Movies With Michael

Celebrating Film: Past and Present

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Video Link: The Wild Genius Who Broke the Disney Mold - West of Neverland

Posted by Michael J. Ruhland at 9:54 PM

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

Labels: Animation, Disney

No comments:

Search This Blog

About Me

Michael J. Ruhland: Hello I'm Film Blogger, Michael J. Ruhland. I research and write about a wide variety of films ranging from the silent era to modern day and everywhere in between. Film is an incredible art form, and I am more than happy to share its history, artistry and magic with you. I stand by the old adage, "Movies are your best entertainment."

View my complete profile

My Other Blogs

All Six of the Three Stooges

Woman Haters (1934) - *Studio: Columbia. Runtime: 19 minutes. Production Number:* 112*. Release Date: May 5*, 1934*. Director: **Archie Gottler.** Story and **Screenplay: **...
4 days ago
Tom and Jerry: Toon by Toon

The Karate Guard (2005) - When I started this blog, my goal was to review every one of the theatrically released Tom and Jerry short films. Well, I have finally reached this go...
1 month ago
Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Blog

Happy Mother's Day -
2 months ago
The Feature Films of Walt Disney

That Darn Cat - History and Review Written by Michael J. Ruhland Michael's Movie Grade: A- Year Released:1965 ...
8 years ago

Blogs You Should Read

Saving Country Music

Why Are We Cancelling Charley Crockett for a Satanic Duo? - There is also a very real possibility that we are witnessing Charley Crockett being legitimately "cancelled," or at least the attempt to cancel him---and...
19 hours ago
Movie Reviews Simbasible

Michael (2026) - ………………………………………………… Michael Movie Review Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and...
1 day ago
Comics Archeology

Superman #247 - Superman #247 (1972) written by Elliot S. Maggin & Curt Swan I have two particularly controversial opinions on the Superman of the 70s. The first is that I...
2 days ago
A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

RIP: SAM NEILL - Actor Sam Neill, known for his roles in the "Jurassic Park" films and "Peaky Blinders," died on Monday, according to his official social media account. He...
2 days ago
Movies Silently

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926) A Silent Film Review - When a French man-about-town falls for a Russian aristocrat in exile, he will do anything to be near her, including posing as a waiter at the hotel where s...
3 days ago
Yowp

Exit, Stage Lah - We’ve talked about how the early Hanna-Barbera characters went from one pose to the next without in-betweens. We’ve also mentioned in a previous post that ...
4 days ago
Walt Disney's Story Of Robin Hood

Televised World Premiere - *Joan Rice arriving at the Leicester Square Theatre for the world premiere of "Robin Hood* An article in 'The Motion Picture Herald' of April-June 1952: *...
4 days ago
Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

Andy, Walter & Harry at the Columbia Shorts Department -
5 days ago
Animation Scoop

“Re:Bel Robotica” Released First Teaser Trailer - The first promotional video for Re:Bel Robotica recently dropped, along with information about the production team bringing the new original anime to life ...
6 days ago
Rick's Real/Reel Life

Story is Real Star of ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ 1997 - *John Cusack is a writer who gets the story of a lifetime from a murderous antiques dealer, played by Kevin Spacey, in 1997's "Midnight in the Garde...
1 week ago
THE BING CROSBY NEWS ARCHIVE

BING AND HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIES - Long before box-office weekends were measured in superhero billions, success in Hollywood meant something a little different. It meant longevity, audienc...
1 week ago
Silent-ology

Thoughts On: “America” (1924) - Wishing all my fellow countrymen a happy America 250!! I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been to get to celebrate a milestone like this, a once-in-a-lifeti...
1 week ago
Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy

WHAT’S NEW ON 4K/BLU/DVD IN JUNE - THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE ALONSO DURALDE. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM HERE. WHAT’S NEW ON 4K/BLU/DVD IN JUNE: SPIELBERG, ELVIS,...
3 weeks ago
Mark Kausler’s CatBlog

Jimmie Acorn Meets the Deer Family - Here’s another Jimmie Acorn adventure from Children’s Activities of December, 1953. This time Jimmie and Thumpy Rabbit meet Brown Eyes the Fawn and his Mom...
4 weeks ago
The Thoughts of One Truly Loved

140Hz Healing - Good morning, all! I have some exciting news to share with you! The photo above is the logo for my new YouTube channel that is my first step towards what I...
1 month ago
Tralfaz

