His 1929 animated short, steamboat willie, introduced audiences to mickey mouse. In addition to the towering achievements, gabler shows the dark side of walt disney ruthless towards longserving staff, cavalier with contracts, neglectful of his family but also the vulnerability, born of loneliness and ill health, in an admirably balanced portrait. The vintage years 19281938 by walt disney productions, bevis hillier paperback 800 pages october 1986. Shop a wide selection of new releases, bestsellers, live action disney movies, the complete pixar collection, and more. The service of the agents is super friendly and the speedy delivery service is excellent. Oct 30, 2006 neal gabler, inside walt disney for his new book, walt disney. Oct 31, 2006 neal gabler is the author of five books. The triumph of the american imagination, for its many factual inaccuracies and for its misrepresentation of walt disney himself. Gablers biography of disney is the best i have read and i have read nearly all of them. But whatever the characterizations of disneys personal life, he appealed to the nation by demonstrating the power of wish fulfillment and the triumph of the american imagination. The biography by neal gabler is the most detailed and thorough study of the great man. See all books authored by walt disney company, including disneys storybook collection disney storybook collections, and descendants 2.
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Gabler is an author, journalist and former film critic whose previous books include a biography of barbra streisand and a behindthescenes look at hollywood. Pages in category books about disney the following 15 pages are. It isnt a book that can be read quickly as it is well over 600 pages but it is always interesting and extremely well researched. Gabler explores accusations that disney was a redbaiter, an antisemite, an embittered alcoholic. All disney books are available to buy online at the works. Go behindthescenes of disney s famous movies and find out how they were made, follow disney s entire history using the timeline, and marvel at concept art and story sketches. How the jews invented hollywood, among other books, is the first writer to have complete access to the walt disney archives. While disney isnt exactly virgin territory for biography, criticism and general rumination, gabler has gone the extra mile, interviewing dozens of disneys stillliving. The triumph of american imagination, entertainment expert neal gabler was given complete access to the. Gossip, power and the culture of celebrity, life the movie. Weve all been waiting for the perfect book on walt disney. Walt disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with mickey mouse and then with his feature filmsmost notably snow white, fantasia, and bambi. Walt disney was, according to neal gablers biography, a workaholic bully obsessed with ensuring that the disney thing lived on for ever gaby wood sat 7 apr 2007.
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