Motion Picture Daily (Jun-Aug 1931)

Saturday, June 20, 1931 MOTION PICTURE DAILY 13 The Personalities Behind the Laughs (Continued froin page 9) foriiia soil. Am being carefully cultivated in the Walt Disney nursery. Started career as cartoonist by playing on the Mickey Mouse baseball team. This naturally lead to animation. RoDOLPH Zamora : "I was born in Mexico City. My dreams were to become a respectable dope fiend, but I could not accomplish this so I lost all self respect and became a cartoonist. I lived at the expense of Pat Sullivan and now Walt Disney carries the burden." David Hand : "I was born in the shadow of my father's brick-yard at Plainfield, N. J. Visited Plainfield High School. Tried lumber-jacking in the North Woods. No soap ! Studied cartooning under Orr and DeBeck at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1917-18, and while there located my future wife. Started animating Andy Gump in Chicago 1919. Fascinated by easy work and big money decided to stick. With Bray Studios, Out-ofthe Inkwell, Eastman Educational Films, and now Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies." Ted Sears : "Born : Pratt Falls, New York, in 1900. "Educated in pool rooms. "Youngest graduate of Elmira Reform School, '09. "Married Eva Tanguay in 1913. "Two children, Lew Cody and George Bernard Shaw. "Favorite sport : Murder. "Batting average : 237." Ben Sharpsteex : "Born in Tacoma, Wash. Graduated from agricultural college but gave up agrarian . pursuits to help out Uncle Sam's Marines during the war. Marine life made me so lazy I could't bear the thought of hard work again so I became an animator, joining the old International Film Company in New York. Work as an animator on old Mutt and Jeff cartoons and on Fleischer's "Out -of -t he Inkwell." Twice deserted the ranks of animation for newspaper and commercial art. Guess I am too old to make another change so will stick to animating as long as it sticks to me." W. Norman Ferguson : "I was born on the East Side of New York in 1902. Played games in and out family entrances of saloon on Second Avenue until chased by bartender. Sold newspapers on Fifth Avenue at the age of ten. Had ambition to become fireman but moved across the bridge to the wide open spaces of Brooklyn and decided to be a cowboy instead. Was transferred from public school to high school in Brooklyn by mistake and much to every one's surprise became a stenographer. But consistent misspelling forced me to draw pictures for a living. And then came Mickey Mouse, with whom I have been associated in California for the past two years." Emil Flohri : "Chief cartoonist for Judge for many years. Art Director for Once a Week (now Collier's Weekly). Installed color system for the Nezv York Sunday World. Studied portrait painting in Munich, also landscape. Painted portraits of four different Presidents of the United States and various movie stars here and well known brokers and society people of New York. I can paint equally as well with my toes as my fingers. My greatest ambition has always been to paint the princess of an African king, but I have never had enough cash to get to Africa." Leslie Clark: "Born only in 1907 due to the bashfulness of my fond pater. Received early education at the corner saloon in Bingham, Utah. Entered the department of the Peoria City Street Service in 1919, which later afforded opportunities for many follow-ups, including a position of beach combing on the sands of \'enice. Began my art career designing labels for tomato cans which enabled me to later break into other Ijranches of artistic endeavors such as decorating tire covers. At present I am with animated cartoons." Jac K King : "I was born in Birmingham. Ala., where Al Jolson first heard the name of 'Mammy.' I became restless at the age of four and decided to become a millionaire. Tn 1914 I worked with Barre, who was starting work in the animating field. Along came 1917 and the LT. S. joined the Allies. Years after the Armstice I was driving a truck wliich ran into a Ford. The man driving the latter turned out to be one of the world's greatest humorists. His name was Walt Disney. Of course Walt's ambition was to get even with me for running into him. so when he formed his Mickey Mouse organization he sent for me. I'm putting one over on Walt though and am enjoving it." Thomas Palmer : "I was born in New York under the signs of prohibition and Tammany Hall. The urge to draw substituting the proverbial spoon in the infant's mouth, I decided to be a bleck shipp. After studying life drawings at the Academv and various other social clubs. FIRST PRINTING 50,000 COPIES Adventures of MICKEY MOUSE Here's the book you all have been waiting for! 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