Title:
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons
Author:Leonard Maltin
Date published:1980
Publisher:New York: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0070398356
Description
The author recreates the animation era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg’s An American Tail, traces the evolution of the art of animation, and portrays the key creative talents and their studios. Drawing on colorful interviews with many of the American cartoon industry’s principals, the author has come up with film history of animation.