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Don DaGradi is a Scriptwriter, Production Designer, Layout, Art Direction and Sequence Artist American born on 1 march 1911 at New York City (USA)
Don DaGradi (1911 – August 4, 1991) was a Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for "Best Screenplay" with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death.
À partir de La Belle et le Clochard (1955), il devient l'un des principaux scénaristes des studios, tant pour les dessins animés que pour des films en prises de vues réelles tels que Pollyanna (1960), Monte là-d'ssus (The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961), Après lui, le déluge (Son of Flubber, 1963), Un amour de Coccinelle (1969), L'Apprentie sorcière (1971), pour la plupart travaillant en collaboration avec Bill Walsh et Mary Poppins (1964) pour lequel il reçoit une nomination à l'Oscar du « Meilleur scénario » avec Walsh.
Il prend sa retraite en 1970 et est nommé aux Disney Legends en 1991.
(1964)
(Scriptwriter)
(1959)
(Production Designer)
(1968)
(Scriptwriter)
(1955)
(Story)
(1971)
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(1941)
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Birth name Donald Da Gradi
Nationality USA
Birth 1 march 1911 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 august 1991 (at 80 years) at Friday Harbor (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 1 march 1911 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 august 1991 (at 80 years) at Friday Harbor (USA)
Biography
Il commence sa carrière aux studios Disney au milieu des années 1930 comme peintre de décors et scénariste de courts-métrages. Nommé à la direction artistique sur Dumbo (1941), il s'occupe ensuite du layout des Trois Caballeros (1942) à Mélodie Cocktail (1946), puis du stylisme du Crapaud et le Maître d'école (1949) à Peter Pan (1953) et supervise la conception graphique de La Belle au bois dormant (1959).À partir de La Belle et le Clochard (1955), il devient l'un des principaux scénaristes des studios, tant pour les dessins animés que pour des films en prises de vues réelles tels que Pollyanna (1960), Monte là-d'ssus (The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961), Après lui, le déluge (Son of Flubber, 1963), Un amour de Coccinelle (1969), L'Apprentie sorcière (1971), pour la plupart travaillant en collaboration avec Bill Walsh et Mary Poppins (1964) pour lequel il reçoit une nomination à l'Oscar du « Meilleur scénario » avec Walsh.
Il prend sa retraite en 1970 et est nommé aux Disney Legends en 1991.
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(1964)(Scriptwriter)
(1959)(Production Designer)
(1968)(Scriptwriter)
(1955)(Story)
(1971)(Scriptwriter)
(1941)(Art Direction)
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The Love Bug (1997)
, 1h28Directed by Peyton Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Alexandra Wentworth, Jeff Garlin, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dana Gould
Roles Writer
Rating52%
La Coccinelle ne remporte plus aucune course. Abandonnée par son nouveau propriétaire, Simon Moore III, elle est sauvée par Hank Cooper, un pilote malchanceux devenu mécanicien. Pour aider ce dernier à retrouver la plus haute marche du podium et l'amour d'Alex, son ancienne fiancée, Choupette reprend la compétition. Elle va devoir affronter Horace, la nouvelle voiture de Simon...
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
, 1h53Directed by Robert Stevenson, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Association football films, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson
Rating69%
The three Rawlins children, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul are evacuated from London during The Blitz to the remote village of Pepperinge Eye. They are placed in the reluctant care of Miss Eglantine Price, a reclusive woman who agrees to the arrangement temporarily. The children attempt to run away back to London, but change their minds after observing Miss Price attempting to fly on a broomstick. Miss Price reveals she is learning witchcraft through a correspondence school with hopes of using her spells in the British war effort, and offers the children a transportation spell in exchange for their silence. Miss Price casts the spell on a knob that the youngest child, Paul, has removed from the bed in the children’s shared bedroom, and she adds that only Paul can activate the spell.
Scandalous John (1971)
, 1h53Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Harry Morgan, Rick Lenz, Simon Oakland
Rating58%
John McCanless was once a gunslinger and has become a cranky old rancher. There is a plan to build a dam which would flood his property. John has no intention of selling his land and is determined to fight the dam to the end if necessary.
