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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

More on Synchronizing Mickey

In this Readers Digest (August 1934) version of an article from the July 1934 Woman's Home Companion, we find on page 108 a simple description of the bouncing ball system to record Steamboat Willie...
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We also find mention of "the three raids on Disney's staff."
Now - the first was Mintz' Oswald take-over in early 1928, and the second was Pat Powers' Iwerks/Stalling maneuver in January 1930.
But what was the third that this article refers to?

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Anonymous Robert says...

The "third" raid might have something to do with "The Three Little Pigs" director Burt Gillett being hired away by Van Beuren in 1934.

I don't know if that happened before this 1934 article.

Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:39:00 PM PDT  

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