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Tag Archives: Ward Kimball
Babbitt Cameo in The Reluctant Dragon
Do you remember that scene in The Reluctant Dragon in which Robert Benchley watches Ward Kimball draw some original Goofy animation? The Disney artists were filmed for this movie around March 1941, during the height of union discord at the … 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
Disney Subversives: Ward Kimball and Walt Kelly
Of all the real-life characters in Disney history, Ward Kimball (b. 3/4/14) is one of the most fascinating. Among the “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation, i.e. the company loyalists, Kimball was the only one who unequivocally felt that the … Continue reading
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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Chess Board by Disney Artists in 1940
I was about to write, “It’s not often that I get blown away by a piece of Disney history,” … but that’s not true. The best part of studying Disney history is the peek you often get into the lives … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, Disney, Games
Tagged Albert Hurter, Art Babbitt, Berk Anthony, Bill Herwig, Bill Martin, Bill McKee, Bill Wallett, Bob Majors, Campbell Grant, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Disney Studios, Dunn Roman, Ernie Nordli, Fantasia, Fini Rudiger, Freddy Moore, Gustave Tenngren, Jack Miller, Jim Bodrero, John Walbridge, Kay Nielsen, Martin Provensen, Milt Kahl, Phil Dyke, Pinocchio, Shirley Soderstrom, Snow White, Sola Franco, T. Hee, Tony Rivera, Ward Kimball
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