Comments on: Tom Oreb - SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959)

by: Maryfill

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:01:26 +0100

Well this article’s been a real eye opener for me. I’d always viewed the film as a real good entertaining story without thinking about its artistic significance. I reviewed the film a few times and one of the main things that came across to me was that it looked like a film that combines live action with animation. This is particularly apparent in the castle scenes were the backgrounds could be mistaken for real photos. You should have known better Walt.

by: woodrow phoenix

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:42:50 +0000

It’s on a “Disney rarities: Tomorrowland” DVD that’s out right now.
Man In Space, Man and the Moon, Mars and Beyond, Eyes In Outer Space and Our Friend the Atom. Ward Kimball aplenty!
If you can’t get it where you are there’s always Amazon or eBay.

by: rik

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:47:49 +0000

i thought i’d ask this here…i’d say it’s a pretty safe bet to say ward kimball and tom oreb had a lot to do with animation seqence in the tomorrowland attraction “mission to mars”. true? do any of you lot know where that segment may be found to view today? i’d love to see it again sometime soon. man, i wish they’d never have messed with tomorrowland. it used to actually look like tomorrow, even today!

by: Amid

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:39:39 +0000

You’re right, Ward was on the film for a short time. He talks about it in this Barrier inteview. Seems both Kimball and Jones only worked on it in ‘53 or thereabouts, and didn’t contribute much to the film.

by: Jenny

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:38:51 +0000

I’d bet you’re right about Oreb here–but your speculation about authorship reminds me–didn’t Kimball work on Sleeping Beauty, early on, in development? Was he going to direct it or something? There’s some published interview somewhere where Ward talks about this, I believe(and also talks about Chuck Jones’ brief employment there at the same time, also on SB).