Traces the development of Disney animation, explains what made Disney's style unique, and features original sketches and drawings revealing the origins of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters

• An art form is born
• The early days 1923-1933
• The principles of animation
• Discovery 1934-1936
• Cartoon comes of age
• Appeal and dynamics
• Hyperion : the explosion
• Burbank and the nine old men
• Our procedures
• How to get it on the screen
• The Disney sounds
• The follow-up functions
• The uses of live action in drawing humans and animals
• Story
• Character development
• Animating expressions and dialogue
• Acting and emotions
• Other types of animation