Plans of Mickey's "Father"
EAST glamorous of the studios are those inhabited by Walt Disney and his staff of magicians, writes Frank S. Nugent to he New York "Times."
They are small, white frame buildings clustered on opposite sides of a workaday street which hardly rates ts name—Hyperion Avenue—somewhere on the borderline between Hollywood and Glendale.
The atmosphere of the place is that of 1 business college, an architect's office, or possibly a PWA divisional headquarters, There are girls in smocks, men at drawing boards, shelves "aden with paint jars, a couple of cubicles labeled "Music A" and "Music B" and bulletin boards in the halls.
No sign of Dopey anywhere, nor of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. But there's a sunway alongside one of the buildings, in, which is penned Bambi Maine deer, who invites passers-by fo scratch his nose. Bambi is the local colour, dons his hat, conjures a broom tot rife and commands it h the water As the music ripples on, the broom gayly skips up down the steps fetching the water and Mickey falls asleep. He dreams he is standing on a mountain top, a great conductor, the stars, the sea, the thunder e lightning his musicians. To the score's crescendo he sends comets flaming across the y, calls upon the waves to roar against his rocky podium, strikes silvery chimes from the stars, employs the winds for his strings, That is only part of the first part. For the "Nutcracker Suit" Disney's artists have outlined a Waltz of the Flowers with Cossack thistles and ballet girl: For the "Rites of with its creation motif, there are cavorting dinosaurs and brontosauri. Mr. Disney, naturally. isn't revealing it all, but we remem ber a hippopotamus ballet, with one hippo abore led skirt g, Mr. Disney adds a dash of it, too. He has recently become addicted to a Tyrolean jacket, purple on the outside, red satin inside, with silver buttons the size of a 50-cent piece to break the monotony. It's the sort of thing that would overwhelm a lesser man, but he wears it gracefully, as proud as Lucifer—or Lucius—over the sensation it creates and he is reduced only occasionally to that desperate masculine alibi, "The wife picked it out for me." character in the film will be one Jimminy Cricket, who is appointed Zorina-like, from a pool with a lily [Pad on its head. And we saw cen His office is huge, even for: Hollywood, with trophy cases at its portals; a crystal and silver goblet from Russia, loving cups from most of the unier Chambers of Commerce, medals and plaques from Francè and Brazil and countries in between, scrolls from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences, honorary degree from Yale, Harvard and the University of Southern California.
What, we wanted to know, of course, was. when his next feature-length cartoon would appear. Prepare for a disappointment: there won't be another until late autumn at the earliest and probably not until next, year. But after that, the cartoonist's muse willing, they will begin appearing more rapidly, maybe one every six months or so. It takes at least a year to produce one. But, by staggering them, putting several into production concurrently, Mr. Disney thinks he may be able to re-Tease two a yea Three in Production He has three in production now, plus his regular Mickeys, Donald Ducks and Silly Symphonies. Col-foch's "Pinocchio" probably will be the first to reach the screen. Pinocchio. was the little puppet made by the woodcarver Gepetto who was brought to life by the Blue Fairy, but had to prove himself worthy before he could become a real little boy. We peeked at a model of Pinocchio. He is going to have a long nose, a cowlick, a jaunty hat with a jaunty feather and just the slightest resemblance to Mickey Mouse.
Gepetto will look like Christian Rub, which isn't. strange, because Mr. Rub modelled for the character and will be his voice. The most impish GAIETY.—Night club. Russian and foreign cuisine. Ruff brothers, Tarskaya and Schierhorn.
HUNGARIA—Continental cuisine, Wil-kens.
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