The Financial Magic of ‘Cinderella’ : Cartoon Rescued Postwar Disney Studios From Ruin
Like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which it resembles in many ways, “Cinderella” (1950, in re-release citywide) saved Walt Disney’s studio from imminent foreclosure. If it had failed, there would have been no “Peter Pan,” no “Mickey Mouse Club” and no Disneyland. The postwar years were a difficult time for Walt Disney. “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia” … Read more