The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic

Canemaker, John

ISBN 10: 1616286326 / ISBN 13: 9781616286323

Published by Walt Disney Family Press, San Francisco, CA, 2014

A real nice clean unmarked very large 292 page first edition hardcover. From dust jacket flap: A technician at the Disney Studio in the late 1930s, Schultheis kept a covert scrapbook of special effects wizardry, capturing in photographs and text the dazzling, behind-the-scenes ingenuity of early Disney films. Later, when he mysteriously disappeared into a Guatemalan jungle, his notebook was forgotten and with it, the stories of how these beloved animated classics were made. Miraculously unearthed in a chest of drawers in 1990. Will only ship this large book 6 pound rate media mail in the US. Size: 12h x 12w. Seller Inventory # 7668

Synopsis:

A technician at the Disney Studio in the late 1930s, Schultheis kept a covert scrapbook of special effects wizardry, capturing in photographs and text the dazzling, behind-the-scenes ingenuity of early Disney films. Later, when he mysteriously disappeared into a Guatemalan jungle, his notebook was forgotten ...and with it, the stories of how these beloved animated classics were made. Miraculously unearthed in a chest of drawers in 1990, Schultheis's notebook is now available for all to see at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and in this compelling and beautiful book. Part annotated facsimile of the scrapbook itself, part biography of the complicated, overly ambitious man who made it, The Lost Notebook is a goldmine for Disney and animation enthusiasts and a vivid, riveting account of one man's plight to make it big in early Hollywood.

About the Author: John Canemaker is an Academy Award–, Emmy Award–, and Peabody Award–winning animation director and designer. His twenty-eight minute film, The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, won the 2005 Oscar for Best Animated Short, and his more than twenty films (and their original art) are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He is also a tenured professor and director of the animation program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. The Lost Notebook is his eleventh book on the history of animation.

The Walt Disney Family Museum was co-founded by Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Disney Miller, and grandson, Walter Miller, in San Francisco's Presidio. The Museum is dedicated to celebrating the life, work, and legacy of Walt Disney through innovative exhibitions and programs, sharing the fascinating story of the man who raised animation to an art, transformed the film industry, tirelessly pursued innovation, and created a global, distinctively American legacy.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the ...
Publisher: Walt Disney Family Press, San Francisco, CA
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition.
Book Type: Book