by Jim Smith | Mar 11, 2024 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on March 20, 2024.) In the 1970s and 1980s, few could have predicted that Randy Newman’s satirical wit – hidden beneath his southern charm – would ever be a good fit for the Disney...
by Jim Smith | Jan 21, 2024 | Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on February 3, 2024.) The Walt Disney Company has seen hundreds of thousands of employees and Cast Members come and go over the company’s prolific century of storytelling. While each and every...
by Jim Smith | Dec 19, 2023 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on January 10, 2024.) “If these walls could talk…” Those instantly famous words ushered in Disney’s recently released short Once Upon a Studio, celebrating 100 years of Disney magic. But do you...
by Jim Smith | Nov 21, 2023 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series, Marvel
Walt Disney knew a great many people in his life – his family and friends, members of the Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland, Hollywood celebrities and studio executives, and even world leaders. Every once in a while, one of those people to come across Walt’s...
by Jim Smith | Oct 27, 2023 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on October 30, 2023.) Over the course of American cinema, the importance of music has been paramount to a film’s performance. Legendary composers like John Williams, Max Steiner, and Hans Zimmer...
