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Jack Cutting (animator)
Jack A. Cutting (January 19, 1908 – August 17, 1988) was an American international content supervisor and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he worked for 46 years. Biography Cutting was born on January 9, 1908, in New York City. He attended the Otis College of Art and Design, where he met Tyrus Wong, Wilfred Jackson, and John Hench and graduated in 1929. A friend referred him to the fledgling Walt Disney Studios, where he was hired to a group of 19 animators in August/September 1929. He worked alongside Walt Disney himself and made $18.00 a week, oftentimes working overtime without pay. He worked in several different departments, starting as an animator, moving up to director, then to assistant director; he was also Dave Hand's assistant. When the United States entered World War II, Disney submitted the necessary paperwork to waive his employees of their service so the company could direct training films for the army. Cutting headed the Editorial Department f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy O
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname ''Rai'',. likewise meaning "king".. It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ''ruadh'', meaning "red". Given name * Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler * Roy Andersen Roy Andersen (born 2 April 1955) is a former Norwegian long-distance runner. Internationally he finished tenth at the 1982 European Championships and 38th at the 1986 World Cross Country Championships. He also competed at the 1983 World Champ ... (born 1955), runner * Roy Andersen (South Africa) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer * Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fox Hunt (1931 Film)
''The Fox Hunt '' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes .... It was released in 1931. Plot It's morning in the English countryside and time for the gentry to participate in their favorite sport: the fox hunt. Voice cast * Horse: Richard Edwards Home media The short was released on December 19, 2006, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two''. References External links * American animated short films 1931 short films 1930s Disney animated short films Silly Symphonies Films about hunters Animated films about foxes Films about skunks Films directed by Wilfred Jackson Films produced by Walt Disney 1931 animated films 1931 films American black-and-white films Animated films wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of A Feather (1931 Film)
''Birds of a Feather'' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film. It was released on February 10, 1931, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Swans swim by, a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white, a passing duck jeers, assorted songbirds chirp, a woodpecker chases a caterpillar, and a chorus of owls croon. A chicken goes after worms while ignoring her brood until a hawk circles. When the hawk captures one chick, the crows form an attack squadron. Voice cast * Florence Gill: Hen, assorted squawks and bird whistles * Purv Pullen And Marion Darlington: Bird Whistling * The Rhythmettes (including Mae Questel, Beatrice Hagen, and Bonnie Poe): Hummingbirds and Brox Sister owls Comic adaptation The ''Silly Symphony'' Sunday comic strip ran a three-month-long adaptation of ''Birds of a Feather'' from March 11 to June 17, 1934. Reception ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birthday Party (1931 Film)
''The Birthday Party'' is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on January 2, 1931, as part of the ''Mickey Mouse'' film series. It was the twenty-fifth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the first of that year. Plot Minnie Mouse throws a surprise birthday party for Mickey, and he is surrounded by a circle of friends singing and dancing his praises. A pig chef offers him a birthday cake, but Mickey blows so hard that all of the cake ends up on the pig's face. Mickey opens his present—a small piano, to match Minnie's -- and the two mice play and sing "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby". Then they play "Darktown Strutters' Ball" as the guests dance. After a while, the piano stools take over, and Mickey and Minnie dance as well. Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow also have a spirited dance break. Heading to the xylophone, Mickey plays "Home! Sweet Home!" and then accompanies Minnie on "Twelfth Street Rag". The xylophone gets excited and Mickey ends up ridin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playful Pan
''Playful Pan'' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film. It was released on December 27, 1930, by Columbia Pictures. Plot The short features the mythological god Pan playing his pan flute for the entertainment of the forest dwellers. When a lightning strike starts a forest fire, Pan leads the flames to the water, putting out the fire. Reception ''Variety'' (April 22, 1931) called the short an "excellent cartoon", saying, "It elicits laughs all the way and is beautifully synchronized to fit a novel idea, that of Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ... with his pipes, stirring animals and insects on the arrival of spring. Too much repetition in opening shots. Last three or four minutes of short devoted to a forest fire with the shooting flames rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Days (1930 Film)
