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Broadcasting

and

Walt Disney,

its supreme exponent

LAST WEEK-END the distributors previewed for the Press the series of Walt Disney short features which will comprise the programme commencing at the Queen's | Theatre to-morrow.

The seven subjects chosen are without doubt the seven masterpieces of the art of screen cartooning.

Only one Academy of Motion considerable offshoot of the Arts' award is made motion picture business, fit only Picture each year and it is impossible for the amusement of children, for more than one him to receive has grown until it is a flourish- the coveted gold trophy. It is ing industry in its own right, safe to predict, however, that commanding the respect of the Lone of the seven shorts which most highbrow and amusing will be shown to-morrow will both adults and children of all

nationalities, the world over. win the award.

Any discussion of the cartoon the

One of the cartoons from "Farmyard Symphony." success of Disney.

A be on the pinnacle he is to-day, was followed by The seven films are "Fordinand the Bull" hailed in England must necessarily be quite largely favourite one is that Mickey But Mickey and the United States as the devoted to Walt Disney, its su- does all the things which the Minnie, and in turn followed by Clarabelle Cow, But Disney Horsecollar, greatest cartoon film Disney preme exponent. He has made humdrum citizen would like to a long line of livestock: Horace has produced-"Donald's Golf cartoon films so popular that it but dare not do.

the is difficult to remember that the himself inclines to the former Clara Cluck, Donald Duck, and Game", which introduces

Donald Duck first animated cartoon was pro- view. "It is all a question of a number of others. three cherubic nephews already familiar to duced in 1911, more than 20 timing," is his own judgment on "Telegraph" readers who read years after a patent for the first the subject. the Donald Duck cartoon strip moving-picture camera had been published exclusively in this obtained. newspaper each

FIGHTEEN YEARS AGO a triumph until the advent of "on the beat."

Willie"

on

success.

Then in 1929 he branched out ཚ

into other work. "The Skeleton to achieve this Dance" set to music based "Bravé "Colonel Hecza Liar," which IN ORDER

timing he introduced a tech- the Danse Macabre was the first Little Tailor, The Whalers," started in 1913, was the first "The Fox Hunt", "Mickey's popular series and was rapidly nique which was entirely new. of the Silly Symphonies of which of Max have been decided upon-but not only really sifly people are those Melodics," Parrot" and "Farmyard Syn- followed by "Aesop's Fables," After the details of the action it has been well said that the phony". The "Telegraph" film "The Inkwell Imp,"

and recorded. The phonies. "Monkey critic would place this latter Fleischer, and Pat Sullivan's photographed — the music is who think they are not sym-

"Felix the Cat." Felix was by written

then fitted to the "Frolicking Fish," "Arctic An- technicolour cartoon above even

music to the tics," and films of the four sca- "Ferdinand the Bull" in enter- far the most popular of the actions are

silent cartoon creations and, music, not the

In this way every sons of the year soon followed tainment value.

easily outstripping his rival actions.

in action is made to happen exactly and established their popularity. "Krazy Kat, continued

Thus the jokes

Still Disney was not content. IF, as a United Press message

Are timed by the music. An- Six years ago, while the studios indicated yesterday, Ameri-

young artist working on a Mickey Mouse.

on his other Disney characteristic it were still ditliering, Disney took That Mickey should, can engineers have solved the night shift watched the mice

appearance, defeat his might almost be called his trade exclusive rights in the improved problem of utilising ultra-short creeping out of a hole in the first wave-lengths of frequencies skirting. Every night they natural enemy, a cat, is no less mark--is his habit of capping Technicolour process and pro- of this into an obstacle, exactly a bar first coloured Silly Symphony. varying from 30 to 300 million used to come and ent the remains than one might have expected. each climax. If Mickey crashes duced "Trees And Flowers," the

toons followed, cycles a second for ordinary of sandwich lunches in the Perhaps it is because

He tamed initial success that in his subse- later, as the laughter is dying Two years later, the other car- In the hands of Disney, colour broadcasting purposes a remark-wastepaper basket.

several of them, and one would quent adventures he has always down, the chandelier will fall on

WILS an unqualified able advance in broadcasting

even sit on his drawing-board displayed such irrepressible im- his head.

Disney has, of course, had Grimm and Andersen, mythology has been achieved.

ns he worked,, so friendly had pudence. But the credit is not

Disney made many imitators. There are not- It is interesting to recall that they become. This bold young really Mickey's.

for subjects. Disney then work- mouse received the name

of two silent Mickeys, "Steam-bont ably "Betty Boop," "Pop-eye the and the nursery were explored the late Marchese Marconi told

ed on the problem of producing a and "Plane Crazy," Sailor," and a number of car- Mortimer.

modelled the Silly coloured Mickey Mouse. Disney the Hongkong Telegraph some

Ten years ago, striking out which were not very successful; toons years ago, during a visit to this

cartoon before that he had made no Symphonies. But none has ac- still was not content. His next on his own

Dis- experiment was longer cartoon Colony, that ultra-short waves, then regarded as being available films, Disney was in desperation fewer than BG other films, which, hieved the same

Suddenly he however adequate, never rivalled ney's first films were a series of films. For eighteen months his for a character.

called cartoons

"Laugh atudios worked on a version of for only quasi-optical ranges, would be used for world-wide thought of his old friend: but the popularity of Felix.

It was not until his pictures O'Grams," illustrating topical "Snow White," which ran for an communication within a decade.Mortimer was too long:

were synchronised with sound events and commissioned by a hour and a quarter and cost £50,- But 110 regulir short-wave became Mickey.

To-day Walt Disney makes that he obtained real success. In cinema owner in his home town 000 and netted £1,000,000.

