April 18: Susan Ohmer on Animation and Cultural Geography
Please join the Chicago Film Seminar at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 18 to welcome Susan Ohmer (Notre Dame) for her talk, " Animation and Cultural Geography: Disney and Standard Oil Remap the U.S. " Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (Loyola) will provide the response. The CFS will be held at DePaul's Loop Campus in the Daley Building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room LL 102, using the State St. entrance located at 247 S. State . Thursday, April 18 at 6:30pm Susan Ohmer , Notre Dame "Animation and Cultural Geography: Disney and Standard Oil Remap the U.S." Respondent : Elizabeth Tandy Shermer , Loyola Ohmer describes her talk as follows: In May 1939, the Walt Disney Studio, in collaboration with Standard Oil of California, launched a national marketing campaign designed to promote travel to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. For the promotion, the studio ran ads featuring well-known Disney characters that traveled acro...