BoxOffice October 2, 1943
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Walt Lanz, Universal cartoon producer, who was in New York for several days for home office conferences, went to Washington late in the week to confer with navy officials on the production of a series of trainign films"
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"Cartoon studio reopened alter two-wee' period, with 22 pictures in production.
Shorts"
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"Disney shorts in all parts of the world and in every language. He has been in one feature, "Fantasia."
RKO
staged a Mickey Mouse screening
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and birthday party Modern Art in honor"
It was Metro's cartoon studio that reopened after two weeks (pg. 52).
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Pg. 48 (Photo caption)
Discuss “Air Power”—
Mayor Alexander P. de Seversky, author of “Victory Through Air Power;” Deems Taylor, composer, and Walt Disney, producer of the film version of the book, are pictured during a recent air program to Australia in which they discussed the UA release.
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Mickey Mouse Grows Up; He Was 15 September 27
New York—Mickey Mouse’s 15th birthday came on September 27. It was on that date 14 years ago that the first Mickey Mouse subject was shown at the Colony Theatre. It was called “Steamboat Willie.”
At that time the country was excited about Al Jolson’s “The Jazz Singer,” the first successful sound feature. Since then Mickey has appeared in more than 500 Disney shorts in all parts of the world and in every language. He has been in one feature, “Fantasia.”
RKO staged a Mickey Mouse screening and birthday party at the Museum of Modern Art in honor of the occasion.
Two Features, 3 Shorts On Selected List
New York—“Dangerous Blondes,” a Columbia feature with Allyn Joslyn and Evelyn Keyes, and “Top Man,” a Universal picture with Donald O’Connor and Susanna Foster, are listed in the current National Board of Review guide as selected features.
Short subjects listed are “Boogie Woogie Man,” Universal; “Jasper Goes Fishing,” Paramount, and “Screen Snapshots No. 1,” Columbia.
Pg. 55
Spearheads by Ivan Spear
If there are new faces in Metro’s and Universal’s publicity departments, they probably can be attributed to a refreshing, although possibly unwise, manifestation of frankness which crept into headlines from those praiseries on one and the same day.
From Metro: “FRED QUIMBY DEVISES TANTALIZING TORTURE.”