OOOHHH Great RIch....!!! Now you tell me!!
I just got back from dumping The purported Walt Disney " Director Chair " Off
at
the Salvation Army store !! ( i think they put a 29.98 tag on it)
well.... I did get a 100 tax write off because they felt for me whan i showed
them the printed out email you wrote saying he never directed a Movie....
some guys get all the breaks... ( not moi)
i think from now on Ill wait 4 days before responding to info iget on the net..
Its alway something...
thanks for the heads up RICH!!!!!!!
Happy Holidays!
-Tom
Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
> Oh yeah Tom.. I know that Disney was sitting in that chair when he was
> screaming at Snow White to stop singing off key to the dwarves..
>
> well joking aside, I took a minute to look at the IMDB and yes disney did
> apparently direct more films than I thought.. however my statement was
> fundamentally correct as only 9 cartoons post 1920's were directed by him,
> 7 are short cartoons before 1935, the other 2 are war propaganda films of
> the 40's and in other words... DISNEY DID NOT DIRECT ANY OF THE FILMS HIS
> STUDIO IS FAMOUS FOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STEAMBOAT WILLIE and even the
> great Barnyard Concert from 1930, which was a ground breaking cartoon to
> many at the time is forgotten today. So though I might have been wrong
> about his not being a director except for a few shorts was incorrect (the
> IMDB has him as director of 112 cartoons, but more than 90% IS before
> 1930), my statement that he is essentially known as a producer and not a
> director and I could therefore in no way justify him among the 10 best
> directors, though I would without question recommend him as one of the top
> ten producers of all time (along with the likes of Cecil B. DeMille, David
> O Selznick, D.W. Griffith, John Ford, Irwin Allen, Orson Welles). But as a
> director.. no. Not anymore than most would say Paul Henried is a top
> director instead of a pretty good actor, even though his directing was
> pretty darn ood. (to note, he acted in 47 films, but he directed 100's of
> films ((including Dead Ringer with Bette Davis)) and tv episodes
> ((including some of the most popular episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock show)).
>
> so Disney doesn't cut it as a top ten director! but there is no question,
> he is one of the most influential producers & creators in the history of film.
>
> Rich------------------------------------
>
> At 01:26 PM 12/19/04, Tom Martin wrote:
> >wait!!!!!!! are you telling me that a directors Chair with Walt Disney On it
> >...that some cOLLECTOR paid - 10,278.00 + 10% buyers premium Could be a
> >Fake!!!! tell me it isnt so!
> >because he ( Walt Disney) didnt DIRECT any FILMs ( MOVIES)
> >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????
> >
> >Boy was that a stupid purchase.( damn).
> >
> >well...next you will tell me" Mr.Ed "was lip synceing.....
> >
> >OIEVey,,,
> >
> >No wonder I cant get a single purchase from any Hollywood stars or BIG wigs..
> >
> >the other day I almost though I had one.. the Guy told me He rented Bigger
> >than life Hollywood heads...
> >
> >he seemed to be real excited crank yanking the old movie Guy,,,..........
> >
> >well it could be worse... all our Homeland security Guys could retire and
> >leave us defenceless..
> >
> >that will never happen ... I am just tooo quick to get spooked....
> >
> >
> >we are as safe as fresh littles puppies under the wheels of a idleing
> >cattipiller tractor..
> >yep... safe as a tossed cig into a barrell of gunpowder... ::)
> >
> >Happy Holidays!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
> >
> > > Dana... Disney was a producer and aside from the very first Alice pictures
> > > in the 1920's.. he never directed a single film
> > >
> > > Rich========================
> > >
> > > At 12:03 PM 12/19/04, Dana Cain wrote:
> > > >Hitchcock, Fellini, James Whale, Walt Disney for the first list...
> > > >
> > > >And, some of my newer favorites...
> > > >
> > > >David Lynch, Tim Burton, Ken Russell, Stanley Kubrick...
> > > >
> > > >I love Top 10 lists...
> > > >
> > > >Dana Cain (new)
> > > >Denver
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:39 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: [MOPO] [Style-b List] Directors
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > According to the 1958 Brussels World Fair Survey:
> > > > > Top 10 Directors:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Charles Chaplin
> > > > > 2. Sergi Eisenstein
> > > > > 3. Rene Clair
> > > > > 4. Vittorio De Sica
> > > > > 5. D. W. Griffith
> > > > > 6. John Ford
> > > > > 7. Jean Renoir
> > > > > 8. Carl Dreyer
> > > > > 9. Erich Von Stroheim
> > > > > 10. Vsevolod Pudovkin
> > > > >
> > > > > agree/disagree?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Top 10 from 1958-2004:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Martin Scorsese
> > > > > 2. Steven Spielberg
> > > > > 3.
> > > > > 4.
> > > > > 5.
> > > > > 6.
> > > > > 7.
> > > > > 8.
> > > > > 9.
> > > > > 10.
> > > > >
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