{"product_id":"animator-on-horseback-mel-shaw-9798896092100","title":"Animator on Horseback: The Autobiography of Disney Artist Mel Shaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Bambi to The Lion King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMel Shaw's incredible career as a Disney artist and animator began in 1937 when Walt Disney offered him a job during a game of polo. Packed with nearly 400 illustrations and photos, including exclusive Disney concept art, Animator on Horseback is the story of Mel's life, in his own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mel arrived in Hollywood from Brooklyn, work for inexperienced animators wasn't easy to find. He landed a job at the Harman-Ising studio, but his career truly began when Walt Disney brought him on board to help with Bambi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMel left Disney not long afterward to work on his own projects, including Howdy Doody, but in 1974 he returned to mentor a new generation of animators, and he contributed to such modern Disney classics as The Rescuers, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMel's autobiography is a vivid, intensely personal recollection, with a cast of characters ranging from Orson Welles and Lord Mountbatten to Walt Disney and the artists and animators of the Disney studio, featuring stories about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early days of animation in Hollywood, and the polo craze that brought Mel face-to-face with Walt Disney for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intimate portrait of what it was like to work at the Disney Studio in the late 1930s, including a raucous trip to Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife after Disney: active duty in the Pacific during World War II, and a stint with The Stars and Stripes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fortunes and failures of the Allen-Shaw Studio, Mel's joint venture with fellow animator Bob Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother intimate portrait of what it was like to work at the Disney Studio, thirty years later, when Mel returned to guide a new generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA LIFE STORY OF POLO AND PIXIE DUST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896092100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theme Park Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Mel Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424724566271,"sku":"9798896092100","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animator-on-horseback-mel-shaw-9798896092100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}