I've received a request for help from a former exchange student in Germany on behalf of her friend who is writing a master's thesis on the transformation of four fairy tales into animated features, with particular emphasis on Walt Disney, namely Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid. She is interested in Disney's own understanding of these films and information such as why Sleeping Beauty preceded other stories, and would like to know whom she might contact at Disney for archival information. If someone could provide answers to any of these questions and/or references to analyses of these films in the secondary literature, I'd appreciate it. Animation is not a special interest of mine, but I'll pass on the information. My e-mail address is [log in to unmask] Thanks, Janis Solomon ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite