St. George and the Dragon was a naive and derivative fantasy of little literary complexity or merit. A dragon terrorized a town whose people were forced to appease it by offering maidens – preferably ...

Earle drew heavily from medieval influences for the backgrounds, many of which have been lauded by modern animators and art critics but were bemoaned as “too busy” by some of Earle’s colleagues.

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