Animation Anecdotes #354
Glen Keane used one of Disney’s fabled Nine Old Men animators, Eric Larson, as a model for Dr. Dawson in Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Animation Anecdotes #353
Leonard Maltin wrote Jay Ward a letter when he was twelve years old and Ward wrote back “on wonderful embossed Bullwinkle stationery!” Thus began a lively and very friendly correspondence.
Animation Anecdotes #352
In 1982, Don Bluth discussed his next picture, a modern-day fairy tale, based on a very old story. That project, East of the Sun West of the Moon, was never produced.
Animation Anecdotes #351
Actresses Cynthia Leake and Emma Samms were among the rotoscoped performers for Teegra in Bakshi’s “Fire and Ice” – a character named on the Frazetta model sheet as “Tygra” .
Animation Anecdotes #350
“I went to Miami to take a job as an inker at Fleischer Studios”, recalled Sy Reit. “I worked on Gulliver, on Popeye and a few Betty Boops, which were rapidly phasing out.”
Animation Anecdotes #349
Paige O’Hara who voiced Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast said, “Some people think I look a lot like her, and some don’t think I do at all.”
Animation Anecdotes #348
“With Space Ace the players know more. They have loftier goals and deserve a better prize in Kimberley,” said Don Bluth. “They also have to be able to handle the better prize.”
Animation Anecdotes #347
“Unlike most people in television, Jay Ward didn’t underestimate the intelligence of the audience. It’s the most important creative thing I ever learned.”
In His Own Words: Floyd Norman on Disney’s “The Sword in the Stone”
At a Disneyana Fan Club event last year, I got to interview Disney Legend Floyd Norman about his work on the neglected animated feature The Sword in the Stone.
Animation Anecdotes #346
Legendary animator Fred Moore died November 23rd, 1952 of injuries suffered in a car accident. Here is the obit for Moore from the Los Angeles Times.