How About Hamhock Jones? - Two men got the idea in 1948 of making something new—animated cartoons for television. That was even though there was no television where they lived. The ...
2 months ago
Scrappyland

A Year of Scrappy Drawings - A most happy 2026 to each and every one of you. (Here at Scrappyland, happiness is never in short supply, regardless of how things are going elsewhere in t...
5 months ago
Pete Hale Cartoons

- Coming soon...
1 year ago
Termite Terrace headlines

A Mistake Only Charlton Could Make - The Jetsons, here mistakenly referred to by their Spanish name, Los Supersonicos, in Charlton's Huckleberry Hound#3.
2 years ago
The Golden Age of Animation

Read My Newest Blog - *No, I'm NOT getting rid of this blog.* Check out a new blog of mine, intended as my "official site", simply titled Pete Hale, Cartoonist. It is mainly ...
2 years ago
Century Film Project

Overdue - It’s now been six months, I believe, since I posted a review to this blog. There are a lot of reasons, most of which are unimportant, why this is the case,...
2 years ago
MrFun's Journal

Mickey Fitness Fables - [image: 5E82BF20-4036-4249-BB8E-FFEC89897EF1.jpeg] You gotta admit this is a rather clever shot. It should not be difficult to detect my whereabouts. The...
5 years ago
The Disney Films

The Biscuit Eater - 1972 - Walt Disney Productions had adapted many great novels to the screen that had been previously made by other studios. In that respect, you could say that w...
11 years ago

Show 10 Show All

Blog Archive

▼ 2026 (251)
- ▼ July (16)
- ► June (42)
- ► May (27)
- ► April (34)
- ► March (38)
- ► February (44)
- ► January (50)

► 2025 (550)
- ► December (56)
- ► November (38)
- ► October (67)
- ► September (43)
- ► August (38)
- ► July (40)
- ► June (48)
- ► May (56)
- ► April (41)
- ► March (42)
- ► February (39)
- ► January (42)

► 2024 (453)
- ► December (41)
- ► November (33)
- ► October (62)
- ► September (23)
- ► August (33)
- ► July (41)
- ► June (40)
- ► May (38)
- ► April (29)
- ► March (35)
- ► February (34)
- ► January (44)

► 2023 (500)
- ► December (39)
- ► November (47)
- ► October (62)
- ► September (29)
- ► August (31)
- ► July (43)
- ► June (42)
- ► May (38)
- ► April (39)
- ► March (45)
- ► February (41)
- ► January (44)

► 2022 (438)
- ► December (44)
- ► November (45)
- ► October (65)
- ► September (26)
- ► August (32)
- ► July (36)
- ► June (31)
- ► May (33)
- ► April (27)
- ► March (32)
- ► February (33)
- ► January (34)

► 2021 (379)
- ► December (40)
- ► November (30)
- ► October (61)
- ► September (27)
- ► August (31)
- ► July (26)
- ► June (32)
- ► May (31)
- ► April (29)
- ► March (30)
- ► February (33)
- ► January (9)

► 2020 (333)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (15)
- ► October (53)
- ► September (22)
- ► August (22)
- ► July (46)
- ► June (22)
- ► May (26)
- ► April (24)
- ► March (29)
- ► February (34)
- ► January (35)

► 2019 (368)
- ► December (38)
- ► November (30)
- ► October (31)
- ► September (32)
- ► August (30)
- ► July (29)
- ► June (33)
- ► May (29)
- ► April (32)
- ► March (28)
- ► February (24)
- ► January (32)

► 2018 (209)
- ► December (23)
- ► November (18)
- ► October (18)
- ► September (19)
- ► August (23)
- ► July (17)
- ► June (14)
- ► May (18)
- ► April (15)
- ► March (15)
- ► February (15)
- ► January (14)

► 2017 (79)
- ► December (8)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (15)
- ► September (12)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (4)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (2)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (6)

► 2016 (76)
- ► December (8)
- ► November (9)
- ► October (3)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (10)
- ► June (9)
- ► May (5)
- ► April (7)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (7)

► 2015 (27)
- ► December (4)
- ► November (2)
- ► October (4)
- ► August (9)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (5)

