Norman Tate

Nacimiento : 1915-02-14,

Muerte : 2006-08-13

Historia

Norm worked for Disney as an animator in the 1940's. He worked on many projects including Springtime for Pluto, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. Above is one of Norm's sketches of J. Worthington Foulfellow, aka Honest John, from Pinocchio. - ANGELA CANDELA

Películas

Patrulla Canina
Animation
Pluto está trabajando como guardia en una zona costera. Cuándo está patrullando por una de las playas, presencia el nacimiento de una tortuguita. Ésta, a pesar de ser pequeña e indefensa, no tiene miedo a nada e intenta colarse, sigilosamente, en la zona que está restringida para disfrutar de un baño en el mar. Esta vez, Pluto consigue detenerla, pero la tortuga es muy obstinada y sigue queriendo traspasar el límite; lo que provocará más de un altercado con 'el agente' canino.
The Legend of Coyote Rock
Animation
Pluto is guarding a flock of sheep in the West; a coyote is sneaking up on that flock. The coyote fakes a bad leg; Pluto chases it away, only to have it run back ahead of him and go after the sheep. Pluto gets back and finds the coyote chasing the lone black sheep of the flock, after trapping the rest. The chase ends with the coyote buried under a toppling spire of rock, which forms a coyote of rock on the top.
Dog Watch
Animation
As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape, but it turns out to be a cache of bones. He grabs one and settles in contentedly. A rat sneaks on, and Pluto springs into action. The rat toys with him, until it finds the officer's mess. He bribes Pluto, until he hears an officer approaching. The rat hides, and Pluto gets thrown in the brig, while the rat sneaks off with his sandwich. But Pluto gets even.
Springtime for Pluto
Animation
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar before our eyes), he gets in trouble. The butterfly had done a little dance with a water droplet; Pluto picks a beehive as his "ball". The bees, of course, attack, and Pluto escapes by diving into some bushes of poison ivy. Then the "gentle" rains of spring come, along with the hail ("hail, hail the rains"), making a mess of Pluto's house. When the rains end and the satyr returns, Pluto gives him the greeting he deserves.
Chicken Little
Animation
Un pequeño pollo, Chicken Little, deberá evitar por todos los medios caer en las garras de Foxy Loxy. El cortometraje fue adaptado a un largo en 2005.
Salvamento gatuno
Animation
Pluto rescata un pobre e indefenso gatito. El gato sigue a Pluto a su hogar, donde comienza a recibir la atención de Mickey, lo que provoca que Pluto se sienta celoso...
Un caddy canino
Animation
Mickey's going golfing, and Pluto is his caddy. Besides the usual caddy duties, Pluto runs to the ball and points to it. But when the ball lands in a gopher hole, Pluto's got another task: chase the gopher. They eventually chase each other through a number of holes in a knoll where Mickey is trying to putt out, causing the knoll to collapse.
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Animation
Mickey Mouse lies in bed like a lord, getting served breakfast by man's (and mouse's?) best friend Pluto as gentleman's gentleman. Next duty is to fetch the paper, but also pay for it with a coin for the vending machine, and those round things have a nasty habit of escaping a dog's teeth and bouncing over the pavement till they end up in the gutter. After enough attempts to fish and spend the penny, Pluto has a newspaper to carry the same way. The wind has a nasty way to get a better grip on page after page then the dog, so by the time he delivers the daily dose of printed news it's an embarrassingly muddy mess.
La lavandería de perros de Donald
Animation
El pato Donald inventa una máquina automática para lavar perros, mientras el pobre Pluto duerme una siesta ajeno a lo que se le avecina...
Pinocho
Animation
Un anciano llamado Geppetto fabrica una marioneta de madera a la que llama Pinocho, con la esperanza de que se convierta en un niño de verdad. El Hada Azul hace realidad su deseo y da vida a Pinocho, pero conserva su cuerpo de madera. Pepito Grillo, la conciencia de Pinocho, tendrá que aconsejarlo para que se aleje de las situaciones difíciles o peligrosas hasta conseguir que el muñeco se convierta en un niño de carne y hueso.