The period from 1970 to 1988 is often referred to as Disney's “Dark Era,” characterized by movies that were darker in tone, design, and subject. “Dark” also refers to the fact that it was seen as a time of decline for the company, with many experimental movies that didn't reach previous highs.
Depending on the time the movie was released, Disney has classified their movies into a specific era: The Golden Age (1937-1942), The Wartime Era (1943-1949), The Silver Age (1950-1967), The Bronze Age (1970-1988), The Disney Renaissance (1989-1999), Post Renaissance Era (2000-2009), and The Revival Era (2010-Present).
The Silver Age of Disney Animation ran from 1950 to 1967. It represented a time when Disney returned to the feature length narrative storytelling after having switched to a package format during the Wartime Era. It lasted until the passing of Walt Disney and ended with the first film released after his death.
The era of Disney films from 1989 to 1999 - dubbed the Disney Renaissance - was a magical decade when Walt Disney Animation Studios returned to its roots of making musical, animated adaptions of well-known classic stories after putting out flop after flop for decades.
Founded as the Disney Brothers Studio in 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy Disney, The Walt Disney Company turns 100 years old in 2023, and celebrations will take place across each division of the company and across the country.
Disney's Bronze Age of Animation ran from 1970 to 1988.
The bronze era (1970 to 1977)
The films of the era were made with lower budgets and more recycled animation than previous eras. Xerography – a method of photocopying drawings directly on to animation cells – sped up production, but left the animation with dark sketch-like outlines.
Walt Disney World's official 50th Anniversary kicked off on October 1, 2021. But, the celebration of the 1971 opening of the Walt Disney World Resort lasted much, much longer than that.
We all know that 'A Goofy Movie' is Disney's blackest film, and this "documentary" proves it.
The first three, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Pinocchio, and Fantasia, represented Walt Disney's first attempts at making feature length animated films for the big screen and truly set the tone for the future of animation.
Arguably the darkest film in the entire Disney animated canon is the 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The movie opens with Frollo killing Quasimodo's mother and attempting to kill an infant Quasimodo before he's forced to stop. He attempts to atone for the sin of murdering Quasimodo's mother by taking the boy in.
The release of Tarzan (1999) is retrospectively seen as the end of the Renaissance era.
99 Years of Storytelling. In 1937, Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, pioneering a new form of family entertainment.
The present era of Disney filmmaking that we are in, the “Revival Era” is also being called the “Second Disney Renaissance”.
Disney animated movies are commonly categorized into eras, and while some resources might categorize them a little differently, most fans generally agree on the following eras: The Golden Age (1937 – 1942) The Package Era (1942 – 1949) The Silver Age (1950 – 1959)
Snow White is only 14 years old, making her the youngest. Jasmine, who is supposed to be 15, is the second youngest. Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest, both 19 years old.
When Disney turned 18, he worked as an illustrator at an advertising company. There, he met Ub Iwerks, a fellow animator, and cartoon artist. In 1920, Disney and Iwerks were laid off from their jobs. So Disney decided to start his own company.
Make Mine Music is a 1946 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres on April 20, 1946. It is the 8th Disney animated feature film.
Walt Disney founded his first professional film studio at a building designed by noted Kansas City architect, Nelle Peters, in May of 1922. He incorporated his new company with the Missouri Secretary of State's office. He called it “Laugh-O-gram Films”.
Cinderella's age in Cinderella: Cinderella was 19 years old in her original movie, in between the ages of her two cruel stepsisters, both of whom were fixated on finding a husband.
In May 2023, Disney announced that the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will be closing permanently. The final voyage for the Star Wars Hotel will be September 28th-30th, 2023.
On December 15, 1966, Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California at the age of 65. His movies and theme parks are still enjoyed by millions of people around the world. His company continues to produce very successful new theme parks, cartoons and films.