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Editor says, what if Adolf Hitler had been a successful commercial artist? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1943, on this day Walt Disney Studios released the animated cartoon Der Fuehrer's Face. Originally intended to serve solely as an anti-Nazi propaganda piece for the American war effort, the film was hugely popular, voted #22 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons and winning the 1943 Academy Award for Animated Short Film.
Der Fuehrer's FaceFifty-three year old cartoonist Adolf Schicklegruber originated the design concept, placing his own career on an upward trajectory. Not so for Donald Duck, whose depiction as a reluctant Nazi would mark the end of the line for this particular character. The Disney Corporation even kept the movie out of general circulation until an official U.S. video release in 2004, when it was included in the Walt Disney Treasures limited edition DVD set Walt Disney.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Happy Hitler Artist Source: Wikipedia Labels: Adolf Hitler, Cartoons, Artist, America, Germany. Editor says, on February 23rd 2008, William Hakvaag, the director of a war museum in northern Norway, said he found drawings hidden in a painting signed 'A. Hitler' that he bought at an auction in Germany. He found coloured cartoons of the characters Bashful and Doc from the 1937 Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which were signed A.H., and an unsigned sketch of Pinocchio as he appeared in the 1940 Disney film.
~ ...Then who's the head of Nazi Germany?
~ Nice to see that the Duck bought it! lol
~ I take it you're not too fond of Donald Duck, then... :D
~ Actually, I understand that Uncle Walt, although a fervent patriot, was an equally fervent racist who might not have been out of place among the Nazis if he had been German. (For an example, check out the crows in "Dumbo", bearing in mind what "crow" was slang for in the 1940s.)
~ I could see Donald doing a Hitler-style rant, like the ones in "Russian Rhapsody."
~ Racism was the norm of his class and income level. He was fanatci anti-union but again that was mostly about his wallet. He was anti-Communist because they controlled or were major players in most of the Hollywood unions.
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