Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 23 Feb 2011 08:40 am
The Laughing Gauchito – pt 3
- Here are the last of the drawings of Frank Thomas‘ scene from The Laughing Gauchito. This was a short that was stopped mid-production in 1942. Thomas animated this, the most emotional of scenes in the film. Bill Tytla and Ollie Johnston were the other animators assigned to director, Jack Kinney on this film.
Go here to see part 1, here for part 2.
Many thanks to John Canemaker for lending me these drawings.
As usual I begin with the last drawing from the last post.
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Here’s a QT of the scene with all the drawings from the entire scene.
on 23 Feb 2011 at 10:25 am 1.Stephen Macquignon said …
I love the emotion of this scene the way he is pounding on the mirror fantastic. And this film was never finished?
on 23 Feb 2011 at 11:33 am 2.Pierre said …
Oh dear God. That’s a thing of beauty.
What’s remarkable is that you can really feel the surface of the mirror as he pushes his face against it and the reflection really amplifies his frustration.
Thank you so much for posting this sequence.
Pierre
on 23 Feb 2011 at 11:51 am 3.Steven Hartley said …
Bill Tytla didn’t work on “The Flying Gauchito”, he left Disney in 1943 to work at other animation studios. According to the draft that Hans posted: it says that the animation was done by Hal King, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, John Sibley and Eric Larson. There’s no Bill Tytla.
As I made a look at the draft now, it seems that Norm Ferguson (and Eric Larson) are credited as directors – oddly enough no Jack Kinney.
on 23 Feb 2011 at 12:02 pm 4.Ray Kosarin said …
Great, powerful stuff. And so wonderful to see Frank Thomas’s drawings in their raw form. This is a fit demonstration of his talent. We hear enough complaint from folks who like to say that Thomas can’t draw, or insist on turning the discussion into some sort of draftsmanship gladiator match between Thomas and, say, Dick Williams or Milt Kahl.
Thomas attacks a scene much as Grim Natwick–he chisels emotion and power into time with intuition, a tactile understanding of form, and almost animal force. These are solid drawings; cleaning them up is no disgrace. But what can’t be added in later is their emotional strength and authenticity.
on 23 Feb 2011 at 1:34 pm 5.Michael said …
Steven, I didn’t suggest or imply that Tytla worked on THE FLYING GAUCHITO. I did state that he worked on THE LAUGHING GAUCHITO, this film.
In fact, I’ll be posting a scene Tytla animated next week.
on 23 Feb 2011 at 9:44 pm 6.Eric Noble said …
This is incredible!!! Even as still drawings, Frank Thomas still conveys powerful emotions. When put together, it creates a scene of pure beauty. I think Ray Kosarin said it best. There’s nothing I can add to that.