Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark PrinceThis biography of the man behind the magic reconciles the private 'monster' with the artistic genius of popular culture by showing that the disturbing problems of his own life provided the rich, dark side of the animated movies. |
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... Elias military life wasn't the adventure he had hoped it would be . Managing to secure a medical discharge for a suspect knee injury , he returned to Florida only after Flora's parents promised to buy him his own orange grove in nearby ...
... Elias military life wasn't the adventure he had hoped it would be . Managing to secure a medical discharge for a suspect knee injury , he returned to Florida only after Flora's parents promised to buy him his own orange grove in nearby ...
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... Elias , like Kepple before him , had a decidedly sacrilegious taste for the good life . He loved smoke - filled saloons , the loose women who worked them , 90 - proof whiskey , and dog - eared poker decks that had sustained so many of ...
... Elias , like Kepple before him , had a decidedly sacrilegious taste for the good life . He loved smoke - filled saloons , the loose women who worked them , 90 - proof whiskey , and dog - eared poker decks that had sustained so many of ...
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... Elias's 1890 journey to California ? For one thing , it places him there at exactly the time of Señora Zamora's arrival . One unproven theory posits that Elias , who fancied himself a ladies ' man , began an ongoing affair with Señora ...
... Elias's 1890 journey to California ? For one thing , it places him there at exactly the time of Señora Zamora's arrival . One unproven theory posits that Elias , who fancied himself a ladies ' man , began an ongoing affair with Señora ...
Contents
ONE Fathers and Sons | 3 |
THREE Of Men and Mice | 24 |
FOUR The Sound of Fame | 37 |
Copyright | |
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