Dalton S. Reymond

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Dalton Shaffer Reymond (October 11, 1896 – January 23, 1978) was an American screenwriter, author, and college professor. He is perhaps best remembered as a screenwriter for the controversial

Disney live-action feature film Song of the South (1946).[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Reymond was born on October 11, 1896, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[6][7]

Career

Reymond worked as a theater and film studies professor at Louisiana State University,[8] and later served as Dean of the College of Music.[9] While there, he directed a production of Carmen which starred Frances Greer.[6]

In the late 1930s, Reymond moved to

American South.[6][10][11][12][13] Reymond was a member of the Writers Guild of America.[14]

In June 1944, Walt Disney Studios hired Reymond to write the screenplay of Song of the South because of his "knowledge of Southern traditions."[15] Reymond delivered a 51-page outline of the screenplay on May 15, 1944.[16]

darkie" be removed from Reymond's treatment.[17] Reymond's depiction of African Americans in the original treatment of the screenplay was considered controversial at the time and caused multiple crew members and potential actors to pull out of involvement.[18][19][20][21]

In the 1945 film Saratoga Trunk, Reymond was the vocal and singing coach to Ingrid Bergman.[9]

In 1948, Reymond's first novel, "Earthbound," was published by Ziff Davis.[22] The story depicted the Mississippi Delta of the 1880s.[23]

Death

Reymond died on January 23, 1978, in Camarillo, California.[6][7]

Filmography

Works

  • Reymond, Dalton S. Earthbound. United Kingdom: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-556-52683-1
    – via Google Books.
  2. ISBN 978-1-5381-0569-6
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  3. ISBN 978-1-4411-5869-7
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  4. ISBN 978-0-313-35797-8
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  5. ISBN 978-0-7864-7596-4
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  6. ^ a b c d "Dalton S. Reymond". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8108-9204-0
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  8. ^ The Louisiana State University Alumni News. 1948.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0
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  10. ISBN 978-0-226-81386-8
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  11. ISBN 978-0-7864-7232-1
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  12. ISBN 978-1-4116-2909-7
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  13. ISBN 978-1-84728-088-6
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  14. ^ The Screen Writer. Screen Writers Guild, Incorporated. 1946.
  15. ISBN 978-1-4408-3360-1
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  16. ISBN 978-0-520-25619-4
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  17. doi:10.1080/10509208.2010.494566
  18. ^ "How Disney tried and failed to remove Song of the South from history". SYFY Official Site. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  19. ^ Barrier, Michael. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. 1st ed., University of California Press, 2007. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppcjs. Accessed 7 Feb. 2023.
  20. ISBN 978-1-4766-1824-1
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  21. doi:10.7560/739741-004
  22. ^ Reymond, Dalton S. (1948). Earthbound. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
  23. ^ The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record. Publishers' Circular. 1948.
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