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Author Archives: Art Babbitt
Sergeant Babbitt, WWII Hero
Happy Memorial Day, America! In honor of our troops, past and present, I give you a sampling of some records of Art Babbitt’s military history. If you worked in Hollywood at the outbreak of America’s involvement in WWII, you may … Continue reading
Posted in 1942-1946: Repercussions, WWII
Tagged Frank Thomas, Illustration, John Hubley, Willie Pyle, WWII
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New York 1936 on Film
Though he worked and lived a Hollywood life in the 1930s, Art Babbitt would visit New York often. He had lived and worked in New York from the ages of 16 to 24. For a kid whose “higher education” was … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Film, New York
Tagged 1930s, Art Babbitt, Hardie Gramatky, Home Movies, New York
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Illustrator for Hire, 1928
In 1928, Arthur Babbitt was a real New Yorker. He was a successful freelance artist, working in his own studio near Times Square, engaged to a cute brunette from Brooklyn, and all before he was 21 years old. This was … Continue reading
Posted in 1924-1929: Illustrator in NYC, Genealogy, Illustration, New York
Tagged Drawings, Hypnosis, Illustration, New York
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Walk Cycles from “Alice in Wonderland”
Lou Bunin was a stop-motion animation master, but seeing these drawings animate makes me crave a hand-drawn Alice to challenge Disney’s. I would have loved to have seen more of Babbitt’s drawings move! Thanks to the late, great Shamus … Continue reading
Posted in 1946-1970s: Later Years, miscellaneous
Tagged 1940s, Animation, Drawings, Lou Bunin, shamus culhane
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The Babbitt Diary: Animating in Argentina – part 2
As previously posted, in the summer/fall of 1941, Walt Disney and a group of some of his most trusted staff went to South America as part of the U.S. government’s “Good Neighbor Program”… and just a few months later, Art … Continue reading
Posted in 1942-1946: Repercussions
Tagged 1940s, Animation, Art Babbitt, Dante Quinterno, Frank Thomas, South America, Walt Disney
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More Alice In Wonderland Character Designs
After I previously posted some Babbitt drawings of characters for Lou Bunin’s Alice in Wonderland, I stumbled across a tribute website that his daughter, Amy, put together. She writes: “Lou began working on Alice in 1946, just after the end of … Continue reading
Alice In Wonderland Character Designs
************* UPDATE! Click HERE for part 2! ************** Soon after he left Disney in January of 1947, Art Babbitt got a job as character designer with Lou Bunin on his 1949 film version of Alice in Wonderland (eventually released in … Continue reading
Marge Champion / Marjorie Belcher
There is a lot to say about the great Marge Champion, more than I have time for tonight. I just had to post something about her because … well, … last night I had a dream that I met her. … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Dance, Disney, Photography
Tagged Art Babbitt, Marge Champion, Snow White, Women
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1940: Babbitt and Fergie
The year is 1940. Disney’s is experiencing the Golden Age of animation. But just how valuable is Art Babbitt to Walt Disney? Remember, this was before the “Nine Old Men” became defined as Disney’s top animators. So we’ll look at … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney, Genealogy
Tagged Animation, Art Babbitt, Disney Studios, Fantasia, Goofy, Marge Champion, Norm Ferguson, Pinocchio, Snow White
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Disney and Babbitt – the 30s in Public Records
As the authorized biographer of Art Babbitt, I have access to a lot of private materials – photos, home movies, journals, etc. — all chronicling this man’s incredible life and complex mind. But today I’m going to present some non-exclusive … Continue reading
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