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The Disney animators' strike was a 1941 American film industry work stoppage where unionized employees of Walt Disney Productions picketed and disrupted film production for just under four months. The strike reflected anger at inequities of pay and privileges at Disney, a non-unionized workplace.
In May 1941, Sorrell called for a strike against the Disney film studio. [11] The strike was supported by the newly formed Screen Cartoonist's Guild, and the cooperation resulted in the organization of the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), which Sorrell proceeded to lead. [12] In 1945, Sorrell lead the CSU strike that led to Hollywood Black ...
Production on the film was interrupted on May 29, 1941, when much of the Disney animation staff went on strike. Kimball chose to not to strike, but his close friend Walt Kelly, who was an assistant animator helping him on the crow sequence, left the studios shortly after for reasons unrelated to the strike. [19]
Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised Walt Disney Productions far beyond Walt’s expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed the company. Art ...
These 11 movie titles all include the cultural disclaimer: Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Mickey Mouse Club (1950’s) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The film was released in the middle of the Disney animators' strike of 1941. Strikers picketed the film's premiere with signs that attacked Disney for unfair business practices, low pay, lack of recognition, and favoritism. At one theater, sympathizers paraded down the street wearing a "dragon costume bearing the legend 'The Reluctant Disney'". [5]
Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee claiming that communists once 'took over' his studio. Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt ...
Production costs and revenues of Walt Disney Studios' Animated Films (1937-1942) Leading into World War II, Walt Disney Studios was on the verge of bankruptcy. [1] While Walt Disney studios had entered the early 1940s with major profits from films like Snow White which had seen high revenues, Walt Disney had a tendency to use all profits from released films towards the production of new ones.