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Tag Archives: 1930s
“Mickey’s Amateurs”
This Goofy scene from Mickey’s Amateurs (1937) was animated by Art with live reference (a technique he developed), and it happens to be one of my favorite bits of animation ever. I remember seeing it as a little kid back … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Animation, Disney, music
Tagged 1930s, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Mickey's Amatuers, One-Man-Band, Pinto Colvig, Snow White
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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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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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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
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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When Babbitt Met Tytla
Art Babbitt (here at 23) and Bill Tytla (here at 26) are credited for being two of the greatest animators and Disney innovators of all time. Bill Tytla especially was given enormous credit in various Disney books, including The Illusion … Continue reading
Posted in 1929-1932: Terrytoons
Tagged 1930s, Animation, Art Babbitt, Bill Tytla, Connie Rasinski, Frank Moser, Jerry Shields, Jose Carreon, New York, Paul Terry
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The Snow White Wrap Party – part 2
As continued from The Snow White Wrap Party – part 1, here are some more pics, courtesy of Disney artist Willie Pyle, from the weekend of June 4, 1938. Young Art Babbitt wasn’t much of a dancer – or a … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days
Tagged 1930s, 1941: The Disney Strike, Art Babbitt, Disney Studios, Hyperion, Les Clark, Narconian, Sam Cobean, Snow White, Willie Pyle
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The Snow White Wrap Party – part 1
On the weekend of June 4, 1938, Walt rewarded his hard-working staff with a 2-day party at the Lake Narconian resort hotel near Palm Springs. It was a thank-you to the overworked artists (their families were invited, too), who had … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days
Tagged 1930s, Animation, Art Babbitt, Disney Studios, Hal Adelquist, Hyperion, Jack Kinney, Marge Champion, Narconian, Snow White, Walt Disney, Willie Pyle
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Art Babbitt’s New York
Art Babbitt (neé Babitsky) and his family moved from Sioux City, Iowa to New York City in 1924, at the age of 16. Art left for the Disney Studios in Hollywood in 1932, when he was 24. Not only is … Continue reading
Terrytoon Layouts
When Art Babbitt was a young man at Terrytoons in the Bronx, he worked his way up to the esteemed position of animator. He was at the bottom of the totem pole, but at least he was animating. This means … Continue reading
Posted in 1929-1932: Terrytoons
Tagged 1929-1932: Terrytoons, 1930s, Animation, Art Babbitt, Frank Moser, Jerry Shields, Layouts, New York
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