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The Disney Revolt
The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age
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The Disney Revolt is ideal for readers interested in animation history, Hollywood's Golden Age, labour movements, and true stories of artistic and industrial conflict. Fans of classic Disney films and those intrigued by the intersection of art, business, and union politics will find this an essential and compelling read.
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An essential piece of Disney history has been unreported for eighty years.
Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Art Babbitt animated for the Disney studio throughout the 1930s and through 1941, years in which he and Walt were jointly driven to elevate animation as an art form, up through Snow White, Pinocchio, and Fantasia.
But as America prepared for World War II, labour unions spread across Hollywood. Disney fought the unions while Babbitt embraced them. Soon, angry Disney cartoon characters graced picket signs as hundreds of animation artists went out on strike. Adding fuel to the fire was Willie Bioff, one of Al Capone's wiseguys who was seizing control of Hollywood workers and vied for the animators' union.
Using never-before-seen research from previously lost records, including conversation transcriptions from within the studio walls, author and historian Jake S. Friedman reveals the details behind the labour dispute that changed animation and Hollywood forever.
The Disney Revolt is an American story of industry and of the underdog, the golden age of animated cartoons at the world's most famous studio.
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"Jake S. Friedman has done an impressive job of research," praises Leonard Maltin, highlighting the complex drama behind the strike. Don Hahn describes it as a "deep dive into Hollywood history delivered in a style that reads like a film noir page turner," while Pete Docter calls it "well written and thoroughly researched—a great read!" This book appeals strongly to those fascinated by film history and animators' struggles.
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ISBN: 9780913705179
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 September 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 639g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Jake S. Friedman is an animation historian and author of The Art of Blue Sky Studios and The Disney Afternoon. He has appeared as an expert on TV documentaries and written for Animation Magazine, American History Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Philadelphia Daily News. He worked for ten years as an animation artist on television shows and features, and now works as a mental health specialist, teaching the occasional History of Animation course at NYU or FIT. He lives with his wife in New York City. www.JakeSFriedman.com
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