Show Notes on Dream a Little Deeper: One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Walt Disney Animation Studios enters the 1960s by releasing One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and launches the xerox era of Disney animation. Trying to financially recover from the major losses with 1959’s Sleeping Beauty, animators expedited the animation process by using photocopying technology to copy drawings directly onto cels, which saved on the cost of production. While Walt Disney notably hated the way the film looked, it became an immediate hit and saved the animation department from dying off after the 1950s.
Primary Source
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, dir by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman, (1961).
Books
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier (2007)
Demystifying Disney: A History of DIsney Feature Animation by Chris Pallant (2011)
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation and its Golden Age by Michael Barrier (1999)
Mouse in Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation by Steve Hulett (2014)
Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks by David Koenig (1997)
Walt Disney and Europe by Robin Allen (1999)
Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination by Neal Gabler (2007)
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J Douglas (1994)
Articles
Murphy, Patrick D, “The Whole Wide World was Scrubbed Clean”, From Mouse to Mermaid: the Politics of Film, Gender and Culture, (1995).
Videos
The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (Part 4) - Animation Lookback by ElectricDragon505
The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (Part 4) - Animation Lookback by ElectricDragon505
Websites
American Film Institute - 100 Years…100 Heroes & 100 Villians
Find My Supplies Blog - Xerography and Animated Films
Kahn Academy - Women in the 1950s
Wikipedia - One Hundred and One Dalmatians (includes links to reviews)
Wikipedia - Second Wave Feminism (1960s-1980s)
Wikipedia - Xerography
Interviews
Morgan Edwards
Morgan is a newscast producer in Tulsa Oklahoma, and worked in Disneyland as a photographer for three years. She is passionate about movies in general, especially disney movies. If she’s not watching Disney movies, she’s watching indie movies, like Donnie Darko.
You can find Morgan @modayne on Instagram
Jenna Lazenby
Jenna is a tired non-coffee addict from Texas. She hates and loves everything, and that’s the best way she can describe anything she does.
You can hear more from Jenna on her podcast, the Opinionated Podcast. For show updates, follow it on Instagram.
Andy is based out of Minneapolis and loves movies. He has a decent physical media collection that is always growing too much.
You can hear more from Andy on his podcast, called “My Girlfriend Hates My Podcast.” You can follow the show on Twitter at Hates Podcast.
