Sunday, March 23, 2025

I just received a copy of Adventures in Childhood by Jose Bellido and Kathy Bowrey. It is a very specialized book which deals with intellectual property and children's entertainment.

I am flagging it here because it contains several chapters related to Disney, including a particularly interesting one about the troubled relationship between Disney and the Great Ormond Street Hospital related to Peter Pan.

As always, my friend Jose Bellido and his colleague Kathy Bowrey have really done their homework and I discovered a lot that I did not know in this volume!

 

Tuesday, March 18, 2025


Back in 2017, Heritage Auctions sold a large collection of documents pertaining to the estate of composer Carl Stalling, including photographs and--most importantly--correspondence between Stalling and Walt Disney.

If you bought this collection at the time and are reading this post, could you please, please email me at didier.ghez@gmail.com?

Monday, March 03, 2025

Two excellent books to highlight today. One released last week and one which will be released tomorrow:

Animating the Victorians: Disney's Literary History: The author conducted some research at the Disney Archives about Disney's early plans for Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland and it shows. There is very good new material in this volume.

After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company: A must-read. This will probably be one of the best Disney history books of the year.


 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

I am really looking forward to this upcoming book from my friend and fellow Disney historian Todd James Pierce!
 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025


Two interesting books are now available for pre-order on Amazon:

Welcome Aboard: A Celebration of Walt Disney's Trains from The Walt Disney Family Museum 

The Art of Zootopia 2

Monday, February 10, 2025

Looking forward to reading Christian Renaut's new book!