Piercing the Perce Pearce Mystery
Author: Didier Ghez, George Grant, Walt's People: Volume 12 - Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him, Volume 12, 2012-08-08, Chapter 6,pp. 61-72,EN
“Next to Walt, Perce Pearce was the best storyteller and actor; he knew how to characterize the specific traits of an individual. He loved to get up and perform for us and even became identified with many of the cartoon cast on each picture,” explained Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book about the creation of Bambi.
And yet, until recently, very little information could be found about Pearce and his career. It was high time to fill the gap and to better understand who was the man who exerted such influence on the creation of the Dwarfs in Snow White, on Bambi, and on the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” and who would later become Disney’s first live-action producer. […]
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- 1 - Alice Disney Allen (Dave Smith)
- 2 - Jack Kloepper (Dave Smith)
- 3 - Gordon “Felix” Mills - Betsy Goodspeed talks about her father (Jim Korkis)
- 4 - Les Clark (John Culhane)
- 5 - Al Eugster (John Culhane)
- 6 - Piercing the Perce Pearce Mystery
- 7 - Evelyn Coats (Alan Coats)
- 8 - Marge Hudson and Evelyn Coats (Alan Coats)
- 9 - Mel Shaw (Paul F. Anderson)
- 10 - Mel Shaw (EMC West)
- 11 - Sylvia Holland - as remembered by Theo Halladay (Didier Ghez)
- 12 - Sammy Fain (David Tietyen)
- 13 - My Family Disney Dynasty - as remebered by Edle Bakke and her family
- 14 - Olive Bosché (Didier Ghez)
- 15 - Bill Bosché (Dave Smith)
- 16 - Charlie Downs (Steve Hulett)
- 17 - The Life and Times of John Dunn - from Animation Blast number 9 (Amid Amidi)
- 18 - Del Connell (Alberto Becattini)
- 19 - Paul Murry Letter sent to Wayne DeWald in 1970 (Jim Korkis)
- 20 - Paul Murry (Donald and Lynda Ault)
- 21 - Paul Murry (George Sherman)
- 22 - The Lurking Camera - written for The Atlantic Monthly (Walt Disney)
- 23 - Film Music and Its Use in Beaver Valley (James Algar)
- 24 - Animals Are Like Other People (Tom McHugh)
- 25 - Warren Garst (Didier Ghez)
- 26 - Jack Couffer (Didier Ghez)
- 27 - Lloyd Beebe (Didier Ghez, Jim Korkis)
- 28 - Lloyd Beebe (Brian Shoemaker)
- 29 - Milt Albright (Didier Ghez)
- 30 - Milt Albright (Michael Mallory)
- 31 - Ralph Kent (Louis A. Mongello)
- 32 - Larry Clemmons (John Culhane)
- 33 - Milt Kahl (Michael Barrier, Milton Gray)
- 34 - John Pomeroy about Milt Kahl (Charles Solomon)
- 35 - Leota Toombs Thomas - Lecture given to the W.E.D.W.A.Y. Chapter of the NFFC (Disneyana Fan Club) (Leota Toombs Thomas)
- 36 - Kim Irvine (Didier Ghez)
- 37 - Burny Mattinson (Didier Ghez)
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