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Tag Archives: Hardie Gramatky
Babbitt’s Disney Friends
Disney artists need time to unwind while making milestones like Snow White and Pinocchio. Here are some brief clips of some of Babbitt’s friends from the Disney studio having fun during the late 1930s. For those of you keeping track, … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days
Tagged Bill Tytla, Ferdinand Horvath, Hardie Gramatky, Jack Cutting, Les Clark, Pinto Colvig
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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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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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Walt Disney Studios on Hyperion Ave
This picture of the entire Disney staff was probably taken some time in late 1933 or early 1934. The staff is holding boxes of Post Toasties. Walt and his brother Roy had hired Herman “Kay” Kamen to merchandise the Disney … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days
Tagged Art Babbitt, Disney Studios, Freddy Moore, Hardie Gramatky, Hyperion, Johnny Cannon, Walt Disney
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