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This Timeline showcases ten of the top Disney movies from the 20th century. From Bambi to The Lion King, take a journey through these memorable classics.
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Mary Carr Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the film that started it all. The 1937 animated film was Walt Disney’s first feature film to be released under Walt Disney Productions.
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Mary Carr Walt Disney’s Dumbo, released in 1941, was one of the shortest feature films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It was also one of the cheapest to produce at the time, to make up for the losses from the previous films that did not do as well in the box office due to the impending World War II.
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Mary Carr Bambi was released on 21 August 1942, and it was the fifth movie released by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is based on the book “Bambi, a Life in the Woods” by Austrian author Felix Salten.
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Mary Carr It follows the adventures of Bambi, a mule deer, and his friends Thumper (a rabbit), Flower (a skunk), and Faline (mule deer). Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSh1eLrxiqs
Mary Carr Another Charles Perrault fairy tale, Cinderella, was released by Walt Disney Productions in 1950 as an animated film. The film helped save the studio from going bankrupt.
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Mary Carr They also released a children’s album in the same year, which featured four songs from the film “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes”, “The Cinderella Work Song”, “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)”, and “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Reprise)”. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNKuARjkWEg
Mary Carr Lady and the Tramp was the 15th animated film released by Walt Disney Productions, and it was the first animated film that utilised the CinemaScope widescreen film process.
Mary Carr Released in 1955, it is based on the story of “Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog” by Ward Greene, which appeared in the Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1945.
Mary Carr Sleeping Beauty, released in 1959, was Disney’s 16th animated film. It was based on the fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. The musical score in the film were adaptations from the 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmM-XX8atlQ
Mary Carr The musical score in the film were adaptations from the 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmM-XX8atlQ
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Mary Carr Released in 1961, One Hundred and One Dalmatians was not only a box office success, but also a commercial success, thanks to the switch to inexpensive animation techniques. A live-action adaptation was released in 1996 titled 101 Dalmatians. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-2hZTmDpk
Mary Carr In 1967, Disney adapted Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 book “The Jungle Book” into an animated movie. This was the last movie that Walt Disney would produce, as he sadly passed away during the film’s production. The original story of the book was rather dark and sinister, so Walt Disney decided to change the screenplay to be more appealing to children. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6e3ITsjLRI
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Mary Carr It was during 1930 and 1950 when Walt Disney tried to adapt the 1756 French fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont, into an animated film. However, it wasn’t until 1991 that Walt Disney Pictures released the film classic, Beauty and the Beast . Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTUZswZHsWQ
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Mary Carr The movie was met with critical acclaim by moviegoers and award-giving bodies. It grossed $145.9 million in its initial release in North America and won the Oscar for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTUZswZHsWQ
Mary Carr The Lion King, one of the highest-grossing Disney movies of all time, is also one of the top favourites among fans. Released in 1994, this animated movie featured the voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, and Whoopi Goldberg. It also features original songs by Elton John and Tim Rice and musical scoring by Hans Zimmer.
Mary Carr Released in 1994, this animated movie featured the voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, and Whoopi Goldberg. Source: https://youtu.be/XiqB72OPF_c
Mary Carr It also features original songs by Elton John and Tim Rice and musical scoring by Hans Zimmer. Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=25QyCxVkXwQ