IF GENIUS, as someone once said, is the infinite capacity for taking pains, then on this count alone Walt Disney should be ranked in that class. For three long years, short to him, no doubt, because of his great absorption in his new effort, Disney and his capable staff of many hundreds of artists, worked on the first feature length cartoon of its kind ever to be shown on the screens of the country. The result, "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs," a brilliant and hauntingly lovely film woven around the famous fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm, has already captivated audiences, old and young alike, all over the country.
When you consider that Mr. Disney's characterizations of the engaging dwarfs, of Snow White, the wicked stepmother, the utterly adorable animals in the wood, are achieved by line effect alone, truly, then, this is the miracle film of the age. And, on the second count of art and the magic of exquisite inspiration, again we acclaim Mr. Disney a genius.
At the present moment, Mr. Disney is contemplating the production of two more feature length cartoon films — "Pinnochio" and "Bambi" but the work on these will be long and arduous, just as with "Snow White," so he, like all true artists, wishes to say little about them right now.
But he doesn't hesitate to talk about his newest Mickey Mouse novelty, a short subject based on the enchanting symphonic suite called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," the score of which will be directed by no less a celebrity than Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. A far stride, indeed, for humble little Mickey to take all by himself!
[img]Walt can afford to smile. He's got the entire world talking about him. And not in whispers, either.[/img]
[img](At bottom) Pluto and Mickey and the incomparable crosspatch, Donald Duck. All three of them have appeared in short cartoons, in newspaper comic strips and on the radio. Quite a career.[/img]
[img]Snow White singing to the seven dwarfs, Bashful, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Doc, Dopey and Grumpy.[/img]
