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Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince is a biography by Marc Eliot, presenting a darker picture of entertainer Walt Disney than his popular perception. Eliot alleges lifelong anti-Semitism and he also documents Disney's covert activities on behalf Read More..

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Description	Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince is a biography by Marc Eliot, presenting a darker picture of entertainer Walt Disney than his popular perception. Eliot alleges lifelong anti-Semitism and he also documents Disney's covert activities on behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a spy against Communists in Hollywood. The book also discusses Disney's alleged right-wing politics, including an incident in which Disney allegedly wore a Barry Goldwater badge while receiving the Medal of Freedom from Goldwater's political opponent, President Lyndon Johnson just before the 1964 election. Eliot also discusses an allegation that Disney refused to lower the American flag This tourist photo, allegedly taken on November 29, 1963, shows flags by the Matterhorn flying at half mast., davelandweb.com at Disneyland after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.Eliot's book also discusses the urban legend that, in preparation for his death in December 1966, Disney had himself cryogenically frozen, in the hopes of being returned to life by medical science in the future. Eliot opines that the myth of Disney being frozen is probably false, although Disney did have a strong interest in cryonics.The book also discusses the absence of a birth certificate for Walter Elias Disney and the possibility that Disney was actually born in 1890, to a peasant woman in Spain, then adopted by the Disneys. Eliot also discusses the possibility that Disney was later passed off as a full decade younger than he actually was. Birth certificates were not universal at that time, so there may be no way to resolve this question.The book has received sharp criticism Review by Gerald Houghton, The Edge online and some of the book's claims have been disputed by other authors. "Illegitimate birth?", Snopes.com Summary of Walt Disney: The FBI Files by Richard L. Trethewey, retrieved January 2, 2008 Animation historian Michael Barrier, who collected interviews from over 150 of former Disney employees since 1969, claimed Eliot's book was "easily the worst Disney biography I've ever read. It is packed with errors and distortions. To rely upon Hollywood's Dark Prince in any way is exactly the opposite of meticulous."
Description	Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince is a biography by Marc Eliot, presenting a darker picture of entertainer Walt Disney than his popular perception. Eliot alleges lifelong anti-Semitism and he also documents Disney's covert activities on behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a spy against Communists in Hollywood. The book also discusses Disney's alleged right-wing politics, including an incident in which Disney allegedly wore a Barry Goldwater badge while receiving the Medal of Freedom from Goldwater's political opponent, President Lyndon Johnson just before the 1964 election. Eliot also discusses an allegation that Disney refused to lower the American flag This tourist photo, allegedly taken on November 29, 1963, shows flags by the Matterhorn flying at half mast., davelandweb.com at Disneyland after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.Eliot's book also discusses the urban legend that, in preparation for his death in December 1966, Disney had himself cryogenically frozen, in the hopes of being returned to life by medical science in the future. Eliot opines that the myth of Disney being frozen is probably false, although Disney did have a strong interest in cryonics.The book also discusses the absence of a birth certificate for Walter Elias Disney and the possibility that Disney was actually born in 1890, to a peasant woman in Spain, then adopted by the Disneys. Eliot also discusses the possibility that Disney was later passed off as a full decade younger than he actually was. Birth certificates were not universal at that time, so there may be no way to resolve this question.The book has received sharp criticism Review by Gerald Houghton, The Edge online and some of the book's claims have been disputed by other authors. "Illegitimate birth?", Snopes.com Summary of Walt Disney: The FBI Files by Richard L. Trethewey, retrieved January 2, 2008 Animation historian Michael Barrier, who collected interviews from over 150 of former Disney employees since 1969, claimed Eliot's book was "easily the worst Disney biography I've ever read. It is packed with errors and distortions. To rely upon Hollywood's Dark Prince in any way is exactly the opposite of meticulous."

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Pages	372
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Isbn	0-06-100789-7
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Oclc	31745719
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Pub_date	1994
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