Labels

A24 (41)
Abbott and Costello (29)
Agnes Varda (3)
Alfred Hitchcock (32)
All-New Super Friends Hour (57)
Andrei Tarkovsky (2)
Animation (995)
Anime (69)
Anne Wilson (38)
Ant Man (6)
Art Film (122)
Batman (81)
Bette Davis (4)
Betty Boop (66)
Billy West (4)
Bing Crosby (20)
Bob Dylan (33)
Book Review (36)
British Film (28)
Bugs Bunny (119)
Buster Keaton (42)
Challenge of the Super Friends (16)
Charley Chase (15)
Charley Pride (11)
Charlie Chaplin (68)
Charlie Daniels Band (25)
Chinese Film (14)
Christian Film (55)
Classic Short Film (43)
Concert Film (26)
Counter Culture (9)
Country Music (313)
Cowboy Church (261)
D. A. Pennebaker (4)
D.W. Griffith (19)
DC Comics (199)
Daffy Duck (141)
Dale Evans (227)
Direct to Video (46)
Disney (490)
Disney Breakdowns (20)
Documentary (72)
Donald Duck (115)
Dracula (4)
DreamWorks Animation (20)
Elvis Presley (25)
Ernst Lubitsch (5)
Family Movie (299)
Federico Fellini (1)
Felix the Cat (44)
Fiction Books (4)
Foreign Language (170)
Frank Capra (7)
Frank Sinatra (5)
François Truffaut (10)
Fred Astaire (12)
French Film (58)
Gene Autry (140)
George Jones (20)
German Film (22)
Hal Roach (51)
Hank Williams (30)
Hanna-Barbera (318)
Harold Lloyd (33)
Harry Langdon (23)
Humphrey Bogart (6)
Illumination (31)
Indian Film (33)
Ingmar Bergman (7)
Iranian Film (2)
Italian Film (12)
Japanese Film (76)
Jazz (36)
Jean Luc Godard (8)
John Ford (16)
John Wayne (22)
Johnny Cash (205)
Judy Garland (24)
King Vidor (18)
King of Jazz (6)
Korean Film (8)
Kris Kristofferson (21)
Larry Semon (5)
Laurel and Hardy (68)
Leo McCarey (14)
Live Action Batman Movies (9)
Live Action Superman Movies (8)
Lloyd Hamiliton (4)
Loki (6)
Looney Tunes (304)
Looney Tunes Compilation Movies (7)
Mabel Normand (14)
Mack Sennett (25)
Made For TV Movie (18)
Mario (8)
Marvel (99)
Mary Pickford (18)
Mexican Film (16)
Michael's Christmas Movie Guide (65)
Michael's Poems (3)
Mickey Mouse (159)
Movie Review (1220)
Movie Serial (29)
Movie Trailer (137)
Ms. Marvel (6)
Muppets (11)
N64 (3)
Nintendo (23)
Non-Fiction Books (30)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (35)
Our Gang (34)
Overlooked Classics (25)
Peanuts (15)
Pink Panther (58)
Pixar (30)
Pokémon (2)
Polish Movie (3)
Popeye (56)
Porky Pig (108)
Pre-Code Hollywood (57)
Rated R (446)
Rock and Roll (68)
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (20)
Roy Rogers (270)
Russian Film (14)
Saturday Morning Cartoons (302)
Scooby-Doo Where Are You! (15)
Scooby-Doo! (185)
Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo! (29)
Secret Invasion (5)
Short Film Corner (12)
Silent Film (533)
Silent Film of the Month (125)
Silly Symphony (69)
Sons of the Pioneers (227)
Speedy Gonzales (23)
Spider-Man (9)
Suicide Squad Isekai (3)
Summer Concert Series (32)
Super Friends (95)
Super Nintendo (1)
Superman (83)
Swedish Film (11)
TCM (70)
Terry Toons (156)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo! (13)
The Flintstones (15)
The Marx Brothers (23)
The New Super Friends (16)
The Scooby-Doo! Show (25)
The Simpsons (100)
The World's Greatest Super Friends (8)
Three Stooges (46)
Three Stooges Feature Film (7)
Tim Burton's Batman Movies (2)
Tom and Jerry (27)
Universal Monsters (24)
Video Games (9)
Vintage Articles (218)
Willie Nelson (44)
Woody Woodpecker (43)
X-Men (11)

Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Video Link: The Wild Genius Who Broke the Disney Mold - West of Neverland

No comments:

Post a Comment