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Disney's First Contemporary Film: 101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians marked a pivotal point for the Walt Disney Animation Studio, depicting a more modern animation style with the use of xerography, and showing a more realistic side of Disney over fantasy. Learn more about what makes 101 Dalmatians the first contemporary film for the studio.

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Walt Disney's Last Productions

Walt Disney passed away at the age of 65 years old. The 1960s was an important year for the Disney company as they worked on their live action films, and Walt worked on The Wonderful World of Color. Learn more about Walt’s last film and TV productions he worked on before passing away.

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Is Tarzan a Remake of Beauty and the Beast?

Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Tarzan (1999) have very similar elements. The male and female protagonists have strikingly similar personalities, the villains have similar motives, and some of the scenes are almost identical. Learn more about all of the similarities between Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan.

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Disney Legends - Adriana Caselotti (Snow White)

Adriana Caselotti’s legacy is best defined as playing Snow White, the first named female voice actress in history. Learn more about how the auditions for Snow White went, the production of the film, Caselotti becoming blacklisted, and her career after Disney.

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Pixar Locations In Real Life

Throughout the last few decades that Pixar has been producing films, they have taken inspiration for their film locations from all around the world. Learn more about where films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Coco, and Soul are based in real life.

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Disney Legends - Kathryn Beaumont

Kathryn Beaumont is best known for lending her iconic voice to the roles of Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951) and as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1953). Learn more about her childhood, how she got into the acting business, her work with the Disney company, and what she’s up to today.

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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was a midquel to the original and was released in the direct-to-video format. Why did Disney start doing direct-to-video? What was production like? And the villain was changed last minute… why? Learn more here!

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Disneyland's Main Street USA - A Walk Down Disney Legend Lane

Ever walk down Main Street USA in Disneyland and realize the candy shops and clothing stores are labelled as dentists and carpenter places? In this article you’ll learn more about the original design ideas for Main Street, what it was inspired by, and the dedication windows for people who impacted Walt and the park.

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Is Tangled just a Remake of Aladdin?

Have you ever realized Tangled is very, very similar to Aladdin? A story of a princess locked away from the world, when she encounters a local thief, who she falls in love with and gets to see the world with. Do you agree? Read more of the similarities here.

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Why Captain Hook Deserves More Credit

Captain Hook is one of the most well known Disney villains. But why is he a villain in the first place? Is it justified? In this post I tell you why I think Hook deserves more credit.

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