Huemeresque 2
The Battle of Washington
Author: Richard 'Dick' Huemer, Walt's People: Volume 4 - Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 4, 1980, Chapter 7,pp. 101-105,EN
As remembered by Dick Huemer in Funnyworld number 22.
Almost immediately after the outbreak of World War II, Walt Disney formed a liaison with Henry Morgenthau, Jr., then President Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Treasury, to produce, at the government’s expense, a propaganda animated cartoon film to be called The New Spirit, ostensibly designed to bolster the morale of the American people—as if they needed any bolstering against Hitler and his passel of hoodlums—as well as (if they should happen to get hold of a print) knock the knockwurst out of his arrogant Nasties. […]
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- 1 - Virginia Davis (J.B. Kaufman)
- 2 - A Few Words about Dick Huemer (Didier Ghez (?))
- 3 - Homage to a Star (Grim Natwick)
- 4 - Dick Huemer (Joe Adamson)
- 5 - Dick Huemer (Brian Sibley)
- 6 - Huemeresque 1 - Ted Sears (Richard 'Dick' Huemer)
- 7 - Huemeresque 2 - The Battle of Washington
- 8 - Joe Grant (Michael Barrier)
- 9 - Peter Ellenshaw (Jim Korkis)
- 10 - John Hench (Armand Eisen)
- 11 - Marc Davis (Armand Eisen)
- 12 - Lou Debney (Dave Smith)
- 13 - Stan Green (Charles Solomon)
- 14 - Leo Salkin (Charles Solomon)
- 15 - Dale Oliver (Christian Renaut)
- 16 - Dick Moores (Albert Becattini)
- 17 - Roger Armstrong (Albert Becattini)
- 18 - Roy Williams (Don Peri)
- 19 - Brian Sibley (Didier Ghez)
- 20 - Ted Berman (Christian Renaut)
- 21 - The Other Freddy - Looking back at the career of Disney animator Fred Hellmich (Floyd Norman)
- 22 - Everybody has to start somewhere . . . - An affectionate look back at Disney’s “Bullpen.” (Floyd Norman)
- 23 - Floyd Norman (Celbi Pegoraro)
- 24 - Eric Goldberg (Christian Ziebarth)
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