Tonight is St. John’s Eve, the night the Slavic deity Chernobog emerges from the Bald Mountain. I just learned Bela Lugosi struck demonic poses for Disney animators for several days as a model for the climactic sequence of “Fantasia.” He was ultimately replaced by Wilfred Jackson. Still, how cool is that?

MOMMY! WHERE’S MICKEY MOUSE?!

http://www.cornel1801.com/disney/Fantasia-1940/film8.html

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