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tagtoonz skip to main skip to sidebar friday august 14 2015 walt c 1926 here s a photo i recently acquired from the files of movie star news walt s wearing the same sweater as he does in staff and alice production photos published several disney books it would be about 1926 when it was taken possibly at hyperion or an alice location posted by mark sonntag at 5 50 pm 2 comments tuesday february 10 2015 walt s first polo game by garry apgar it s been awhile in getting this up but i am happy to present this guest post by author and disney historian garry apgar in follow up to my december 23 2014 post about walt s polo team regarding the photograph posted last month on tagtoonz of charlie farrell s cats and walt disney s mickey mouse polo team the four men in white on the right shot presumably before the match won by the cats by a score of 8 4 ace disney animator norman ferguson who penciled the much admired flypaper sequence in playful pluto 1934 must indeed have been the person who inscribed the back of the picture compare below the mickey mouse lineup noted by ferguson on the reverse of the photo with the team s roster for another match published in the may 21 1933 issue of the los angeles times in both instances the teams competed against each other at the riviera country club in santa monica two screen actors leslie howard the scarlet pimpernel gone with the wind and charles farrell participated in the cats trouncing of the mickey mouses although unfortunately norm ferguson did not say when what he called in the inscription our first big game took place in the cats lineup for the may 21 1933 match as reported by the los angeles times were two different actors spencer tracy and cowboy star johnny mack brown disney s lineup was the same each time ferguson and fellow animator dick lundy polo professional gil procter and walt himself charles farrell incidentally was later elected mayor of palm springs california but is best remembered as gale storm s father on the 1950s tv sitcom my little margie farrell s teammate reginald snowy baker was an olympic class athlete from sydney australia who excelled in swimming rugby and boxing as well as polo baker moved to california in the 1920s where he became equestrian director of the riviera c c won parts big and small in a handful of films including the spencer tracy vehicle of 1937 big city and coached actors like errol flynn and the young elizabeth taylor in horseback riding fencing and swimming all fascinating stuff in its own right but from a purely disney standpoint two questions arise when was the 8 4 loss recorded by ferguson played and more importantly was the mickey mouse team s first big game walt s first official polo match neither of these questions can be satisfactorily resolved yet but we know this much in his 1976 biography walt disney an american original bob thomas a veteran hollywood reporter who interviewed his subject many times over the years said that by the end of 1932 walt was beginning to make a modest venture into hollywood society through polo he enlisted animators jack cutting ferguson lundy and les clark the studio s attorney gunther lessing and bill cottrell a former cameraman and member of the story department the eight poloists thomas said began practice sessions at a riding academy in the san fernando valley a lighthearted squib in the july 1932 issue of new movie magazine kindly provided by disney historian david lesjak indicates that walt had gotten into polo months before the end of the year hospital note walt disney the man who makes mickey mouse has taken up polo horace horse collar is not mentioned in the dispatch a start date of summer 1932 for walt s nascent interest in polo was confirmed after a fashion by the journalist and hollywood publicist harry mines in the august 25 1935 issue of the riviera chukker also posted in december on tagtoonz who said that exactly three years ago mr disney climbed on his first horse and with a tense doubtful expression on his face started off over a trail these three sources together suggest that circa july 1932 walt was beginning to get the hang of the rudiments of polo basic things like ahem riding a horse and that by around november he and the men he d recruited were scrimmaging with other players then as neal gabler wrote in his disney biography by the spring of 1933 walt was ready to play matches at the riviera country club the source given by gabler as the basis for this statement was an article in the los angeles herald express from april 14 1933 michael barrier tells me that the herald express story is consistent with the following item printed by the los angeles times also on april 14 1933 a friday as a prelude to the polo game featuring the university of arizona and a riviera team on sunday an all movie battle was scheduled yesterday this will be between the mickey mouses and perkins s kats both games will be played on the riviera field the mickey mouses will have ray roy disney walt disney johnny mack brown former alabama football star and will rogers in the lineup the kats will line up with leslie howard charley farrell spencer tracy and arthur perkins from no 1 to back respectively the disneys have been playing polo about six months and are the latest movie colony players to show their mallet wares in public lewis brown former arizona college player is alternate for the mickey mouses and may replace any of the players upon signs of approaching collapse david lesjak says he knows of no earlier newspaper account of walt playing polo interestingly the next t last sentence here about the disney brothers playing the game for about six months corroborates bob thomas s comment that by the end of 1932 walt was beginning to make a modest venture into hollywood society through polo we don t know who won this all movie battle between the mickey mouses and the cats assuming it ultimately took place or what the score was however the squads on both sides unless the rosters were changed between friday and game day were clearly not the ones who participated in the two matches mentioned at the top of this post reading between the lines of the los angeles times report the contest slated for sunday april 16 1933 may well have marked walt disney s formal debut in a scheduled polo match we know of no other publicly announced event that predates it but because of the discrepancy in lineups it cannot in all likelihood be the first big game for walt and his mates