Up through December 1941, almost all TIME covers had featured a close-cropped, solemn portrait of a man. That month, however, editors prepared something quite different: a cartoon elephant. Two months ...

WORKING FOR PEANUTS Farrell costars with a disturbingly winsome digital elephant in Burton’s new version of the animated classic. Many adults remember Disney’s Dumbo (1941) mainly for its misery. Like ...

The animators wanted to join the Screen Cartoonists Guild, a move Walt Disney resisted. Workers staged a walkout, and on July 9, 1941, Variety reported, “There was the added charge that subversive and ...

In Disney’s latest film, the audience is taken back in time to the days of circuses and magic acts. The 1941 animated film “Dumbo” is brought to life with the live-action remake starring a cute, ...

While I didn’t pay any money for my tickets to Dumbo, I did buy a Coke slurpee from the AMC Boston Common concessions counter—which is, as a brief aside, the least urgent place I have ever ...

Despite the 1941 film 'Dumbo' achieving success, including an Oscar win for best score, the Flying Elephant ride faced a slow start at Disneyland due to technological and financial issues. By Bill ...