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𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...Ollie Johnston, was the very first Animator, dared to Animate characters holding hands? This was avoided before because it was too complex.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨...some members of the Nine Old Men were voluntarily in a Dixieland Jazz Band? Called "The Firehouse Five Plus Two."

The Band included Frank Thomas, lead Animator, he played in the band on the Piano and Clarke Mallery, Animator on Clarinet.

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

Disney's Nine Old Men was the nickname of a group of men who formed the core of the large group of animators and directors.

This was the first generation of Disney Animators.

The group produced the famous early work of Walt Disney Studios, starting with the full-length cartoon; Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs.

The nickname (Nine Old Men) hinted at current politics in the United States, where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in an ongoing battle with the Supreme Court's Nine Old Men.

The group consisted of:

𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 - Worked for Disney from 1927 and specialized in drawing Mickey Mouse. And he worked on Alice, Tinkerbelle and Oswald shorts, he passed away in 1979.

𝐎𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 - Worked for Disney from 1935, starting with Snow White. Later produced together with Frank Thomas, the "bible for animators" The Illusion of Life. He was the last of the Nine Old Men to die in April 2008.

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 - lead Animation Worked for Disney from 1934, he passed away in 2004.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 - He developed the figures Bambi and Thumper (in Bambi) he passed away in 2000.

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐲 - started in 1935. In the 1970s he worked as a director on The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh and The Rescuers. In February 1976 he was the first of the Nine Old Men to die.

And then you also had Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman en Milt Kahl.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...Two Legends of the Nine Old Men got their Docu on the Streaming Service on Disney Plus they are Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston with the Docu "Frank and Ollie.

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