ANIMATION SERIES : LACMA SETS DISNEY FILM SCREENINGS

“Disney Magic: The Animated Features,” an unprecedented retrospective of all 26 Disney Studios feature-length animated films, will be held at the County Museum of Art this summer beginning July 6, Disney Studios Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney announced Tuesday.

Disney said that the series would be the first showing of all the studio’s features in one festival, making a “cinematic history of Disney animation.”

“It’s sad to think that this will represent the past--I know Walt never would think of it that way,” added the brother of the late pioneer animator. “But I’m glad, too, because it marks a new beginning for Disney animators. We’re back in the full-time business of making animated features.”

Disney said the studio would seek to make one animated feature every 18 months. “The Great Mouse Detective,” based on Eve Titus’ “Basil of Baker Street,” the studio’s latest animated effort, is scheduled to open July 2, and will be screened at the museum on Sept. 27.

All 26 Disney features and numerous short subjects--beginning with 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”--will be screened at the museum’s Bing Theater on Fridays, Saturdays and some Sundays through Sept. 27. There will also be four seminars with the makers of such animated films as “Fantasia” and “Pinocchio.”

“This will also mark the first showings since their release of such Disney rarities as ‘Victory Through Air Power’ and ‘Saludos Amigos,’ ” said LACMA director Earl A. Powell III.

Tickets for each of the Disney shows will be $5 ($3 for museum members, students with ID and seniors) and will be available at the Bing Theater Ticket Desk (information: (213) 857-6201).

Following is the schedule, which may be subject to change:

July 6: Seminar on the making of “The Great Mouse Detective.”

July 11, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937). Also short subjects “Cookie Carnival” (1935) and “The Goddess of Spring” (1934).

July 12, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Pinocchio” (1940). Also short subjects “Broken Toys” (1935), “The Whalers” (1938) and “Figaro and Cleo” (1943).

July 13, 11:30 a.m.: Seminar on the making of “Snow White.”

July 18, 1 and 8 p.m.; July 20, 11 a.m.: “Fantasia” (1940). Also short subjects “Gertie the Dinosaur” (McCay, 1914) and “Destino” (1946).

July 19, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “The Reluctant Dragon” (1941) and “Dumbo” (1941). Also short subject “Lend a Paw” (1941).

July 25, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Bambi” (1942). Also “The Pointer” (1939) and “The Art of Skiing” (1941).

July 26, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Victory Through Air Power” (1943) and “Saludos Amigos” (1943). Also short subject “Der Fuehrer’s Face” (1943).

Aug. 1, 1 and 8 p.m., and Aug. 3, 11 a.m.: “The Three Caballeros” (1945) and “Make Mine Music” (1946). Also short subject “Duck Pimples” (1945).

Aug. 2, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Song of the South” (1946). Also animation from “So Dear to My Heart” (1948) and short subject “Chip and Dale” (1947).

Aug. 8, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Fun and Fancy Free” (1947). Also short subjects “The Brave Little Tailor” (1938), “Tea for Two Hundred” (1948) and “Mickey and the Seal” (1948).

Aug. 9, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Melody Time” (1948) and “Ichabod and Mr. Toad” (1949). Also short subject “Ben and Me” (1953).

Aug. 10, time to be announced: Seminar on the making of “Pinocchio.”

Aug. 15, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Cinderella” (1950). Also short subject “Motor Mania” (1950).

Aug. 16, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Aug. 17, 11 a.m.: “Alice in Wonderland” (1951). Also short subject “Suzie, the Little Blue Coupe” (1952).

Aug. 22, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Peter Pan” (1953). Also short subjects “Rugged Bear” (1953) and “Pigs Is Pigs” (1954).

Aug. 23, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Lady and the Tramp” (1955). Also short subject “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom” (1953) and a collage of titles and other animation from “The Mickey Mouse Club” (1955).

Aug. 24, 11 a.m.: Seminar on the making of “Fantasia.”

Aug. 29, 1 and 8 p.m.: “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). Also short subject “Grand Canyon Scope” (1954).

Aug. 30, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “101 Dalmatians” (1961. Also short subject “Aquamania” (1961).

Sept. 5, 1 and 8 p.m.: “The Sword and the Stone” (1963). Also the wizards’ duel sequence from “Prince Achmed” (by animator Lotte Reiniger, 1927) and short subject “The Truth About Mother Goose” (1963/64).

Sept. 6, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “The Jungle Book” (1967). Also short subject “Goliath II” (1960).

Sept. 12, 1 and 8 p.m.: “The Aristocats” (1970). Also short subject “It’s Tough to Be a Bird” (1969).

Sept. 13, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “Robin Hood” (1973). Also short subject “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” (1968).

Sept. 19, 1 and 8 p.m.: “The Rescuers” (1977). Also short subject “The Small One” (1978).

Sept. 20, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “The Fox and the Hound” (1982). Also short subject “Fun With Mr. Future.”

Sept. 26, 1 and 8 p.m.: “The Black Cauldron” (1985). Also short subject “Vincent.”

Sept. 27, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: “The Great Mouse Detective” (1986). Also short subject “Clock Cleaners” (1937).