Released as a sequence in Saludos Amigos, the story of Pedro the mail plane is treated as a standalone short. Directed by Ham Luske, this draft prepared 6/19/1942.
Who is "Larry", the assitant director for Pedro? The only Larry I can think of at the moment is Larry Clemmons, & I'm pretty sure it's not him. Yet, I could be wrong.
I would guess this would be Larry Lansburgh. Alberto writes:
LANSBURGH, Lawrence (Larry) - Assistant Director: DISNEY c40 (Pluto 41 [Pluto’s Playmate]) - Production Supervisor: DISNEY c43-45 (The Three Caballeros 45) - NOTE: Went on to direct live-action films and TV series for DISNEY 53-67
The Social Security Death Index database shows one Lawrence M Lansburgh born 18 May 1911 deceased 12 March 2001 in Eagle Rock, Oregon. Who knows - the dates seem to fit...
Directed by Wilfred "JAXON" Jackson, laid out by Maclaren Stewart. Assistant director Mike Holoboff, secretary Toby (Tobelmann). This FINAL draft dated 11/3/52. Animation by Marvin Woodward (Lost Boys, John, Michael), Eric Larson (Peter), Harvey Toombs (Wendy), Don Lusk (Tink), Norm Ferguson (Nana), Jack Campbell (Father), Art Stevens, Milt Kahl (Father, Mother, Wendy), Marc Davis (Mother), Hal King (John), George Rowley (anchor chain, pixie dust, sail, ship), Josh Meador (cloud-ship). And that concludes the draft for Peter Pan, the fourteenth complete feature film draft on this blog! (Ok, you smart-alecks, we still need to see the last page of the Pink Elephant sequence...) As always, I feel the need to stress that these documents were kept to keep track of the responsible person, and as such it may not reflect precisely the specific directing animators who worked on the sequences. If e.g. an inker or checker needed to find out who animated the scene because of some question...
The inside cover of my Fun and Fancy Free draft has this index: How time flies, especially when you are busy! In less than a month, my old mentor Børge Ring will be 97. A few years ago he wrote an intro for me for the upcoming draft of Prod. 2057, Fun and Fancy Free, which comprises of Prod. 2043, Mickey and the Beanstalk and Prod. 2048, Bongo, though not in that order in the film. In his intro, Børge specifically addresses the first part of the film, Bongo. I translated his text to English as close to his original as I could, incl. punctuation, and I hope it passes muster. Here goes: BONGO A bricked-in circus artist. "Fun and Fancy Free" is generally considered a substandard Disney movie. "A rather thrown-together construction." Right. Try, just for fun, to imagine removing all of the construction except for BONGO. What do you have left?????????????????.................. You have a treasure chest filled with some of Walt's very best animation committed by some ...
Directed by Ham Luske assisted by Jim Swain. Laid out by Al Zinnen, Thor Putnam, Ken O'Corror and Maclaren Stewart. Secretary Ruth Wright. This Final draft dated 9/1/55.
I love these Animation Drafts!
ReplyDeleteI have one question:
Who is "Larry", the assitant director for Pedro? The only Larry I can think of at the moment is Larry Clemmons, & I'm pretty sure it's not him. Yet, I could be wrong.
I would guess this would be Larry Lansburgh. Alberto writes:
ReplyDeleteLANSBURGH, Lawrence (Larry)
- Assistant Director: DISNEY c40 (Pluto 41 [Pluto’s Playmate])
- Production Supervisor: DISNEY c43-45 (The Three Caballeros 45)
- NOTE: Went on to direct live-action films and TV series for DISNEY 53-67
The Social Security Death Index database shows one Lawrence M Lansburgh born 18 May 1911 deceased 12 March 2001 in Eagle Rock, Oregon. Who knows - the dates seem to fit...