Cliff Edwards
Once cast as Jiminy Cricket, Walt said that Edwards’ smooth, upbeat performance was “so much fun we altered the character to conform with the voice.”
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
In His Own Words: Willis Pyle
Pyle worked at Disney and UPA and later enjoyed a long career as a freelance animator on such projects as Richard Williams’ Raggedy Ann and Andy.
The Animated Marx Brothers That Never Were
Perhaps we should all be grateful they never got made.
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Many fans felt it gave a nice sense of closure to the original live action series and thought it a good transition to the later feature films.
Bluth’s Un-Made Animated Features
Don Bluth has quite a lengthy list of unmade animated features – and this column only covers the tip of the iceberg.
Disney’s “Reynard” – Part Two
The second part of the story of Walt Disney struggles to make the tales of Reynard the Fox into an animated feature film.
Disney’s “Reynard The Fox” – Part One
In the 1930s, Walt Disney was interested in two French properties, but both presented story challenges.
In Her Own Words: Jodi Benson on The Little Mermaid
In 2015 I got to interview Jodi in front of a limited paying audience of sixty people.
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball Practical Jokes
As you read these following stories, please keep in mind that Kimball was well-known as a storyteller and sometimes never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.
“The Red, Red Dragon”
The film was a co-production between Australia’s Eric Porter Productions and an American company called Animation International Inc. headed by artist Sheldon Moldoff.
