Jack Bruner
Dave Smith interviewed assistant director and writer Jack Bruner in 1972. He took the following notes.
Jack Bruner first came to work at the Disney Studio on August 2, 1937. He had been to high school with Riley Thomson, a Disney artist, in Glendale, and was selling tires when Thomson persuaded him that he should get a job at the studio.
To start with, Jack was given charge of the Traffic Department, taking over from Larry Lansburgh. In those days, Traffic was a much better stepping- stone to higher positions than it is today. Being older than most of the kids coming in (he was 29), he was put in charge. Within two to three months, he was promoted to assistant director in Ham Luske’s unit on Pinocchio. But, being the fourth assistant director, he was very down on the totem pole.
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- 1 - Lorina Coomber Butler (Dave Smith)
- 2 - Leigh Harline (R. Vernon Steele)
- 3 - Jim MacDonald (John Culhane)
- 4 - Woolie Reitherman ([unknown])
- 5 - T. Hee (John Culhane)
- 6 - My Job at Walt Disney’s - written for sorority magazine "The Lyre" (Mary Lou Eastman Whitman)
- 7 - Jack Hannah ([unknown])
- 8 - Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (Michael Barrier)
- 9 - Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (Michael Barrier)
- 10 - Ken Anderson (John Culhane)
- 11 - Ken Anderson (John Culhane)
- 12 - Dan Noonan (Bill Spicer, Vince Davis)
- 13 - The Autobiography of Bill Wright (Bill Wright)
- 14 - Jack Bruner
- 15 - Art Stevens - Talent Development Discussion Group - Lecture about Man in Space
- 16 - Bill Anderson (Bob Thomas)
- 17 - Bill Anderson (Michael Broggie)
- 18 - Bob McCrea (Dave Smith)
- 19 - Bob McCrea (Bob Thomas)
- 20 - The “Lost” Joe Potter Interview - with introductory material by Jim Korkis (Sam Rosen)
- 21 - Harper Goff (Jay Horan)
- 22 - Phil Mendez (Didier Ghez)
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