Thurston Harper
Author: Dave Smith, Walt's People: Volume 9 - Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 9, 1973-10-20 to 1978-03-23, Chapter 1,pp. 21-24,EN
Like Rudy Ising, Hugh Harman, and Les Clark before him, Thurston Harper allows us to get a better understanding of Disney’s setup before Hyperion and Mickey Mouse.
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His career started at the Disney Studio in October 1924. He was the third of the animators hired by Walt in Los Angeles, after Ham Hamilton and Ub Iwerks, and he worked on at least 16 of the Alice Comedies. Unable to stand Walt’s personality, he left Disney in December 1925.
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- 1 - Thurston Harper
- 2 - Berny Wolf (Ray Pointer)
- 3 - Fanny Rabin about Art Babbitt (John Canemaker)
- 4 - Art Babbitt (John Culhane)
- 5 - Bill Melendez (Tom Sito)
- 6 - Ken O’Connor (Mark Langer)
- 7 - Thor Putman (John Canemaker)
- 8 - Art Scott (John Culhane)
- 9 - Ken Anderson (Dave Smith)
- 10 - Ken Anderson (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 11 - Les Clark (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 12 - Jack Cutting (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 13 - Jack Cutting (Robin Allan)
- 14 - Bob Jones (Robin Allan)
- 15 - Joe Grant (Robin Allan)
- 16 - Three Disney Story Guys - (Pete Young, Fred Lucky and Vance Gerry) (Floyd Norman)
- 17 - Margaret Kerry (Jim Korkis)
- 18 - Jack Ferges (Paul F. Anderson)
- 19 - Fred Joerger (Paul F. Anderson)
- 20 - The Secret of Walt Disney Commercials (Jim Korkis)
- 21 - Paul Carlson (Michael Mallory)
- 22 - Paul Carlson (Didier Ghez)
- 23 - Just Finish that Darned Thing! (Floyd Norman)
- 24 - Victor Haboush (Didier Ghez)
- 25 - Walt Peregoy (Julie Svendsen)
- 26 - Disney’s “B” Movie (Floyd Norman)
- 27 - Frank McSavage (Alberto Becattini)
- 28 - Jack Bradbury and Mary Jim Karp (Klaus Strzyz)
- 29 - Bob Foster (Klaus Strzyz)
- 30 - Bob Foster (Alberto Becattini)
- 31 - Julie Svendsen (Didier Ghez)
- 32 - Correspondence with Ollie Johnston (Göran Broling)
- 33 - Burny Mattinson (Clay Kaytis)
- 34 - Tom Sito (Didier Ghez)
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Added: 2014-11-25