tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202740811135382485.post1916164706500012859..comments2023-12-29T13:22:41.098-08:00Comments on Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol: Gerard Baldwin, directorDarrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872914483836891531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202740811135382485.post-30083322489770134062011-10-07T22:08:14.133-07:002011-10-07T22:08:14.133-07:00Darrell, this is one of the best posts you’ve done...Darrell, this is one of the best posts you’ve done, on one of my favorite animators, Gerard Baldwin. Gerard had a brother, Howard, who was also an animator. I’m so glad you made a composite image of Gerard’s hand drawings, they were always very expressive. When Gerard animated Snidely Whiplash, for instance, he pushed Hans Conried’s John Barrymore/John Carradine vocal burlesque and hit poses that looked animated even when they were held for 10 feet. Gerard’s animation of dialog was one of his hallmarks as well, most of the words were confined to a small space way back inside the head, and then the big “O’s” or “U’s” were forced forward and outside the head shape, making limited mouth-system dialog a lot of fun to watch. I talked to Gerard about becoming an animator at a party I attended back when I was an inbetweener. I asked him how long it would take before I could be an animator. He told me, “If you don’t become an animator in a year, you’ll never make it.” I took that advise very much to heart and pestered the animators I was working for scenes to do. Frank Andrina gave me my first one. Gerard also animated some funny cartoons for Hanna-Barbera, including “Doggone Prairie Dog”, an Avery-like Quick Draw McGraw, written by Mike Maltese. Thanks again for posting about one of my heroes, Gerard Baldwin. From Mark KauslerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com