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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936199161
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 03, 2002
Running Time: 240 minutes
Sales Rank: 20984
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 20, 1941
Editorial Review:
Description:
This volume goes inside the walls of the world’s most famous magic factory for an inside tour, via several 'behind-the-scenes' films and television shows.
Amazon.com:
As Walt Disney's fame grew during the 1930s, people wanted to know more about his studio and how the 'Silly Symphonies' and Mickey Mouse shorts were created. Although Disney seldom allowed visitors, he periodically offered viewers peeks inside into the studio through the films in this collection. In 1937, Disney made A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios for his distributor, RKO, to help the marketing campaign for Snow White. This in-house documentary was later reworked and released as a trailer for the studio's first feature as How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made. In 1941, humorist Robert Benchley toured the studio and chatted with the artists in The Reluctant Dragon. But the film was released during a bitterly fought strike that belied its cheerful depiction of the studio.
During the '50s, Walt used his studio as a backdrop for several episodes of the Disneyland TV series. 'The Story of the Animated Drawing' traces the history of the medium, including re-creations of Emil Reynaud's Théâtre Optique (1892-1900) and Winsor McCay's vaudeville routine with his landmark film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). 'Tricks of Our Trade,' which focuses on the creation of Sleeping Beauty, shows staged footage of four of the celebrated 'Nine Old Men'--Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston--sketching. In the DVD bonus material, host Leonard Maltin traces the development of the studio facilities from a Los Angeles garage to its present location in Burbank. Maltin also chats with Disney legend Joe Grant, who cowrote the 'Baby Weems' sequence in Reluctant Dragon. Recorded at the time of Grant's 94th birthday, the artist displays the sly wit that continues to inspire animators. (Unrated: Suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Yeah, that is a lot of beef."
What a treat this is. While this Treasure is probably the least popular of the series, it contains some of the niftiest information I've seen regarding animation. You get the full release of The Reluctant Dragon here, which is huge because I'm positive it hasn't been released to purchase before. There have been VHS tapes for just the animated short of the same name, but it's only a small bit of what you get in the whole package. It's part of a behind the scenes look at the studio, starring the great ... Read More
Rating: - Walt Disney Treasures Part 5: Behind the Scenes at WDS
Walt Disney Treasures Review 5: Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios:Leonard Maltin has done it, again. He made in myopinion one of the most interesting. This may not be the greatest quality but it is perfect. Like all the other treasures, it opens with the Walt Disney Treasure Theater and intro with Leonard Maltin. When you get to the main menu, you should start at the "How Walt Disney Cartoons are Made." Here, you could choose to view it with a informational subtitle showing history about the short ... Read More
Rating: - Wow! This IS Behind the Scenes!!!
Walt Disney Treasures Review 5: Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios:Leonard Maltin has done it, again. He made in myopinion one of the most interesting. This may not be the greatest quality but it is perfect. Like all the other treasures, it opens with the Walt Disney Treasure Theater and intro with Leonard Maltin. When you get to the main menu, you should start at the "How Walt Disney Cartoons are Made." Here, you could choose to view it with a informational subtitle showing history about the short ... Read More
Rating:  - Looking beyond the curtain
Out of all the Disney Treasures releases, this will probably be the most overlooked. Sure, it doesn't have Mickey Mouse or Goofy or those wonderful Silly Symphonies. Instead, we get prehaps the best look into one of the most important studios in cinema history at its peak. The set is not the most entertaining, but it's the one set that shows the brillance of the House of Mouse (and shows what once was and lost now at Disney)
Rating: - Disney Fans Will Want to Have This
This little collection of curios found in the Disney vaults will likely not appeal to the average viewer or kiddie fan. But, for hard-core Disney buffs and people who are just interested in old documentaries, this is the thing for you.
On disc one, we get "The Reluctant Dragon," which was made as a quick cash-in in the early 1940s. It stars Robert Benchley, who goes on a self-guided tour of the Disney studio, meeting Walt Disney and seeing some very good cartoons (my favorite being "Baby Weems.") While an ... Read More
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