Disney’s ground breaking animation Fantasia featured The Rite of Spring, depicting Earth’s early history and the extinction ...

Walt Disney made a lot of great animated films during his lifetime, but his final one ended up being his best.

With Fantasia, Disney hoped to achieve something else. “We’ve got more in this medium than making people laugh,” he told his staff. The new film, he said, would “change the history of ...

Re-releases were a way to bring in revenue without having to spend a great deal on a new film. It also gave movies that had trouble finding an audience the first time, like Fantasia, another shot at ...