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Mark Morey's avatar

I always enjoy anything you choose to post, but I am particularly delighted to hear of your friendship with Selby Kelly. I have all the books she put together about Walt and POGO, but she doesn't talk about her own career very much. The famous rejection letter to an aspiring woman animator is maddening.

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Linda Miller's avatar

I love that letterhead! I tried to convince Merchandising to do a ‘Sofia The First’ stationery like that but that bunch only respect their own ideas.

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

yes, as we know, the management are now 'creatives' and artists are just interchangeable programs used to visualize their incredible creativeness...

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

Please click on "Click Here for The Audio" to hear the audio.

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

THE AUDIO IS HERE. Nearly everyone is missing it. CLICK on the CAPITALS THAT ARE UNDERLINED. I had to add "Click Here for the Audio".

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Dean Yeagle's avatar

Great post! Very interesting history. I knew about the 'only ink and paint' work available to women since reading about it in the first Disney animation book that I found - Bob Thomas's first edition of his Disney's Art of Animation. But in that book, from the late fifties, it was considered natural, and indicated that women were much better at ink and paint because they had a more delicate touch. I have to say that when we worked together at Jack's I never thought to consider your animation - of rampaging bulls and roaring motorcycles - as being particularly 'delicate'! Unless, of course, it was supposed to be.

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

Hi Dean, The audio interview is here too.

"Draw like a man" was a compliment, then. I found it highly offensive. No one ever told John Hubley he 'drew like a woman' just because he made films with his kids.

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Linda Miller's avatar

When I was promoted to animator at Disney (along with Lorna Cook, Heidi Guedel and Emily Jiuliano) we were very conscious of Disney’s history and what a revolution it meant.

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

Heidi's book is quiiiite a read.

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Nancy Beiman's avatar

Selby was far, far more impressive.

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Rob Stolzer's avatar

Many thanks for your insights and observations, Nancy.

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