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 ...

The elephant was anointed "Mammal of the Year" in 1941 but was bumped by bigger news Up through December 1941, almost all TIME covers had featured a close-cropped, solemn portrait of a man. That month ...

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, ...

There’s a peculiarly 19th-century sensibility at work in Dumbo, both the 1941 Walt Disney animated version and Tim Burton’s new live-action retelling. It’s as if, once the workhouses were abolished, ...