BIG-SCREEN SHORTS: To say that modern audiences don't have solid experience with enjoying animated shorts in a theatrical setting just isn't true. Look to Pixar and Disney and the fabulous and funny ...

A 32-piece orchestra took the stage on Sunday at the 2015 D23 Expo and started playing fun sounding music and sounds to “The Skeleton Dance” cartoon. The cartoon was the first produced by Walt Disney ...

It’s a big weekend for Disney fans. Not just because of that thing with the people at the Hollywood Bowl but because the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is showing an even classic-er set of Disney ...

Some people just want more.

Revisiting Disney’s Silly Symphonies. Into the life of every diehard Warner Brothers cartoon fan a little rain must fall. One can spend a lifetime seeking the holy grail of seeing all 1,000 shorts and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Leonard Maltin, curator of the DVD release of the Silly Symphony series, said ...

This fall, Walt Disney Records and Fairfax Classics will release a collection of restored soundtracks for The Silly Symphonies, a historically important series that developed and expanded the Disney ...

It’s by now well known that “Bimbo’s Initiation,” considered by animators as one of the best cartoons in history, served as a primary source of inspiration for Cuphead. Released in 1931 by Fleischer ...

A lot of words easily apply to film festivals. The films are often “bold” and “brash,” sometimes “weird” and “whimsical,” occasionally just “odd.” But they’re rarely “free” or “family-friendly.” Now ...