DISCS GO FROM MICKEY TO DONALD TO DISNEYLAND
Last year at this time Walt Disney Studios announced it would be discontinuing the limited-edition "Walt Disney Treasures" series, but thanks to a grass-roots write-in campaign, fans have been rewarded with a seventh group of three releases ($32.99 each, not rated).
It's a good crop. "The Chronological Donald, Volume 3" continues where the 2005 Volume 2 left off, with 30 Donald Duck shorts produced from 1947 to 1950, by which point this excitable bird had decisively surpassed the increasingly bland, corporate Mickey as the most popular character in the Disney stable.
Though Disney himself had largely lost interest in his studio's short productions, the Donald cartoons continued to be a reliable source of revenue. Mostly directed by Jack Hannah, these latter-day Donalds seem meant to compete with the manic energy of the Warner Bros. cartoons, though they seldom ascend to the same heights of anarchic humor. They remain essentially mild character comedies, related to the naturalistic situation-comedy style that, during this same period, was migrating from radio to early television.
Source : http://www.mercurynews.com/
Last year at this time Walt Disney Studios announced it would be discontinuing the limited-edition "Walt Disney Treasures" series, but thanks to a grass-roots write-in campaign, fans have been rewarded with a seventh group of three releases ($32.99 each, not rated).
It's a good crop. "The Chronological Donald, Volume 3" continues where the 2005 Volume 2 left off, with 30 Donald Duck shorts produced from 1947 to 1950, by which point this excitable bird had decisively surpassed the increasingly bland, corporate Mickey as the most popular character in the Disney stable.
Though Disney himself had largely lost interest in his studio's short productions, the Donald cartoons continued to be a reliable source of revenue. Mostly directed by Jack Hannah, these latter-day Donalds seem meant to compete with the manic energy of the Warner Bros. cartoons, though they seldom ascend to the same heights of anarchic humor. They remain essentially mild character comedies, related to the naturalistic situation-comedy style that, during this same period, was migrating from radio to early television.
Source : http://www.mercurynews.com/
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