Tag Archives: 1940s

Babbitt Birthday Brunch

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Art Babbitt

  Happy birthday Art Babbitt, you ol’ so-an’-so!  You’ve lied about your age before, but I’m afraid there’s no arguing that today you’re 105 years old. In around 1940 you and your lovely wife Marge hosted a brunch at your … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary Disney Union and Occupy Movement

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Art Babbitt

Just about a week ago, we had 2 labor milestones: The one-year anniverary of the Occupy Movement (starting in Wall Street, New York) and the completion of the 70th full year of Disney’s company union (on Sept 21). Ok, it’s … Continue reading →

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Walk Cycles from “Alice in Wonderland”

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Art Babbitt

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 →

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The Babbitt Diary: Animating in Argentina – part 2

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Art Babbitt

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 →

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More Alice In Wonderland Character Designs

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Art Babbitt

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 →

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The Babbitt Diary: Animating in Argentina – part 1

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Art Babbitt

************* UPDATE: Click HERE for Part 2! ****************** Argentina’s first color animated short, Upa en Apuros, was created in 1942 by cartoonist Dante Quinterno, and starred his signature South American native character, Patoruzú.  Produced entirely in Argentina, it was a milestone for … Continue reading →

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“The Reluctant Dragon” and the Disney Strike

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Art Babbitt

Friday night, June 20, 1941.  The Disney animators have been striking for 2 weeks.  The Hollywood public was dolled up for the black-tie premiere of Walt Disney’s latest picture, and there’s much speculation. Walt had brought the fairy tale to … Continue reading →

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