

These most recent four animated features are once again true "family films," in that they entertain adults as well as children. Later Disney films drifted off into the neverland of innocuous "children's movies," which were harmless but not very exciting. Jumbo, and " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," with its wicked stepmother, tapped into primal fears and desires. The inspiration for these recent films comes from the earliest feature cartoons created by Walt Disney himself, who in movies like "Dumbo," with the chaining of Mrs.


The film is the latest in a series of annual media events from Disney, which with " The Little Mermaid," " Beauty and the Beast" and " Aladdin" reinvented its franchise of animated feature films.
