American Experience: Early Problems?
American Experience: Early Problems Race and Culture at Disneyland in the 1950s by Todd James Pierce Yesterday I woke to find a handful of messages about an American Experience clip that had been posted on YouTube. The clip was posted by PBS to promote its upcoming...
New Podcast – DHI 011 – The Pinto Colvig Story
NEW DHI PODCAST - The Pinto Colvig Story So who was Pinto Colvig? The voice of Goofy, the voice of multiple dwarfs in Snow White, the voice of practical pig, a sound effects man, and an animator. One of my projects for this past year was to edit and introduce Pinto...
New Podcast – DHI 010 – Interview with Blaine Gibson
DHI Podcast 010 - Blaine Gibson by Todd James Pierce Earlier this month, Blaine Gibson, Disney animator and sculptor, passed away at the age of 97. I was lucky enough to interview Blaine multiple times. I’ve assembled this podcast as a tribute to him. I’ve...
Pinto Colvig’s Lost Memoir
Pinto Colvig's Lost Memoir by Todd James Pierce A few years ago, while doing some archival work, I came across a full memoir written by Pinto Colvig, an early animator, film actor, and voice actor whose work goes back to the 1920s: he worked with Mack Sennett,...
Disney Studio Fiction – Keller in Effects
Keller in Efects Effects Animators in the 1950s -- I think most people here know that, in addition to working on DHI, I also direct a creative writing program at a university in California. Very rarely do I get these two worlds to merge, but yesterday the summer issue...
Satellite – View of America 1959
Satellite - View of America by Todd James Pierce By now, there are very few areas in Disneyland, back in the 1950s, of which I haven’t seen clear pictures. There’re still things on my list: such as the interior of the Hollywood Maxwell shop on Main Street and various...
DHI is moving! Update: Completed!
Or at least the site is. Over the next few days, we will be moving to a new server, and over time more new and better features will be made available to all of our readers. Wish us luck! Update: We have completed the move. Over the next few weeks and months, we...
Before Lincoln – The First Disney Human Animatronic
Photo of early Disney audio-animatronic models: Confucius animatronic head beside early Abe Lincoln figure Before Lincoln.
DHI 009 – Walt at Christmastime
New DHI Podcast - Walt at Christmastimeby Todd James Pierce and Paul F. AndersonJoin us for our Holiday offering--a selection of Christmas letters written in the 1930s and 1940s by Walt and Roy Disney, most of them never before published! A DHI podcast...
WALT DISNEY’S PASSING: The Admiral’s Rah-Rah Eulogy
IN MEMORY OF WALT DISNEY (1901-1966)Admiral Joseph Fowlerby Paul F. AndersonDecember 15th marks the passing of Walt Disney, and many of us our thinking about him today. I hope everyone will take a moment to reflect on the numerous ways that Walt Disney brought joy and...
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