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Category Archives: 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days
Les Clark, of Disney’s Supreme Court
In honor of the recent landmark healthcare decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court, I’m going to talk about one of my favorite past members of the Supreme Court. Disney animator Les Clark. I use “Supreme Court” loosely, but by … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney, FDR, Film, Labor, Nine Old Men, politics, Skeleton Dance, Supreme Court
Tagged Animation, Art Babbitt, conservative, Constitution, Country Cousin, Disney, Disney Studios, FDR, Great Depression, John Roberts, Les Clark, liberal, New Deal, Roosevelt, Skeleton Dance, Walt Disney
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Geppetto First Pass: Disney’s Pinocchio
Only when I first heard about the “first pass” stage from a contemporary Disney animator did the whole animation process begin to gel for me. It takes a certain amount of trial and error to get from a storyboard drawing … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney
Tagged Acting, Animation, Art, Art Babbitt, Disney, Disney Studios, Drawings, Hollywood, Pinocchio, Storyboard, Walt Disney
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Marge Champion, Disney and Art Babbitt
On Monday I had the honor of meeting the lovely Marge Champion in her Manhattan apartment. Marge Belcher was born on September 2nd, 1919. When she was 13 years old, she tried out as for the part of a reference … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Dance, Disney, Photography
Tagged 1930s, Animation, cartoon, cartoons, choreographer, choreography, dance, dancer, Disney, Disney Studios, divorce, Ernest Belcher, film, glamour shot, Hardie Gramatky, headshot, Hollywood, Jack Kinney, John Hubley, Les Clark, Marge Champion, model, old photographs, old photos, photography, pierre gagnine, Pinto Colvig, Roy Williams, sculpture, Snow White, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball
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Chess Board by Disney Artists in 1940
I was about to write, “It’s not often that I get blown away by a piece of Disney history,” … but that’s not true. The best part of studying Disney history is the peek you often get into the lives … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney, Games
Tagged Albert Hurter, Art Babbitt, Berk Anthony, Bill Herwig, Bill Martin, Bill McKee, Bill Wallett, Bob Majors, Campbell Grant, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Disney Studios, Dunn Roman, Ernie Nordli, Fantasia, Fini Rudiger, Freddy Moore, Gustave Tenngren, Jack Miller, Jim Bodrero, John Walbridge, Kay Nielsen, Martin Provensen, Milt Kahl, Phil Dyke, Pinocchio, Shirley Soderstrom, Snow White, Sola Franco, T. Hee, Tony Rivera, Ward Kimball
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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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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
Frank Thomas honors Art Babbitt
Frank Thomas joined the Disney Studio a couple years after Art Babbitt did, and climbed the ranks to be among the top dozen-or-so animators in 1941 (Art Babbitt was among the top four). However, while Art Babbitt led the strike, … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney
Tagged camera, Disney Studios, Frank Thomas, Herb Lamb, Strike
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Inventing Live-Action Reference for Animation
In the mid-1930’s, Art Babbitt was working at Walt Disney Studios on Hyperion Avenue in Hollywood. It was an exciting place for a creative, intelligent mind. It masqueraded itself as a mere animation studio, but is was really a bunch … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney, Film
Tagged 1930s, Animation, Art Babbitt, camera, Disney Studios, Frank Thomas, Goofy, Hyperion, Marge Champion, Snow White
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