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Stevenson, Paul Cameron, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Richard Deacon, Elliott Reid
Rating67%
Steve Walker (Dean Jones) arrives in a North Carolina seacoast town to take the position of track coach at Godolphin College. The night of his arrival coincides with a charity bazaar at the hotel where he will be boarding — Blackbeard's Inn, named after the notorious English pirate Captain Edward Teach and now run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers, elderly descendants of the pirate's crew. The owners are attempting to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss, Silky Seymour (Joby Baker), who wants to build a casino on the land. Steve quickly discovers his track team's shortcomings and runs afoul of the dean of Godolphin College, its football coach, and Seymour. He also makes the acquaintance of attractive Godolphin professor Jo Anne Baker (Suzanne Pleshette), who is anxious to help the elderly ladies save Blackbeard's Inn.
The Love Bug (1968)
, 1h48Directed by Robert Stevenson, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett, Johnny Flynn, Joe Flynn
Rating65%
In 1968, Jim Douglas is a down-on-his luck racing driver, reduced to competing in demolition derby races against drivers half his age. Jim lives in an old fire house overlooking San Francisco Bay with his friend and mechanic, Tennessee Steinmetz, a jolly Brooklynite who constantly extols the virtues of spiritual enlightenment, having spent time amongst Buddhist monks in Tibet, and builds "art" from car parts. After yet another race ends in a crash (and Tennessee turns his Edsel into a sculpture), Jim finds himself without a car and heads into town in search of some cheap wheels. He is enticed into an upmarket European car showroom after setting eyes on an attractive sales assistant, Carole Bennett. Jim witnesses the dealership's British owner, Peter Thorndyke, being unnecessarily abusive towards a white Volkswagen Beetle that rolls into the showroom, and defends the car's honor, much to Thorndyke's displeasure. The following morning Jim is shocked to find that the car is parked outside his house and that Thorndyke is pressing charges for grand theft. A heated argument between Jim and Thorndyke is settled when Carole persuades Thorndyke to drop the charges if Jim buys the car on a system of monthly payments.
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
, 1h50Directed by Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVey, Peter Renaday
Rating58%
While flying a routine mission for the U.S. Navy from his aircraft carrier, an emergency causes Lieutenant Robin "Rob" Crusoe (Van Dyke) to eject from his F-8 Crusader into the ocean. Crusoe drifts on the ocean in an emergency life raft for several days and nights until landing on an uninhabited island. Crusoe builds a shelter for himself, fashions new clothing out of available materials, and begins to scout the island, discovering an abandoned Japanese submarine from World War II. Scouring the submarine, Crusoe also discovers a NASA astrochimp named Floyd, played by Dinky.
Mary Poppins (1964)
, 2h19Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Films about penguins, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
Rating77%
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks'. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his wife Winifred that their hired nanny, Katie Nanna, has left their service after his children, Jane and Michael, ran away again. They are returned shortly after by the local constable, who reveals that the children were dragged away by their kite. The children ask their father to help build a better kite, but he dismisses them. Taking it upon himself to hire a nanny, George advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny. Jane and Michael present their own advertisement for a kinder, sweeter nanny, but George rips up the letter and throws the scraps in the fireplace, which magically float up and out into the air.
Son of Flubber (1963)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about education, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Kirk
Rating60%
Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of Flubber has not quite brought him or his college the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the IRS has slapped him with a huge tax bill, even if he has yet to receive a cent. He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of "Flubbergas," (the "son" of Flubber) which can change the weather. His wife Betsy becomes fed up with all the stress and starts separating from him, and the professor's old rival Shelby starts trying to woo her again. Brainard's experiments continue, by making it rain inside people's houses, as well as in Shelby's car too while he's driving, which causes him to get into an accident with a police car. It also helps Medfield College's football team to win a game, but it also has one unfortunate side effect: It shatters glass, which eventually places Brainard on the lam. At home, his wife Betsy is jealous of the attention lavished on him by an old high school girlfriend. On trial, Ned's future seems hopeless, until a farmer shows the court that his crops grew extra large because of Ned's experiment, which the farmer names "Dry Rain", and the professor is acquitted, and he and Betsy are reunited.
