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Tag Archives: shamus culhane
The Goldfish Story
Perhaps the most well-documented Art Babbitt story is that of the goldfish. In Talking Animals and Other People (pp. 146-7), Disney animator Shamus Culhane wrote: In the mid-thirties, nobody in his right mind drank Los Angeles tap water. It was … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney
Tagged Hyperion, Jack Kinney, Practical Jokes, shamus culhane
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Walk Cycles from “Alice in Wonderland”
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
Posted in 1946-1970s: Later Years, miscellaneous
Tagged 1940s, Animation, Drawings, Lou Bunin, shamus culhane
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