The Life and Times of John Dunn
from Animation Blast number 9
A slightly longer version of this essay was originally released in the magazine Animation Blast number 9.
John Dunn had the bad luck of coming into his prime just as his chosen medium was dying. Dunn (1920-1983) was truly the last of a breed: A story artist who understood the short format and who could draw gags as well as he could write them. Despite the fact that he got his first short credit in 1961, well after TV had struck a death blow to the short subject, Dunn remained a creative powerhouse for decades. He wrote more shorts in the 1960s and 1970s than any other storyman in the business. While the dreary circumstances of the era often kept his ideas from being executed to their fullest potential, his virtual anonymity today is undeserved. Dunn was a one-of-a-kind artist, equally talented as a writer, storyboard artist, and character designer. He was the last great storyman of the theatrical shorts era. […]
Parent contents
- Parent entry
- 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 (Didier Ghez, George Grant)
- 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
- 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)
