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Tag Archives: Silly Symphony
Country Cousin Draft Mosaic
One of Babbitt’s greatest animated sequences is of drunken Abner, the Country Mouse, in Disney’s Oscar-winning short, “The Country Cousin” (1936). This mosaic of the animator draft not only includes the names of the artist for each scene, but also … Continue reading
Ferdinand the Bull
Ever the puckish trickster, Ward Kimball caricatured himself and his fellow animator as the parade of bullfighters in the 1938 Oscar-winning short, Ferdinand the Bull. The two-page spread below is from a film magazine in Babbitt’s personal collection. This bit … Continue reading
The “China Shop” Story
In Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s The Illusion of Life (pp72-73), they tell a story about the struggles of an early Disney cartoon and an anonymous animator. It was mid-1933 and the artists, especially this particular animator, were much more … Continue reading
The First Disney Task
When Art finally got hired at Disney Studios in July 1932, he, like countless others before and after him, was assigned to inbetween another animator’s drawings. Inbetweening is low on the animation rung, but luckily for Art, the studio had … Continue reading
1936 Lecture part 3: Animation is Study
Art Babbitt’s lecture to the Disney Staff on September 23, 1936 continues here. Don’t miss parts One and Two. In this section, Babbitt speaks some motivating words about being sensitive and critical to the world all around.
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Animation, California, Disney, Hollywood, Mickey Mouse, miscellaneous
Tagged 1930s, Acting, Art Babbitt, Disney, Disney Studios, Laurel and Hardy, lecture, Mickey's Polo Team, Pluto, Silly Symphonies, Silly Symphony, The China Shop, The Mad Doctor
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