Daily post 14 May 2013 05:23 pm
Peet’s Susie Book
– Well, here we have an oddity to add to the Bill Peet playbook.
Susie the Blue Coupe was a short written by Peet and animated as a Disney short released in 1951.
Obviously Peet had planned this as a children’s book. For quite some time he wanted to separate from Disney, and he saw children’s books as a way out. He writes about _______ Don’t you love the title Auto ___ Biography !
In his actual autobiography, Peet used Lambert the Sheepish Lion to try to move out of the studio. Disney sort of co-opted that story which Peet had written, and it became a studio film. It’s obvious that Susie was another attempt by him to move out.
Here’s the mock up for a book by Bill Peet. I don’t know if the book came before the board or the board before the book. Again, this comes from the collection of John Canemaker as does the storyboard from the film which I’ll post next week. Thank you, John, many times over.
Animators included Ollie Johnston, Cliff Nordberg, Hal King and Bob Carlson with backgrounds by Ralph Hulett. Clyde Geronomi directed it.
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The plan for this book is excellent, and gives a good indication of the great books Mr. Peet would do after leaving animation. Many thanks to John Canemaker for the loan of this rare material; it makes an unusal post.
The video is available all over the internet. You can watch it currently on YouTube or buy the dvd at Amazon.
on 14 May 2013 at 7:59 pm 1.Nat said …
Peet’s drawings of Susie the Car have always reminded me of his childern’s book The Caboose that Got Loose.