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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 8

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Art Babbitt

In this, the final installment of snippets from the June 20, 1931 issue of Motion Picture Daily, I had to composite some various images together to doctor a complete caricature of Walt and Frank Churchill.  Enjoy this glimpse at Walt … Continue reading →

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 7

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Now, here are some people who worked especially closely with Walt: Carolyn Shafer knows Mickey a little too personally, Dick Lundy is a jack of all trades, and Wilfred Jackson is staying out of trouble.

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 6

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Almost at the end now, folks!  But first – Bill Garity is an ethnic stereotype, Earl Duvall plays dirty politics, and Emil Flohri belongs in a museum!

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 5

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Here in the continued auto-bios of the Disney staffers, Bert Lewis lists his creds, Floy Gottfredson touts his own good looks, and Burt Gillett name-drops.

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 4

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Next up in the cavalcade of 1931 Disney staffers: Tom Palmer can’t pronounce “black sheep”; Bill Cottrell fled for his freedom; and Rudy Zamora s your drug pusher.  

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 3

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Next up from Motion Picture Daily: Jack Cutting recognizes his nanny, Norm Ferguson pays homage to his New York roots, and Ben Sharpsteen shrugs his way through success.  

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 2

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Johnny Cannon loves sex, Hazell Sewell makes no bones about her job, and Frenchy de Tremaudan self-depricates.

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1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 1

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Art Babbitt

Half by accident, half by definite purpose, I stumbled upon an auction of Disney memorabilia and in it was included a page of a magazine called Motion Picture Daily.  It had caricatures of Disney staffers from the early ’30s.  After … Continue reading →

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