Below is a list
of films that Frank and Ollie have contributed to over
the nearly 50 years that they worked at Disney. To order our books from
Amazon.com, click on the movies title.
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White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) |
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- Snow
White was known
as "Disney's Folly" at the time - it was certainly Walt's biggest
gamble. Would the audience laugh at the witch? Could we "kill the
heroine?"
- FRANK: Animator: Dwarfs, all 7 of them!
- OLLIE:
Becomes
Assistant Animator with Fred
Moore, in charge of all dwarf drawings.
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Pinocchio (1940) |
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- Walt
became excited by the lack of
limitations on his ideas. There were no restrictions on what could be
created in animation.
- FRANK
& OLLIE: Animation
Directors
on Pinocchio.
- FRANK:
Pinocchio on strings &
puppet show.
- OLLIE:
Pinocchio
talking
to Blue Fairy,
telling a lie.
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Fantasia (1940)
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From
the
beginning,
"Fantasia" was known only as "The Concert Feature".
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OLLIE: Segment
of The Pastoral Symphony - Animation
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FRANK: Started
experimental animation on Bambi
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- WALT:
"That stuff is pure gold, fellas".
- FRANK
& OLLIE: Supervising
Animators on Bambi.
- FRANK:
Young
Bambi, Butterfly, Thumper, skunk, Faline & Bambi's mother.
- OLLIE: Baby
Bambi; older Bambi meets neighborhood; Thumper recites poetry on the
meadow; meets Stag.
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- Films
combining
several shorts
in kind of "junior Fantasia".
- FRANK
& OLLIE: Both
animated on The Flying Gaucho. (Gauchito).
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- OLLIE: Animator:
Casey at the Bat & Peter and the Wolf.
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Song
of the South (1946) |
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Featuring the
comedy
team of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear by Joel Chandler Harris.
These well-known classics were completed by the best of the studio
artists.
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OLLIE: Directing
animator: Running Away, Tar Baby, the Laughing Place.
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Melody
Time (1948)
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- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Little Toot &
Johnny Appleseed.
- FRANK: Director:
Johnny Appleseed with Jim Algar.
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Ichabod
and Mr. Toad (1949)
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- FRANK & OLLIE:
Directing
Animators: Rat, Mole, Toad, Cyril
& Ichabod, Katrina, Brom Bones.
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- Proved
that the audience preferred a story
about a pretty, young girl living in the midst of evil.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Stepsisters, Lackey.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Stepmother, Duke.
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The
story was a
favorite of Walt's but none
of us could fully capture the characters of Lewis Carrol's imagination.
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OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Alice, King of Hearts.
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FRANK: Directing
Animator: Queen of Hearts, doorknob.
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- WALT: "Yes, but you don't
mind it so much when you
see it." (Overheard in England)
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Mr. Smee.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Captain Hook.
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- We
finally had a chance to animate
"believable dogs."
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Lady, Jock, Trusty.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Jock, Tramp and Lady (eating spaghetti).
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- Walt
was so busy with TV shows, Parks and
True Life Adventures that he couldn't give his full attention to this
feature. Result - it was dazzling in color and design but lacked
warmth.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Flora, Fauna & Merryweather
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Flora, Fauna & Merryweather.
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- More
believable dogs (and a wild, believable
villain.)
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Pongo, Perdita, Nanny Cook, Puppies.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Pongo, Perdita, Puppies.
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- Some
of our best animation is scattered
throughout this lively film.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Merlin, Wart, Archimedes, Laughing Owl.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Squirrels, Madam Mim
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- Combination
of live action and animation
created a great picture.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator, Penguins as waiters.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator, Penguins as dancers.
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- Our
last film with Walt, and one of our
best.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Baloo, Bagheera, Mowgli, and The Girl.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Mowgli, Kaa, Baloo, and King Louie.
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- Our
first film without Walt -- many tough
problems but a popular picture.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: cats and geese, Amelia, Abigail, Uncle Waldo.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: O'Malley, Duchess, Geese, Napoleon, Lafayette,
Butler.
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- Another
popular picture in spite of weak
structure.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Prince John, Sir Hiss, Robin Hood, Little John, Maid Marian.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: Robin Hood as Stork, Maid Marian, Bunnies, Toby, Sheriff.
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We
got more
"heart" in a picture once again.
Our best film on our own. Most animators retired after completing this
Picture.
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OLLIE: Directing
Animator: Orville, Bernard, Bianca, Rufus, Penny.
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FRANK: Directing
Animator: Bernard, Bianca, Crocodiles, Chairman, Ellie Mae, Luke,
Orville.
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- Feature
film made by combining three shorts
together with a new start and finish
- OLLIE: Animator,
Pooh, Piglet.
- FRANK: Animator,
Pooh, Piglet.
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- The
new regime takes over.
- OLLIE: Directing
Animator: young Tod, young Copper, Chief, Vixey, and Tod.
- FRANK: Directing
Animator: young Tod, young Copper.
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