Say this for Disney: It may have merchandised its animated characters into oblivion, but it's been extremely cautious with the films in which those characters appear. The Warner Brothers cartoon ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Leonard Maltin, curator of the DVD release of the Silly Symphony series, said ...

BIG-SCREEN SHORTS: To say that modern audiences don't have solid experience with enjoying animated shorts in a theatrical setting just isn't true. Look to Pixar and Disney and the fabulous and funny ...

Mickey Mouse was once in danger of becoming a has-been. Thanks to the rising popularity of Donald Duck, fans weren’t all that interested in the mouse, prompting Walt Disney to plan a grand-scale ...

Silly Symphonies, like Mickey Mouse, are an invention of Comic Artist Walt Disney, who at 31 gets about $400,000 a year from his ridiculous creations. Admirers of Silly Symphonies have lately been ...

Imagine if you will: Arts supporters, dressed to the nines, gathered for a benefit in a grand old movie palace, listening to a chamber orchestra — and watching Disney cartoons. Last year, the Los ...