whatever norm ferguson meant by those momentous words note i am grateful to michael barrier and david lesjak for their generosity in providing vital information on this topic including transcriptions and pdfs of articles and to jim korkis for reviewing a draft version of this text posted by mark sonntag at 1 09 am 1 comment thursday january 1 2015 defining the mouse mickey mouse was born in 1928 out of economic desperation and went on to far exceeded the humble dreams of his creator walt disney mickey put walt on the map and allowed him to fulfill his potential has a creative and entrepreneurial genius mickey is more than a cartoon star he s a cultural icon who remains the corporate identity of the studio he made famous although there were disney cartoons before mickey walt was certainly on the mark when he said it all started with a mouse quite frankly with mickey s success it did but what made mickey so special what s his story what is the appeal writers since day one have asked that question walt himself often seemed to struggle to define his greatest breakthrough garry apgar opens up the vault as it were on the discussion in a mickey mouse reader you will hear from walt disney himself to contemporary journalists artists and historians about mickey s appeal his history and his future you will journey through time and very literally witness the cultural evolution of the greatest cartoon star of all time it s an entertaining journey one to savor posted by mark sonntag at 1 25 am no comments tuesday december 23 2014 walt the polo player as we all know walt was very passionate about polo in the 30s as were many male hollywood producers and stars i recently stumbled on this photo at auction written on the reverse here y are ma our first big game charlie farrell s cats vs mickey mouse riviera country club santa monica cal jack holt referee we lost 8 to 4 but better luck next time left to right in the photo snowy baker tommy ray chas farrell leslie howard yours truly walt disney gil proctor dick lundy signed off by norman i m not sure but could that be norm ferguson the author next walt the photo came with a copy of 14 of the riviera chukker dated august 25 1935 inside is an article about walt posted by mark sonntag at 1 10 am no comments friday december 19 2014 walt and staff c 1933 walt and staff pose for a staff photo holding post toasties cereal boxes sometime in 1933 posted by mark sonntag at 12 52 pm no comments friday march 28 2014 walt at the colonel swope memorial it s been a long time since i ve posted i ve been busy working on storyboards and squeezing time into my film inbetween leaving me with very little time for anything else a couple of weeks ago i was thinking about walt s early days and got to thinking about the photos i have and which we ve seen many of him and the laugh o grams staff clowning in swope park kansas i typed swope park into the e bay search and immediately found the above 1919 post card of the colonel swope memorial also the grave site of colonel thomas hunton swope kansas real estate magnate who passed away in 1909 under mysterious circumstances and was finally laid to rest in swope park land which he donated in 1896 on april 8 1918 here was an easy landmark to identify from the laugh o gram photos which would have been taken around 1922 probably the fall since the trees are bare yet no snow is visible the photos look like they ve been inscribed with a date april 1922 seems kind of odd to be playing on what s essentially a tomb yet i ve seen photos of weddings being held on the tomb itself which is at the foot of the plaque i m still not sure who is sitting on the lion which is to the left of the memorial my guess is red lyon here s walt i m not sure if this is at the memorial seems like it could be my favorite photo with walt and mary unknown on the forth step from the top in front of the plaque walt with friend up high possibly somewhere near the memorial which i should add is on a hill overlooking the swope park zoo walt stands on the left side urn looking at some of the photos i found on google it s easy to imagine walt red lyon ub iwerks hugh harman and rudolph ising playing and posing around the place on a long forgotten afternoon before any of them were ever known to the world the fountain of youth now this is utter speculation but could the photo below be the location the slope of the ground behind the boys could be a clue there is also a trail visible behind them which can be seen in the modern day photo there are trees nearby as in the modern photo obviously 90 years of history would have seen them grow it s possible the modern day photo would have been taken from the right side of the fountain of youth photo fun to imagine the fountain of youth posted by mark sonntag at 2 06 am 6 comments thursday december 5 2013 happy birthday walt thanks for the joy one the many facets of walt beyond his accomplishments that i find enduring was his genuine love of animals this nice photo was taken in 1954 by photographer tom blau shows walt in paris feeding pigeons a tender image to mark walt s 112th birthday a few days ago i was thinking about how would we have made it through the 20th century without walt and the many talents who joined him sure somebody would eventually have lifted animation to an art form but would it have had such joy as walt s work gave to depression weary audiences or would it have been cynical like much of today s stuff there is so much that followed mickey the growth of looney tunes and mgm cartoons which along with walt s films helped audiences through the dark years of world war ii we take so much of our culture for granted now much of it has been a direct and indirect offshoot of walt s push to elevate animation to another level as well as the creation of family entertainment and indeed the all important theme park which every conglomerate wants these days but cannot really duplicate walt s work his animated films were genuine not corporate to watch snow white to watch bambi and many others you get a glimpse at walt s soul he lives through his work happy birthday walt thanks for the magic and showing dreams come true posted by mark sonntag at 1 36 am 2 comments older posts home subscribe to comments atom disclaimer all characters and artwork appearing on this blog remain the copyright and trademark of their respective owners check these out a film la hans perk bounty hunter bunny short film journal brad goodchild 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