Prod. CM22 - The Duck Hunt

Directed by Burt Gillett, released 01/28/1932.
Animated by Johnny Cannon, Dave Hand - with Andrew Hutchinson and Gerry "Jerry" Geronimi, Norm Ferguson, Jack King, Ben Sharpsteen - with Chuck Couch and Harry Reeves, Frenchy de Tremaudan, Rudi Zamora and Dick Lundy. 8,791 drawings...
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Went and saw the Kay Nielsen exhibit here just north of Copenhagen, on its last day. WOW! A truly amazingly gifted artist. And lots of art to look at! The good folks at the museum were justly humbled by the fact that there was no catalog. The only comfort they offered was the fact that there will be a book by Colin White about Nielsen, which was supposed to be issued during the exhibit. It will be available in English from London and Chicago, the Danish page says, and I just checked, it is planned to come out around - maybe just after - Christmas. The Danish publisher will distribute it in the US also. [Nov. 2009: date now shows as February 2010.]
[Jan. 2011: date now March 2011.]
This was the Disney room, with ten lovely items on loan from the ARL and a private collector, from Fantasia (with a clip running on video), Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty (image taken with my cell).
Kay Nielsen exhibit - Disney room

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  1. J. J. HunseckerAugust 24, 2007 at 2:09 PM

    Off Topic

    Hi Hans,

    i was wondering if you happen to have the animation drafts for Donald's Cousin Gus? If so, do you know who animated Cousin Gus's walk at the start of the cartoon?

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  2. Hans PerkAugust 24, 2007 at 3:17 PM

    Hi, and yes, I do have the draft to that, prod. 2221, dated 3/10/38, and Cousin Gus is animated by Woolie Reitherman, all the way until we cut to Donald inside the house. I had this looked up for me, but when I can actually get to it myself, maybe some time late next week, I will put it up here...

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  3. J. J. HunseckerAugust 24, 2007 at 3:46 PM

    Hey, thanks a lot!!

    I look forward to seeing your drafts on this cartoon in the future.

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