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At least I think so.I'm fairly certain that the filmmaker behind the mad scientist and mummy films on the MONSTER CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY DVD (Something Weird Video) is Richard H. Lyford, a teen member...
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This is a most amazing thread. I just discovered it tonight. The depth and speed of the research is astonishing. I am curious to see what kind of response you get from Mike Vraney.
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A friend contacted an archivist at Disney and received the following information on Richard Lyford's history with the studio...Here at the Disney Studio, Richard was credited as a field producer and...
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The following obituary from Variety on November 13, 1984 sheds a little more light on Richard's career at Disney and beyond..."Richard H. Lyford, 68, director of the Oscar-winning documentary "The...
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Gary, The background story on the footage mystery is incredible! Amazing memory and connection skills. I used to chat on AOL in an American Saddlebred (horse) group, back in about 2000. They had...
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You're cery welcome, barflower as is the rest of your family. I was able to find information about one of the films he worked on (as the film's editor) while he was with the OSS: National Archives...
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raycastile wrote:This is a most amazing thread. I just discovered it tonight. The depth and speed of the research is astonishing. I am curious to see what kind of response you get from Mike Vraney.I...
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"While there, he specialized in building and photographing models for special effects sequences (as guides for animators) and worked on "Fantasia" and "Dumbo."Wouldn't it be just perfect if it turned...
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Ted Newsom wrote:"While there, he specialized in building and photographing models for special effects sequences (as guides for animators) and worked on "Fantasia" and "Dumbo."Wouldn't it be just...
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As I remember it, Lugosi was certainly filmed for the sequence, but animator Bill Tytla wasn't satisfied with the way he moved, and wound up referencing his own hands in the end. It certainly sounds...
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What an intriguing Lugosi thread!
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HalLane wrote:As I remember it, Lugosi was certainly filmed for the sequence, but animator Bill Tytla wasn't satisfied with the way he moved, and wound up referencing his own hands in the end. It...
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There is a long thread about the Bela/Fantasia shoot around here somewhere. And as Hal and Ted say, I recall that there are also other folks on record who were there, confirming that the animators...
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I contacted the Disney archivist who provided Richard Lyford's studio credits. I asked him if there was anything in the archives to prove that Lugosi had been involved in FANTASIA and he wrote...
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This came from Fox Carney, Manager, Research, Animation Research Library:"We do not have any such documentation and I have not come across any photostats or stills of such referenced footage. I have...
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batflower wrote:Interesting find georgechastain! - SEVEN WISE DWARFS was certainly a sign of the times. Disney studios was producing War Department promos, including an Air Corps promo offshoot of...
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>quote cited from Wilfred Jackson, the director of the sequence, regarding how Wilfred and animator Bill Tytla worked (unsuccessfully) with Bela Lugosi to give live-action reference footage....
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davlghry wrote:I contacted the Disney archivist who provided Richard Lyford's studio credits. I asked him if there was anything in the archives to prove that Lugosi had been involved in FANTASIA and...
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Ted,Sorry if you feel this was meant to refute your information in some way.It wasn't. Inspired by what you posted, I contacted the Disney archivists to see if they had any new or additional info to...
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But there's no REAL conflict in the stories! Walt (the Big Boss, likely not on-set?) recalls to Forry, yeah, we brought Lugosi in. Jackson (who actually shot the reference footage) confirms that,...
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