@Goldwind2 Most likely Walt will make
Peter Rabbit in 1946 and move the
Brer Rabbit project back to 1951 at the latest.
Fleischer Studios sells the rights to the
Friendly Ghost story back to Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo to pay off debts to Paramount and National Comics.
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The Miami Herald
"Full steam ahead" says Leon Schlesinger when asked of his decision to keep Bob Clampett's
Alice in Wonderland project in production despite increasing demand for military training and public service cartoons.
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The Los Angeles Times
Oriolo and Reit, who bought their
Friendly Ghost treatment back from Max Fleischer, are offering their story concept to M-G-M, Terrytoons, Screen Gems, Schlesinger, Lantz, Disney and the newly reborn Harman-Ising studio.
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The New York World-Telegram
Former Schlesinger director Tex Avery finds a new home at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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The Los Angeles Examiner
4-F's from all over the country lining up to take tryouts with 20th Century-Fox's new cartoon department. 20th's new animation branch will be helmed by veteran cartoonists Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, both of whom were released from their M-G-M contracts late last year.
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The Los Angeles Herald-Express
Fleischer and Terrytoons contemplating a merger should a manpower shortage arise due to many artists going off to war, including Fleischer storyman and
Popeye voice actor Jack Mercer.
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The New York Times
