Chatting with Lew Irwin and Betty Brenon
The careers of animation veterans Lew Irwin and Betty Brenon were similar in that both worked at Leon Schlesinger’s during the 1930s and both ended up in supervisory positions.
Category Archives: THE GOLDEN AWARDS INTERVIEWS
Chatting with Curt Perkins and Lee Halpern
Today’s Golden Awards interviews are with two animation veterans who have been largely lost to animation history, Curtiss D. Perkins and Lee Halpern.
A Chat with Martha Sigall
This week we go back to March 8th, 1986 to the Third Annual Golden Awards Banquet, beginning a fresh set of interviews by the head of the UCLA Animation Workshop – the late, great Dan McLaughlin.
A Chat with Willis Pyle
To say that Willis Pyle, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 2014, has had a long and productive career in animation and art is something of an understatement.
A Chat with Brice Mack
Brice Harvey Mack was perhaps best known as a Disney background artist, though the bulk of his career was spent after he left the studio in 1954.
A Chat with Sadie Bodin
Sadie Bodin’s picketing of the Van Beuren Studio in 1935 to protest her dismissal for union activity was a minor landmark in animation history. Here is her story.
A Chat with Lillian Friedman Astor
Here is a rare conversation with Lillian Friedman Astor, the first woman animator in a major American studio – as part of Myron Waldman’s unit at Fleischer Studios in New York.
Chatting with Lloyd Vaughan and Tom Ray
Animation veterans Lloyd Vaughan and Tom Ray both began their careers at Leon Schlesinger’s around the same time and both later worked with Chuck Jones – though not necessarily at the same time.
Chatting with Manny Gonzales and Bob Carlson
Manny Gonzales and Bob Carlson were both Disney artists who were both hired as inbetweeners in 1936, though their subsequent careers went in rather different directions.
A Chat with Leo Salkin
Leo Salkin started his career at age 19, after graduating from High School, at Walter Lantz in 1932. Salkin then moved over to Mintz, where he worked on Krazy Kat and Scrappy cartoons, followed by a stint at Disney.
