The Original Voice of Donald Duck: Clarence Nash, Part 2
Walt Disney always felt that a voice was just one of many elements in a character, and actively tried not to publicize any particular vocal artist.
Walt Disney always felt that a voice was just one of many elements in a character, and actively tried not to publicize any particular vocal artist.
A partial listing of some fairly obscure Disney animation related books that might be unknown to many readers of this site.
On December 2nd, 1933, Nash became Disney’s 125th employee – as the voice of Donald Duck.
Here are a few stories of pranks that Disney animators played on their peers.
Proposed names included Thrifty, Shifty, Nifty, Hotsy, Jumpy, Blabby, Burpy, Weepy, and Snoopy. That’s but one of the many secrets revealed here.
This time the comic continuity appeared in newspapers in mid-January, while animation of the film was still in progress.
This will be the first posting of a yearbook that received artwork directly from the Disney studio.
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 second part of the story of Walt Disney struggles to make the tales of Reynard the Fox into an animated feature film.
In the 1930s, Walt Disney was interested in two French properties, but both presented story challenges.