Chris L Beckwith ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Now now, ...  of course, what did dinosaurs have to do with Rite of
>Spring?  (Speaking of which, "Time" fibbed in its recent review of the
>new "Fantasia" when, discussing the history of the first project, stated
>that Stravinsky liked what Walt had done with "ROS" and thereupon gave him
>rights to a number of his other pieces.  Baloney.  Stravinsky hated it but
>loved the money.)

Weeell....  Stravinsky had no choice:  Disney offered him money (I foget
how much) and told him to take it or leave it:  as the USSR was not party
to the international law on copyright, Disney didn't *have* to pay him
anything.

Once again, I perforce trot out Orson Welles' description of Walt Disney
"your typical sun-belt neo-fascist".

Deryk Barker
[log in to unmask]