life there appeared to be no signs of any ulterior motives in either his film work or his entertainment business, above and beyond "do something you'll be proud of that will make the public sit up and take notice". I'd recommend the book to anyone interested in learning more about Walt's humble beginnings and struggling career, as well as in some of the background that went into the Magic Kingdoms. In paperback, approx 390 pp, sans references. -Jack
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| 282.1 | BREAKR::MIKKELSON | No man is a three-mile island. | Mon Oct 21 1991 18:00 | 15 | |
>What most favorably impressed me about the man's story, was the fact that from
>all appearances in the book, he was as genuine and interesting a person as one
>would be led to believe only from experiencing his work. At least according
>to this account, throughout his life there appeared to be no signs of any
>ulterior motives in either his film work or his entertainment business, above
>and beyond "do something you'll be proud of that will make the public sit
>up and take notice".
Well, when you consider that, out of all the biographies of Disney,
this is the only one actually sold at Disneyland, I think that should
tell you something.
- David
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| 282.2 | Titles? Authors? | 16BITS::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dog face) | Tue Oct 22 1991 10:19 | 9 |
re: .1 I didn't realize that it held a "favored status". But it does make sense given the very positive image painted. I'd be interested in some opposing views as well. What are some of the other bios? I hadn't known there were others. Is there a pointer in here somewhere? -Jack | |||||