Tom Palmer (animator)
Thomas Augustin Palmer (
Career
Early career
Palmer was born in New York City[3] with the surname of "Pipolo", but later changed his name to Palmer. One of his brothers, Frank Pipolo, was a decorated New York City police officer. Palmer first worked in marine insurance brokerage,[4] but he later started his career in animation working on Mutt and Jeff cartoons.[5] He subsequently worked at the Winkler Studio in 1928, where he directed and animated Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons. When Walter Lantz took over the Oswald series in 1929, Palmer left Winkler to join his initial staff, alongside animator Rollin Hamilton and composer Bert Fiske.
Walt Disney Studio
By late 1930, Palmer joined the staff Walt Disney Productions at a time when it was expanding operations rapidly, as one of the many ex-New York animators hired by Walt Disney around the departure of Ub Iwerks. He was one of the many key animators on the team, working on several Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons from 1930 to 1933. Palmer was reportedly responsible for having influenced Disney to implement the pencil test for unfinished animation as a studio standard, a technique which used a moviola to film and project an animator's rough drawings.[6]
Leon Schlesinger Studio
By June 1933, Palmer was lured by
Palmer's approach in directing Buddy's Day Out was reportedly rather loose. In the story conferences which determined the contents of the film, Palmer would suggest adding "a funny piece of business", a visual gag, but only in a broad manner. According to later interviews with Bernard B. Brown and Bob Clampett, Palmer's original version of the film was virtually devoid of gags. The Warner Bros. studio rejected this version and the film had to be reworked extensively.[7] Palmer was fired by Schlesinger after Warner Bros. rejected the cartoons that he had produced.[9] Friz Freleng was called in to rework Palmer's cartoons and ultimately replaced him as the studio's head director. Palmer's initial replacement as director, however, was Earl Duvall.[7]
Later career
After leaving Warner Bros., Palmer continued directing cartoons at the
In 1942, Palmer was inducted into the
Selected filmography
- Ozzie of the Circus (Short) (animator; 1929)
- Nutty Notes (Short) (animator; 1929)
- Snow Use (Short) (animator; 1929)
- Hurdy Gurdy (animator; 1929)
- Permanent Wave (animator; 1929)
- Oil's Well (animator; 1929)
- Alpine Antics (animator and director; 1929)
- Yanky Clippers (animator and director; 1929)
- Kounty Fair (animator; 1930)
- Chilly Con Carmen (animator; 1930)
- Playful Pan (animator; 1930))
- Pioneer Days (animator; 1930)
- The Picnic (animator; 1930)
- The Gorilla Mystery (animator; 1930)
- The Fire Fighters (animator; 1930)
- The Birthday Party (animator; 1931)
- Traffic Troubles (animator; 1931)
- Mother Goose Melodies (animator; 1931)
- The Beach Party (animator; 1931)
- Blue Rhythm (animator; 1931)
- The Klondike Kid(animator; 1932)
- Flowers and Trees (animator; 1932)
- The Whoopee Party (animator; 1932)
- Santa's Workshop (animator; 1932)
- The Mad Doctor (animator; 1933)
- Building a Building (animator; 1933)
- Buddy's Day Out (director; 1933)
- I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (director; 1933)
- A Picnic Panic (director; 1935)
- Felix the Cat and The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg (director; 1936)
- Neptune Nonsense (director; 1936)
- A Waif's Welcome (director; 1936)
- Mickey's Amateurs (animator; 1937)
- Mickey's Trailer (animator; 1938)
- Mickey's Parrot (animator; 1938)
- Gulliver's Travels (animator; 1939)
References
- ^ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, 1866–1909
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658476/
- ^ "1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 4". 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d You and Your USA (3 ed.). United States Office of Armed Forces Information and Education. July 19, 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 4". 26 April 2013.
- ISBN 9780679757474. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pages
- ^ Warner Bros. Cartoon Releases - 1933
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Thomas, Roy (November 2001). "The Titans of Timely! (That's Marvel To You!)". Alter Ego (11): 10. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Col. Paul Sloane Heads New Pix Consultants". Variety. No. 160–11. Archive.org. 21 November 1945. p. 146. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Sloane, Others Form Advisory Group Here". Motion Picture Daily. Library of Congress. November 16, 1945. p. 361. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Winners! Five From Sixth Army Area Win Washington Medals, Cash". Star Presidian. No. 2–27. Archive.org. 26 February 1954. p. 289. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
Sources
- Barrier, Michael (2003), "Warner Bros., 1933-1940", Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, ISBN 978-0199839223
External links
- Tom Palmer at IMDb