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4. “This Character Was a Live Person” The Leap to Feature Films, 1934–1938

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Introduction: “It’s All Me” 1
  6. 1. “The Pet in the Family” On the Farm and in the City, 1901–1923 9
  7. 2. “A Cute Idea” The Self-Taught Filmmaker, 1923–1928 39
  8. 3. “You’ve Got to Really Be Minnie” Building a Better Mouse, 1928–1933 68
  9. 4. “This Character Was a Live Person” The Leap to Feature Films, 1934–1938 100
  10. 5. “A Drawing Factory” Ambition’s Price, 1938–1941 134
  11. 6. “A Queer, Quick, Delightful Gink” On a Treadmill, 1941–1947 168
  12. 7. “Caprices and Spurts of Childishness” Escaping from Animation, 1947–1953 200
  13. 8. “He Was Interested in Something Else” Escaping from Film, 1953–1959 235
  14. 9. “Where I Am Happy” Restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959–1965 270
  15. 10. “He Drove Himself Right Up to the End” Dreaming of a Nightmare City, 1965–1966 301
  16. Afterword: “Let’s Never Not Be a Silly Company” 319
  17. Notes 327
  18. Index 379
The Animated Man
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520941663-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Introduction: “It’s All Me” 1
  6. 1. “The Pet in the Family” On the Farm and in the City, 1901–1923 9
  7. 2. “A Cute Idea” The Self-Taught Filmmaker, 1923–1928 39
  8. 3. “You’ve Got to Really Be Minnie” Building a Better Mouse, 1928–1933 68
  9. 4. “This Character Was a Live Person” The Leap to Feature Films, 1934–1938 100
  10. 5. “A Drawing Factory” Ambition’s Price, 1938–1941 134
  11. 6. “A Queer, Quick, Delightful Gink” On a Treadmill, 1941–1947 168
  12. 7. “Caprices and Spurts of Childishness” Escaping from Animation, 1947–1953 200
  13. 8. “He Was Interested in Something Else” Escaping from Film, 1953–1959 235
  14. 9. “Where I Am Happy” Restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959–1965 270
  15. 10. “He Drove Himself Right Up to the End” Dreaming of a Nightmare City, 1965–1966 301
  16. Afterword: “Let’s Never Not Be a Silly Company” 319
  17. Notes 327
  18. Index 379
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