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Art Babbitt’s New York
Art Babbitt circa 1924, age 16 Art Babbitt (neé Babitsky) and his family moved from Sioux City, Iowa to New York City in 1924, at the age of 16. Art left for the Disney Studios in Hollywood in 1932,...
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When Babbitt Met Tytla
L-R: Unknown, Bill Tytla (animator), Frank Moser (director), Art Babbitt (animator), Unknown, Unknown, Paul Terry (honcho) Art Babbitt (here at 23) and Bill Tytla (here at 26) are credited for being...
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Disney and Babbitt – the 30s in Public Records
As the authorized biographer of Art Babbitt, I have access to a lot of private materials – photos, home movies, journals, etc. — all chronicling this man’s incredible life and complex mind. But today...
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The Many Dates of Art Babbitt
I know I haven’t written an entry in a few days – I’m actually working on the actual book proposal! I’ve been reading, researching and writing (would Art Babbitt say, “righting”?) the story of...
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1936 Lecture part 2: Animation is Acting
Babbitt continues his lecture to the Disney creative staff on the 23rd of September, 1936. Here he talks about the strides they’ve already made and that they continually need to make - to find...
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“Canadian Capers” draft
“Canadian Capers” was produced by Terrytoons and released on August 23, 1931. Uniquely, this was assigned to only four animators: Frank Moser, Jerry Shields, Bill Tytla and Art Babbitt. (UPDATE:...
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“Scotch Highball” Terrytoon draft
Below are the animators drafts for the Terrytoon cartoon “Scotch Highball,” released November 16, 1930. Special thanks to Jerry Beck who noted that each Terrytoon short took three weeks to animate, and...
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Film History: Edison, Griffith, and Babbitt – part 1
In 1930, while employed as an animator at Terrytoons in the Bronx, Art Babbitt watched legendary filmmaker D. W. Griffith make a little girl cry on a movie set … …But this all begins with Thomas...
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Film History: Edison, Griffith, and Babbitt – part 2
The tall concrete building at 2826 Decatur Ave in the Bronx was owned by Edison Studios up through 1929. Animation director Paul Terry and top animator Frank Moser were fired from the Van Beuren...
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The Prolific Print Cartoonist
Before joining Disney in the 1930s, young artists might carry a portfolio of drawings and reels of animation to Walt’s office. Art Babbitt was only 24 when he went in for an interview with Walt in the...
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