Walt Disney Magic Moments

Published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editions, Milan, 1973

Edited by Arseni, Ercole, Leone Bosi and Massimo Marconi

VERY GOOD copy of this FIRST EDITION Limited Printing. No dust jacket, as issued. Minor shelfwear, very light soiling to covers,

Of note are the photographs of SALVADOR DALI in 1946 working on DESTINO/CHRONUS a project at Disney Studios and color reproductions of some of his paintings that served as backgrounds to this animated film that was never completed originally and was only recently finished and available for viewing recently.

See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFkN4deuZU

Begining with a very brief history of Disney's career, the book retells in "storyboard" style the basic plot, dialog, etc of ten Walt Disney cartoons utilizing some B&W & mostly color frame photos from: PLANE CRAZY (1928) THE GALLOPIN' GAUCHO (1929) FLOWERS AND TREES (1932) ORPHANS' BENEFIT (1934) PLUTO'S JUDGMENT DAY (1935) MICKEY'S RIVAL (1936) DON DONALD (1936) DONALD'S NEPHEWS (1938) BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR (1938) FERDINAND THE BULL (1938) published at a time when it was illegal for an individual to own any copyrighted film. This, pre-video, book format was the only "keepsake" available to fans.