"When I go to a movie, I don't like to see something that leaves me depressed."
(WALT DISNEY)
"In many ways he represented the Sears Roebuck of American entertainment." (DANIEL BOORSTIN)
"A word that Disney constantly used to me was ' control.'" (RICHARD SCHICKEL)
"He was not an artist, he was not a creator of stories, but he was a hell of a good editor." (ART BABBITT)
Walt Disney made his first cartoon film in Los Angeles 50 years ago this month. Gavin Millar assesses the man and his achievements with the help of DILYS POWELL, DANIEL BOORSTIN, RICHARD SCHICKEL, REYNER BANHAM, RICHARD WILLIAMS, ART BABBITT Producer Patricia BRENT