The famous studio was attempting a revival of fortune with The Black Cauldron, based on Welsh myths Could Disney recapture its old magic? In 1978, the Observer headed to LA to find out what the mouse men had brewing and if Walt would have approved. Things were changing: the great man's office had been 'embalmed', dismantled and taken to Disneyland to become 'a shrine gazed upon by the masses'. That felt symbolic of the studio's ambition to innovate and to finally match the joy (and revenue) of i...
The famous studio was attempting a revival of fortune with The Black Cauldron, based on Welsh myths Could Disney recapture its old magic? In 1978, the Observer headed to LA to find out what the mouse men had brewing and if Walt would have approved. Things were changing: the great man's office had been 'embalmed', dismantled and taken to Disneyland to become 'a shrine gazed upon by the masses'. That felt symbolic of the studio's ambition to innovate and to finally match the joy (and revenue) of i...
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