Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-ID512710.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Feature: 5/7/09 Newport Beach Film Festival Offers Return of Disney Animation Rarities</b></a> Doug Marsh reports on the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival's screening of rare Disney shorts with Don Hahn and Dave Bossert.
Originally Posted By macnak81 We here in Buffalo NY had a recent celebration and screening of many very rare cartoon shorts. Many not seen on the large screen since their original release. I submitted a review and pictures to the webmaster, but it might be to late to post them as this event was in April.
Originally Posted By macnak81 The orignal story boards to plane crazy were also on display, here in Buffalo NY, along with screening of Steamboat Willie, and a rare pristine print of Fantasia that has only been shown twice before. Earliest drawings of Mickey Mouse to be on view at film festival By Mark Sommer Buffalo News Staff Reporter Mickey Mouse will celebrate in a big way at Shea's Share this story: Buzz up! The penciled panels are crudely drawn but unmistakably Mickey. These earliest known storyboards of the iconic Mickey Mouse—drawn in the summer of 1928 for the 1929 cartoon “Plane Crazy” — will be on view from 10:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. today in the lobby of Shea’s Performing Arts Center. “These are the rarest and most valuable pieces of Walt Disney art in existence,” said Ed Summer, founder and president of the Buffalo International Film Festival, which is presenting the daylong celebration to mark the 80th anniversary of Mickey Mouse. “They represent the first known drawings of Mickey Mouse as a fully defined character. “It’s like getting to see Leonardo da Vinci’s original, personal sketches for the Mona Lisa,” he said. Added David Bondrow, the festival’s co-producer:“It’s so simple, and so profound. Three circles, and an entire empire is created.” The drawings have been in a New York City safe the past three years after taking residence in the National Cartoon Museum in Boca Raton, Fla. They are soon to be housed in Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, according to broker Michael Carbonaro, who drove the historic artwork to Buffalo. The sketches were on display Friday evening at the Albright- Knox Art Gallery. While the silent “Plane Crazy,” in which Minnie Mouse also made her debut, was completed in the summer of 1928, “Steamboat Willie” appeared first because it was made for sound, followed by “Gallopin’ Gaucho.” All three were drawn by Ub Iwerks and will be shown today on a 2:30 p. m. program of 10 classic cartoons, which begins with “Plane Crazy.” The first theatrical presentation of “Fantasia” in two decades will screen at 6:30 p. m. “Whether it would have been something else, this is the beginning of Disneyland, -World, Disney itself, all the movies, all the other characters, everything else,” Carbonaro said of the artwork. “This is the Holy Grail of the cartoon world.” Carbonaro, who estimated the value of the 36 panels at $3 million, said he wasn’t going to let Mickey out of his sight during his stay in Buffalo. “It’s insured as long as I’m with the piece at all times, so literally I will be sleeping with this for the next 48 hours,” he said. msommer@buffnews.com
Originally Posted By DlandDug I recall reading about this in a discussion board here: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-104967-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a> The event sounds like a great one. Do see if you can send a story and any images. It sounds like something LPers would enjoy reading.
