Animator Spotlight: Fred Moore

“Fred Moore was Disney drawing,” his colleague Marc Davis once said. “We’ve all done things on our own, but that was the basis of what Disney stood for.”

Animators and Mirrors

Though the work that animators create is often exhilarating, the actual process of animating, which involves sitting at a desk for hours …

Fred Moore and the Moving Silhouette

Among the most important things an animator must keep in mind when animating is making sure that drawings read clearly to the viewer. By …

Let’s Cast the Walt Disney Biopic

Who needs the Disney Company! We’ve already got the movie poster for a biopic about Walt Disney so we may as well go ahead and cast the …

Everybody Wanted to Sue Disney in 1940

It’s no secret that the Walt Disney Company is fiercely protective of its intellectual property, but the law works both ways, and they’ve …

Daily Christmas Card (#11)

To “Pat and Kenny” everywhere, Seasons Greetings from Freddy Moore and Cartoon Brew. (Courtesy the collection of Tim Walker)

Happy 100th Birthday, Fred Moore!

Today is the 100th anniversary of Fred Moore’s birth. Andreas Deja reminds us why we should care with this image-packed tribute.

Mary Blair, Fred Moore and Some Other Dude

Here’s a rare image of a couple of Disney greats who are rarely seen together: Mary Blair and Fred Moore. It’s at a wrap party for Three …

Six Rare Pieces of Animated Ephemera

Here are six good and rare animation-related clips I discovered on Critical Past, a stock footage house that specializes in films from US …

Behind the Scenes of “Reluctant Dragon”

A photo during the production of Disney’s The Reluctant Dragon on November 7, 1940. I hope somebody will get a kick out of it. Actress …

Lost Fred Moore Animation Discovered on eBay

Animation student Michael Ruocco was browsing eBay when he found a batch of drawings that appear to be a deleted scene animated by Fred Moore from Dumbo.

The Fred Moore Girl

Tracy Mark Lee, through his studio Electric Tiki Design, has been working on a maquette based on one of Freddy Moore’s always-appealing …

A Blog for Animation Legend Fred Moore

This Spanish blog is a one-stop source for Freddie Moore animation drawings, girlie sketches and photos filched from around the Internet. …

Freddie Moore Slandered Again?

Jeff Lenburg’s new book WHO’S WHO IN ANIMATED CARTOONS apparently continues to perpetuate one of the big lies of animation history: that …

Fred Moore photos

Jenny Lerew has posted some wonderful rare photos of master animator Fred Moore. She writes that she’ll soon be posting a lot more …

Monday Morning Inspiration: Freddy Moore

Monday mornings don’t get much more inspiring than this. Photocopies of a bunch of rare Freddy Moore sketches are posted at the Cartoon …