Good news fellow Disney lovers, on March 25th, Turner Classic Movies will be doing another installment of Treasures From the Disney Vault. This features another excellent selection of live action feature films and cartoon shorts that should delight every Disney fan. Again it will be hosted by film historian and critic (and huge influence on me) Leonard Maltin. This selection revolves around the theme of animals.We start off with a charming Silly Symphonies cartoon, Elmer Elephant (1936) directed by the one and only Wilfred Jackson. Next up comes one of Disney's finest feature length nature documentaries The African Lion (1955). We then go to the very first Disney feature on which Walt Disney did not work on (though he did greenlight the idea before passing), a delightful little movie called Charlie the Lonesome Cougar (1967). Next up comes a fun little live action short, Yellowstone Cubs (1963). After this comes a masterful Silly Symphonies cartoon, The Country Cousin (1936), also directed by Wilfred Jackson. A highlight of that cartoon is Art Babbitt's incredible animation of a drunk mouse. After this comes one of my favorite Disney movies of the 1970's a delightfully low key family western called The Wild Country (1970). This is followed by three post Walt features from the studio, Cheetah (1989), Benji the Hunted (1987) and The Bears and I (1974).
All this starts at 5pm Western, 8 pm Eastern. Hope you are looking forward to it like I am.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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