{"product_id":"the-disney-revolt-jake-s-friedman-9781641607193","title":"The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn essential piece of Disney history has been largely unreported for eighty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Art Babbitt animated for the Disney studio throughout the 1930s and through 1941, years in which he and Walt were jointly driven to elevate animation as an art form, up through \u003ci\u003eSnow White\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFantasia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as America prepared for World War II, labor unions spread across Hollywood. Disney fought the unions while Babbitt embraced them. Soon, angry Disney cartoon characters graced picket signs as hundreds of animation artists went out on strike. Adding fuel to the fire was Willie Bioff, one of Al Capone's wiseguys who was seizing control of Hollywood workers and vied for the animators' union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using never-before-seen research from previously lost records, including conversation transcriptions from within the studio walls, author and historian Jake S. Friedman reveals the details behind the labor dispute that changed animation and Hollywood forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disney Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e is an American story of industry and of the underdog, the golden age of animated cartoons at the world's most famous studio.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jake S. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164160719X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641607193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 66","brand":"Jake S. Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981878755583,"sku":"9781641607193","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f562b32-79aa-4e67-bfff-0106af36fc33.jpg?v=1683258038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-disney-revolt-jake-s-friedman-9781641607193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}