WEDWay Radio Celebrates Snow White

Wow!  Has it really been that long since I posted?!
As is always the story...I've been distracted by other things and have fallen behind in my posting.  So for today a quick post.

Just as I've fallen behind in my posting, I have also been neglecting my Disney podcast listening.  Today I was listening to WEDWay Radio.  They have a three part podcast dedicated to Snow White's 75th.  I have a lot of catching up to do!  I also saw that they have some exclusive T-shirts, including a Snow White series. Check this out:

I can't wait to wear it to the upcoming D23 Expo!  Snow White Geek Tee!

Snow White 75th Event - WDFM

With Snow White's 75th getting closer, the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, CA has announced two Snow White themed events as part of their Animate the Night program:

Friday, November 30, 7–10pm – Snow White Opening Celebration
Come celebrate the opening weeks of the Museum’s major exhibition Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic. We’ll be serving Poison Appletinis!

Friday, December 21, 7–10pm – Snow White Old Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere
Animate You Night in old Hollywood style with a special 1930s 75^th anniversary premiere party for Snow White. Join us for a soiree of glitz and glamour.

For more information see the Walt Disney Family Museum website.

They Made the Magic: Lester Novros

Happy birthday to Lester Novros born in 1909.  Novros worked as an in-betweener on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  He also is credited for working on the Night on Bald Mountain segment of Fantaisa.  Novros left the Disney company in 1941 and soon then joined the faculty at USC.  He died in 2000.
George Lucas was a student in Novros's class and has said that Novros' teaching "strongly influenced my work."  For additional information see this Los Angeles Times article.

They Made the Magic: Wilfred Jackson

Happy birthday to Wilfred Jackson born in 1906.  Jackson was a sequence director on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  After joining Disney in 1928, he worked on Steamboat Willie and pioneered a method of pre-timing animation with sound.  He directed cartoons, some of which were honored with academy awards.  Jackson went on to produce and direct for the Disneyland TV show.  He retired from the Disney Company in 1961 and was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 1998.

Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson said "Jaxon (Jackson's nickname) was easily the most creative of the directors, but he was also the most 'picky' and took a lot of kidding about his thoroughness." (Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life)

According the Jackson: "Walt was a better storyman than any of the storymen he could hire, he was a better director than any of the directors he could hire, but he wasn't a better animator than any of the animators he could hire.  At that point (Snow White and Pinocchio) the direction was very largely a matter of trying hard to get on the screen what you understood Walt to want on the screen." (Ghez, Didier.  Walt's People Volume 6)

Jackson also explained that Snow White was difficult for Walt.  In that Walt wasn't sure he could top it.  He wanted to avoid repeating himself but he wasn't sure he could do better than Snow White and Jackson suspected that was because the public would never be impacted the same way as it had been from Snow White.  (for more of this interview - Walt's People Volume 7)