Word: silents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with his first star, Mickey Mouse, designed not by Disney, but by his head cartoonist, Ub Iwerks. The development of more sophisticated cameras allowed Disney to create full length animated features: Fantasia, the Sill Symphonies, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which all had their roots in the primitive silent animation which Disney had seen when younger. There is no amazing story surrounding the creation of Mickey Mouse, or any other of the menagerie. With typical matter of factness, Disney explained, "We had to push out 700 feet of film every two weeks, so we couldn't have a character...
...police officers arrested Bozzie Bryant Burton III, then 16. Young Burton asked to talk to his father, an auto-plant inspector who was already at the station in search of his son, but the police refused. They did advise him, however, of his right to remain silent and to consult an attorney. In the course of the interrogation the boy admitted that he had killed the Diosdados. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to a life term in prison...
...commission surprised them by inviting representatives from all concerned groups-friends and foes alike-to participate in some 30 special workshop sessions in communities across Colorado. At those meetings, the commissioners remained mostly silent. "We were learning," says Claude Peters, the commission's consultant planner. "We needed to be aware of the local problems." Adds Commission Chairman John Crowley: "We ran across old records that showed how much life a certain piece of land could support. Old ranchers with good memories fed us valuable information. AH the pieces came together...
...lease of a Copenhagen cinema--he suffered from a chronic lack of financing. He was apparently never able to get sufficient funds for several projects that he dreamed of--such as a production in color. The films that he was able to direct range from rather crudely made silent films to technically sophisticated films like The Word. Some are abysmal and a few are great...
...GREY LADY CANTATA. Huge papier-mâché puppets do a silent, hierophantic dance of death, as if Picasso's Guernica were unfolding in slow motion...