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
, 1h15Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Bill Thompson, Larry Roberts, Lee Millar, Verna Felton
Roles Story
Rating72%
On Christmas morning, 1909, in a quaint Midwestern town, Jim Dear gives his wife Darling an American cocker spaniel puppy which she names Lady. Lady enjoys a happy life with the couple and two local neighborhood dogs, Jock, a Scottish terrier, and Trusty, a bloodhound. Meanwhile, across town, a stray mutt named Tramp lives on his own, dining on scraps from Tony's restaurant and protecting his friends from the local dogcatcher. One day, Lady is saddened after her owners begin treating her rather coldly. Jock and Trusty visit her and determine that their change in behavior is due to Darling expecting a baby. While Jock and Trusty try to explain what a baby is, Tramp interrupts the conversation and offers his own thoughts on the matter, making Jock and Trusty take an immediate dislike to the stray and order him out of the yard. As Tramp leaves, he reminds Lady that "when the baby moves in, the dog moves out.
Susie, the Little Blue Coupe (1952)
, 8minutesDirected by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Sterling Holloway, Stan Freberg, June Foray
Rating73%
Susie is a small blue coupe on display in a dealer showroom who is bought by a well-to-do man who is taken with her. Thrust into high-society, she finds herself surrounded by much larger, more luxurious cars but eventually makes do. She is pampered, but time takes its toll on her, mechanically and cosmetically; eventually, her owner trades her in. A second man buys her but her new life is much less pampered, being left outside in the cold and being poorly maintained. One night, she is stolen, chased by the police and totaled in the resulting wreck. Rotting in a junkyard, all looks hopeless for Susie when a young man notices her, buys her, and with the help of his friends, completely restores and revives her into a brand new hotrod.
Producer
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
, 1h15Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Eric Larson
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Vieillesse, Films about dragons, Les fées, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley
Roles Production Designer
Rating71%
After many childless years, King Stefan and Queen Leah, his lovely and beautiful wife, happily welcome the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. They proclaim a holiday for their subjects to pay homage to the princess and celebrate her birth. At the gathering for her christening she is betrothed to Prince Phillip, a small boy who is the only son of King Hubert, King Stefan's friend, so that their kingdoms will always be united.
Director
The Brave Engineer (1950)
, 7minutesDirected by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Jerry Colonna, Ken Darby
Roles Layout
Rating66%
Casey Jones, un conducteur de train à vapeur, doit s'assurer de la bonne livraison du courrier par le rail... Plusieurs problèmes surviennent sur le trajet, tels qu'une inondation consécutive à une tempête (on voit le train cheminer sous l'eau comme un sous-marin), un pont dynamité par un fou (le train s'arrache cependant du fond du canyon en grimpant à la verticale), l'archétypique demoiselle-en-détresse ligotée sur la voie par un assassin, des bandits (que Casey assomme et balance par dessus bord en usant de sa pelle à charbon comme un chasse-mouches) et une vache sur la voie. À toute vitesse, mettant les roues et les rails en fusion, rivetant les fuites de la chaudière debout sur les bielles en plein mouvement, Casey parvient à rejoindre sa destination avec une locomotive en grande partie détruite mais tenant le sac postal.
Duck Pimples (1945)
, 8minutesDirected by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher, June Foray, Doodles Weaver
Roles Layout
Rating67%
Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary stories on the radio and in books, moves him into a seemingly real crime world, which ultimately turns out to be imaginary. Donald’s dream is enhanced by the backgrounds that abruptly change each time a new character appears in it.
Hockey Homicide (1945)
, 7minutesDirected by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Sports films, Ice hockey films, Children's films, Sports d'hiver
Actors Doodles Weaver, Pinto Colvig
Roles Layout
Rating72%
Dingo et ses congénères disputent un match de hockey entre les Moose Roster et les Pelican Roster... Mais cela se finit en combat sur la glace avec la participation des spectateurs.
The Three Caballeros (1944)
, 1h12Directed by Harold Young, Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Carmen Molina, Aurora Miranda, Pinto Colvig, Georg Thomalla, Frank Graham
Roles Layout
Rating62%
Donald Duck reçoit en cadeau d'anniversaire une énorme boîte. Il y découvre un projecteur cinématographique, des bobines de films, un livre et un disque. Elles contiennent des souvenirs et informations sur l'Amérique du Sud et le Mexique qui lui permettent de retrouver ses amis José Carioca et Panchito Pistoles, un coq vêtu en charro.