I'm reading the Disney biography by Neal Gables.

I think Uncle Walt went into animation because he liked it. That said, it doesn't matter even if you preferred live action to animation; the thing is that you read how he lived his life and how he ran his business, and then try to draw lessons from it.

What books on moguls have you read, CI? Maybe we should start a new thread on this. 🙂

Aspiring Mogul, I was specific about the US in my post. I'm aware of anime but that is niche in the US as far as I can tell. There have been American animation for adults (Heavy Metal, some of Ralph Bakshi's stuff) but as far as I can tell these were not generally considered successes.

RJSchwarz

True, but there are game changers. Snow White was considered too risky, especially during the Depression, and it was called "Disney's Folly", but it became a huge success and is even now a success.

I'm not disagreeing with you, RJ; I agree with you. But I also think there may be a potential market for non-juvenile animation - I'd call it adult animation but that could mean something else, LOL.

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What books on moguls have you read, CI?

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All of them:

Selznick, Goldwyn, Lasky, the Warners, Zanuck, Meyer, Pickford, Disney, Laemmle, Fox, Roach, Sennett, Corman, Nicholson/Arkoff