![]() ![]() First published in German in 1923, Bambi was first published in English in 1928 and became a best-selling selection of the Book of the Month Club. ![]() Walt’s fifth animated feature is based on the novel Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Austrian writer Felix Salten, the pen name of Siegmund Salzmann. Supervising animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas wrote in their 1990 book-length account of the creation of Bambi: “Of all the great pictures Walt Disney made, this was his favorite. It is ours, too.” As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of this beautifully wrought film, let’s follow Bambi through a forest full of fun facts about this unforgettable film. Delicately rendered but with compelling scenes of great power and dramatic action, Bambi is considered by many to be the unsurpassed pinnacle of the art of animation. A timeless trek through a lyrical forest, Bambi (1942) is Walt Disney’s masterfully crafted animated tale of a young fawn and his family and friends as he discovers the glories-and the hard truths-of life in the wilderness. ![]()
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