If Snow White is the film that made Disney studios, Dumbo is the one that saved them. You see, after the success of Snow White, Walt Disney set his sights a bit higher than just making entertainment. He made Fantasia. It was an enormously expensive undertaking that proved financially disastrous. Now, […]
Viewed December 6, 2006
With time winding down and only five shorts left in The Chronological Donald, Volume One, I decided to go ahead and watch the rest and close out my look at the early phases of Donald’s career.
Early to Bed is a simple, formulaic short featuring Donald trying to get to bed early so […]
Viewed November 22, 2006
Timber finds Donald attempting to steal food from Pierre (a re-named Pete). He gets caught and Pierre puts him to work lumberjacking. From there the wackiness ensues as Donald causes more trouble than gets work done. There’s a lot of to and fro between Donald and Pierre until Donald […]