'Fantasia,' 'Snow White,' Betty Boop, Popeye and the first golden age of animation
'Fantasia,' 'Snow White,' Betty Boop, Popeye and the first golden age of animation Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Mitenbuler. Illustrated. 411 pages. Atlantic Monthly Press. $28. by Jennifer Szalai (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- By the time Walt Disneys Fantasia premiered at Manhattans Broadway Theater on Nov. 13, 1940, what had started out as an animated short to revive Mickey Mouses flagging career had become a feature-length extravaganza. Images in the movie channeled evolutionary theory and abstract art, depicting roaring dinosaurs...
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