About this item
Walt Disney was a pioneer in the art of animation but by the mid-fifties due to the increasing costs of producing animated films, Disney began to specialize in producing live-action films. The films explored in this book include such classics as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Pollyanna, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Parent Trap, Mary Poppins and The Love Bug. But the films covered also include some wonderful, yet lesser known Disney titles such as Toby Tyler, Babes in Toyland, Miracle of the White Stallions, Savage Sam, Summer Magic, Blackbeard's Ghost-and many more. The book's main focus is on the live-action films that the studio produced from roughly 1955 thru 1980 and the people who were part of them including a solid stock company of actors who audiences identified immediately-even if they didn't always know the name of the actor.
About the Author
Charles Tranberg was born in La Puente, California. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1989 and has a degree in Marketing. He took up writing when he discovered over 150 boxes of papers belonging to film and TV legend Agnes Moorehead at the Wisconsin State Historical Society. From that tremendous primary source he wrote his first, best-selling, I LOVE THE ILLUSION: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF AGNES MOOREHEAD (2005) . From there he has written books on MARIE WILSON (2006) , FRED MACMURRAY (2007) , THE THIN MAN FILMS (2008) , ROBERT TAYLOR (2010) and THE WALT DISNEY LIVE ACTION FILMS 1955-1980 (2012) . His most recent release is FREDRIC MARCH: A CONSUMMATE ACTOR (2013) He has also contributed articles to FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE and CLASSIC IMAGES. Check out his author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charles-Tranberg-Author/161673209806
