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“Canadian Capers” draft
“Canadian Capers” was produced by Terrytoons and released on August 23, 1931. Uniquely, this was assigned to only four animators: Frank Moser, Jerry Shields, Bill Tytla and Art Babbitt. (UPDATE: Scroll Below for scene-by-scene mosaic) Frank Moser was the man … Continue reading
Posted in 1929-1932: Terrytoons, Animation, New York
Tagged 1930s, Art Babbitt, Bill Tytla, cartoons, Farmer Alfalfa, Frank Moser, Jerry Shields, Paul Terry, workdrafts
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The Third Disney Task
By early August, 1932, Babbitt had successfully proven himself among the ranks of the novice animation talent. Ben Sharpsteen was probably impressed with Babbitt’s Pluto work on the previous assignment, so he gave him a few more Pluto scenes in … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Animation, California, Disney, Film, Hollywood, Mickey Mouse, Nine Old Men
Tagged Archie Robin, Art Babbitt, Ben Sharpsteen, cartoon, cartoons, Charlie Byrne, Chuck Couch, Ed Love, Frank Tipper, Fred Spencer, Freddy Moore, Frenchy de Tremauden, George Drake, Gerry Geronomi, Hardie Gramatky, Harry Reeves, Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Louie Schmidtt, Marvin Woodward, Norm Ferguson, Roy Williams, Tom Palmer, Wilfred Jackson
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The Second Disney Task
After Babbitt completed his first inbetweening test, news of his speed spread across the studio “like wildfire.” Cartoons were, by their nature, expensive to make, requiring more time to produce six minutes of footage than a live action film required. … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Animation, Disney, Mickey Mouse
Tagged Ben Sharpsteen, Burt Gillett, cartoons, Dave Hand, Disney, Disney Studios, Hyperion, Pluto, Wilfred Jackson
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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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