Prod. 2718 (2016) - Cold Blooded Penguin

Directed by Bill Roberts, with Mike Holoboff as his assistant director, and laid out by Hugh Hennesy (yes, the cop in Duck Pimples), this sequence from The Three Caballeros, one of the most entertaining, is entirely animated by Milt Kahl, Harvey Toombs and Bill Justice, with effects by Josh Meador and Ed Aardal.

This draft dated 5/20/44 by Dorris [Pugsley]...
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  1. David NJune 10, 2007 at 6:31 PM

    I was curious about Bill Roberts. His last two credits at Disney are "The Three Caballeros"(1945), and "Fun and Fancy Free" 1947.

    Do you know if he retired after 1947 , moved on to a different animation studio , or did he die ? I recall that he is mentioned somewhat prominently in The Illusion of Life for his work in the development of character animation in the 1930's , but there is no information on his later work at Disney or when he left Disney .

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  2. Hans PerkJune 10, 2007 at 6:52 PM

    Jack Kinney writes in his book:
    "BILL ROBERTS - A director, animator, and a very good businessman, Bill left Disney to go into real estate and construction, and reportedly became very wealthy."
    Bill Roberts died 3/1/1974.

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  3. Randall Douglas ReynoldsApril 2, 2018 at 12:09 PM

    Ran across this today while updating some biographical information on Dorris Pugsley. I knew her personally and she was a dear friend. Imagine seeing this after all these years. She passed away in 1982. I am touched, and she would be too. Thank you.

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  4. Hans PerkApril 2, 2018 at 4:31 PM

    Wonderful, thank you, Randall!

    The only thing we know is that Dorris N. Pugsley started at Disney on 6/21/38, that on July 25th, 1946 she shared room 3B-Isle (kind of the hallway in the Animation Building) with Ede Devins, and that she was the secretary on this sequence! If you have ANY further information about her, that would be very welcome!

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