Walt Disney Is only 37, what stations have been able to go below wave-lengths of five twenty-six pictures a year at a September, 1928, he came to of Kansas City.

He then made "Red Riding does there remain for him to do? His profits New York with his first sound- metres except for experimental cost of £260,000.

He cartoon, "The Op'ry House," Hood," which took him six Doubtless he will experiment purposes, the B.B.C. televisionare estimated at £150,000.

and after many rebuffs succeed months, followed by six other with stereoscopy, but at present service in England being the employs three hundred

small fairy tale cartoons. The com- that is only on the distant hori- only exception. In this latter Artists are "cast" to draw the ed in placing it at a case, the range of reception has characters they can draw best, cinema. It was seen, and a few pany went bankrupt, and Disney zon. In England Len Lye is ex- been limited to approximately like actors. But they only do days later it was playing at the then struck out to work on his perimenting with abstract car- cinema, the own. During the next four toons in pure colour. Perhaps 50 miles, that is, a little further key-sketches. The intermediate world's largest

It seems years he made 60 cartoons; this Disney will try his hand at these. There than the eye can sec.

pictures are filled in by the rank Roxy, New York.

Disney's vision has enabled have been isolated instances of

and file. Apprentices draw clear, therefore, that Disney's was followed by 26 pictures fea-

him to keep ahead of competitors reception on the Continent and,

whiskers, smoke or rain-drops. success was primarily due not to turing Oswald the Rabbit.

The reason for the continued hitherto, and to boast that over a week or so ago, of reception in

his brilliant use of sound.

(as opposed to the initial) suc- a million drawings have been the United States and these Dsiney himself no longer draws the invention of Mickey but to

a line.

At a time when the studios cess of Walt Disney is his con- made of Mickey Mouse, the most have proved Marchese Marconi's claim that the path of waves of

were in a state of wild confusion stant endeavour to try new infernationally popular hero the the new medium Disney ideas. If Mickey had remained world has ever known. Long such terrific frequencies is not

stepped in with a sound tech-

just Mickey, Disney would not may it continue to do the same. governed by the curvature of

nique which was, and is, in ad- the earth.

INTERESTING to vance of anything the studios Many theories have cxamine how the cartoon film, could do.

to make

Bo it

men.

And Disney went to Holly- wood with £5 in his pocket and a whole lot of debts.

The promise held forth by T IS the discovery announced by the

over

University of Columbia, if sub-which was once a poor and in- been put forward to account for

stantiated, will revolutionise broadcasting? It will bring tele- vision and world broadcasting programmes to Hongkong with- out interference, man-made or otherwise. It will eliminate the confusion of a dozen broadcast- ing stations striving to emit programmes on frequency-bands on which there is only room for Bix.

Beems

If the claims are not sub- little stantiated there hope that the entertainment provided in Hongkong by this latest of sciences will change materially for many years to

come.

For instance, there is little hope that Hongkong will be pro- vided with television, despite the fact that the recent report of the Television Committed in Eugland has, in the light of the experience gained at Alexandrin Palaco, planned, the construction of additional stations througli out the United Kingdom.:

Yat there is no apparent rea- Bon why Hongkong should not be one of the first parts of the Empire, outside London, to enjoy televisión. The trans- mitting apparatus is not unduly expensive, and the receiving apparatus, which can be oth- reception, costs only 26 In Landon

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Is Your Name

By Lichty Smith

for JONES,

or WHITE, or BROWN?

The exact order of numerical THOMAS, Jones, Davies,

Importance of the first 25 surnames Evans, and Williams, in England and Wales is as follows: Taylor, Smith, Joner, Williams, indeed!

Davies, Brown, Thomas, Evans; Recently it was recorded that three Hoberts, Jolinaon, Robinson, Wilson gentlemen named Robert Thomas Wright, Wood, Hall, Walker, Hughes, have been elected as members of the Green, Lewis, Edwards, Thompson, Cowbridge (near Cardiff) Borough White, Jackson, Turner, and H Council, and that In the Cardi We may be entitled to count the Ds of the Smith clon selephone directory are to be found whites also

derive than 600 because of more

some authorities tho

from the Anglo- Thomases, about doo Joneses, nourly their name, not 600 Davicses, and 500 each of the Saxon wit" meaning white, but Evanses and the WilllamARS.

from "hwito," meaning a sharpener, It is time that we Smiths assertel or swordsmith, which would make ourselves. We are the backbone of them of our totem.

names

the nation. No one can beat us for

Then, if we also allow among us the Smithsons, the Emyths, Lie numbers.

I have before me the results of Smythes, and others who misspell careful analysis of the Burnames of our distinguished patronymic, *hat'na. It was compiled from ti can probably, muster oven in this study of several hundred thousand country an army of at least a mililon

"the_quarterly, very strong, mus occurring in

returna by the Registrar-General- of

we

Whenever we; all combine into the births, marriages, and deaths, and one great Smith Society of the World establishes beyond question

importance of the tribes.

First By Namo

what a League of Nations we may makel "The Smliha say No" would be an edict to make dictators tremble Indeed.

Not that I wish to THE Smiths are winners way disparagingly" of the Sondags.

One in every 73 of the Jones,

a genitive form of John,

population is a Smith. But the most numerous after us are not, you through Johnes, is common avery may have bellevel, the Brow where in England, and superabundant Joneses, and the Robinson, but then Wales. Next to John Smith, John Joneses (one in every 70 of the Jones is the most cranton combina- population the Williamses Cone Intion of names in Britain. 115), the Taylors (one in 148), and. The former Regstrar-General, who cordpiled the list from which fath the Davieses (one in 102),

The Browns come next with one quoting, says in his commentary on in every 174, and the Roblarons are it: "The name of John Jones is in

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