''Pioneer Days'' is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on November 20, 1930, as part of the ''Mickey Mouse (film series), Mickey Mouse'' film series. It was the twenty-fourth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the ninth of that year. The short features Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse; Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow can also be seen in background scenes. Plot Mickey and Minnie lead a caravan of covered wagons heading west through the desert, playing the banjo and singing "Oh! Susanna". Mickey boasts to Minnie that he is not scared of Indians, but his confidence will be tested—a tribe of wolf-like Indians have spotted the settlers, and they plan for war, wearing War bonnet, feathered headdresses and wielding tomahawks as they dance around their campfire. Meanwhile, Mickey and the other settlers have circled their wagons for the evening, where they sing and dance, including an old goat performing a tearful rendition of "Darling Nelly Gray". The Indian tribe ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter (1930 Film)
''Winter'' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film. It was released on October 30, 1930, by Columbia Pictures. Summary Winter has come to the forest and the snow is falling. When the wind blows, animals sleep. When the wind stops blowing, the little trees and various animals dance and play. Various animals are ice skating. Some animals dance in duos, while others form large dance groups. When the wind returns, the animals take shelter. Reception ''The Film Daily ''The Film Daily'' was a daily publication that existed from 1918 to 1970 in the United States. It was the first daily newspaper published solely for the film industry. It covered the latest trade news, film reviews, financial updates, informatio ...'' (December 28, 1930): "This Disney ''Silly Symphony'' doesn't stand up with previous releases. The synchrony is well done and the animation up to the average but it lacks gags for laughs. Much snow, skating and sliding, with the usual animal antics for noth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Picnic (1930 Film)
''The Picnic'' is a 1930 American animated short film directed by Burt Gillett and produced by Walt Disney. It was first released on October 9, 1930, as part of the ''Mickey Mouse'' film series. It was the twenty-third Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the eighth of that year. The cartoon is notable as the first appearance of a pet dog called "Rover", an early version of a character that was renamed Pluto six months later, in the April 1931 cartoon ''The Moose Hunt''. Plot Mickey arrives at Minnie's house to take her out for a picnic. Minnie asks if she can bring her "little Rover", although Rover turns out to be a huge bloodhound the size of Mickey. The mice tie Rover to the back of the car and drive to the picnic spot, but along the way, Rover spies a pair of rabbits and gives chase, dragging the car behind him. Rover chases one rabbit through a series of rabbit holes, but the rabbit pulls the final hole away, and the dog bangs his head on the ground, dazing Rover. Mickey and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chain Gang (1930 Film)
''The Chain Gang'' is a 1930 Mickey Mouse animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions for Columbia Pictures, as part of the ''Mickey Mouse (film series), Mickey Mouse'' film series. It was the twenty-first Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the sixth of that year. It is one of a group of shorts of strikingly uneven quality produced by Disney immediately after Ub Iwerks left the studio. The cartoon was primarily drawn by Norm Ferguson, and featured a pair of bloodhounds, who helped to track down Mickey after his escape from prison. Although these dogs were not named, the style in which they were drawn makes them clear forerunners of Pluto (Disney), Pluto, who first officially appeared a few months later in ''The Picnic (1930 film), The Picnic''. The animation for one of the bloodhound scenes in ''The Chain Gang'' was recycled as Pluto in four later cartoons. Plot Mickey Mouse is in prison, connected with a chain to six other prisoners as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer (1930 Film)
''Summer'' is a Walt Disney short film released on January 16, 1930. Directed by Ub Iwerks, it is the sequel to the short ''Springtime'' (1929). It is 6 minutes long. Summary The short film begins with several caterpillars dancing towards some flowers. The caterpillars enter the flowers, and then emerge from the flowers as butterflies. They fly and pollinate every flower they pass over. Butterflies fly on a branch but disturb a stick with legs. The stick threatens them with its teeth. Then the stick dances and falls into a river. A dragonfly flies over the river, accompanying two ladybirds. Two dung beetles play with a ball of excrement on the ground. They lose the ball of excrement, which crashes into a tree trunk and explodes. When it explodes, its pieces turn into little flying insects, which dance. So do four flies on a flower. The flies then carry a spider's web with them and play leapfrog with the spider, but the spider eats the flies. The spider dances on the spider's web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn (1930 Film)
''Autumn'' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film. It was released on February 13, 1930, by Columbia Pictures. It was the final Disney cartoon that Ub Iwerks animated. Summary The short film begins by introducing the audience to various animals searching for food and ends by showing those animals taking shelter from the snow: the squirrels keep the nuts and corn cones in a tree, while playing with them. Crows steal them. A hedgehog gets apples from a tree. Several beavers build a dam and dance on the banks of the river. Ducks swim in the river but leave it and fly away. Beaver, skunk, crows and the hedgehog take shelter when snow falls in the forest. Reception ''Motion Picture News The ''Motion Picture News'' was an American film industry trade paper published from 1913 to 1930. History The publication was created through the 1913 merger of the ''Moving Picture News'' founded in 1908 and ''The Exhibitors' Times'', founded ...'' (August 2, 1930): "Well done, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
