Ernie Nordli
Nacimiento : 1912-06-15, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Muerte : 1968-04-22
Historia
American animation designer and layout artist, most notably for Disney. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norwegian immigrant Hans Magnus Nordli (1884-1975) and Hedvig Charlotte Esterblom (1888-1976) of Swedish parentage.
Nordli, nicknamed "Ernie", was a talented artist whose work had an appealing modern sensibility. He started at Disney in 1936 and served as an art director/layout artist on Dumbo and Fantasia, and worked on many of the studio's shorts through the mid-1940s, including such Donald Duck shorts as The Plastics Inventor and Donald's Double Trouble. He left Disney and in the 1950s became the layout artist for Chuck Jones, in the absence of Maurice Noble. He was the layout man on eight Jones shorts, including some memorable films like Broom-Stick Bunny and Rocket-bye Baby (both 1956).
After his short stint with Jones, Nordli returned to Disney where he worked on Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred and One Dalmatians, on which he was a layout stylist. He played an important role in designing the background drawing style on Dalmatians.
Nordli continued working until his death. His later credits include The Alvin Show, Gay Purr-ee (1962), Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964), The Man from Button Willow (1965) and the show Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero. Nordli also designed many comic book covers for Dell in the early-1950s.
He died in April 1968 in San Francisco, California, aged 55. Fellow layout artist Walt Peregoy said that he committed suicide. -Wikipedia
Production Design
In 1869, Justin Eagle lives on his ranch called "The Eagle's Nest" near the town of Button Willow, California. In addition to being a rancher, Juston is a trouble-shooter for the U. S. Government which calls for him to act as an undercover operative and thwart the forces of evil in the rapidly-growing West. He is sent to San Franciso to find missing U. S. Senaator Freeman, who has disappeared while fighting the efforts of Montgomery Blaine, a villain who has been, with the aid of his henchman, "The Whip," forcing settlers to sell their land to him, not knowing that the land is in the path of a proposed railroad, from Utah, that will link the western United States to the East. Senator Freeman is the leader of an effort to veer the railroad southward to bypass Blaine's land and, for his efforts, is kidnapped by Bliane's henchmen and shanghaied from the San Francisco waterfront. Justin Eagle's job is to find and return him safely.
Production Design
La historia está ambientada en el cambio de siglo XIX-XX en Francia, predominantemente en París. Sin embargo, empieza en una granja en Provenza, donde la encantadora gata Mewsette está aburrida con su pretendiente (Jaune Tom, un experto pero tímido cazador de ratones). Inspirada por las historias de glamour y sofisticación de París ("Take My Hand, Paree"), Mewsette se escapa a la gran ciudad, donde se encuentra al hábil estafador Meowrice. Aprovechándose de la ingenuidad de la gata, la pone al cuidado de la sutil Madame Reubens-Chatte, quien promete convertir a Mewsette en una exquisita debutante. Meowrice está prometiendo a Mewsette sin que ella lo sepa con un rico gato americano de Pittsburgh, conocido como el "Dr. Phtt" ("El Gato del Dinero"). Mientras tanto, Jaune Tom y su compinche Robespierre llegan a París buscando a Mewsette.
Production Design
Sea Captain Windwagon Smith hits Westport, Kansas, the starting point of the old Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and is quickly the laughing stock of the town; instead of traveling in the usual oxen-drawn covered wagon, he is at the helm and wheel of a Contestoga-type wagon with a full set of sails. He plans to go to Oregon by taking advantage of the prairie winds. First, he wins over the town mayor, falls in love with the mayor's beautiful daughter, Molly Crum, and then secures financial backing from the townspeople. He sets sail across the plains, with Molly Crum as a covered-wagon stowaway, and a Kansas twister looming on the horizon. And, then, the wind hits the sails. And the fan, too, if he had had one.
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J.J. Fate again shows us how accidents aren't his fault, but instead are the result of carelessness. Donald is Mr. Careful at home, but at work, he starts right off by falling down the stairs. He has run-ins with a punch press, flammable paint, a conveyor belt, loose clothing, a monkey wrench, and other problems.
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The city of Anyburg decides its traffic situation has gotten out of hand, so it puts the automobile on trial. The trial (conducted in rhyme) starts with a car that was in a hit-and-run accident, followed by a sports car whose sins are peeling rubber and general hot-rodding, followed by a heap, on trial for lack of safety. Next, a number of safety equipment designers testify that, despite their best efforts, the accident rate keeps rising. Through all this, the defense lawyer declines to ask questions. A highway designer bemoans the problems on his beautiful roads. At last, defense. He shows a number of scenarios, pointing out that the real problem isn't the car but the driver. Everyone left the courtroom, declaring the car not guilty, and drove politely again, for a little while.
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It's a peaceful day in a local city when suddenly, duck J.J. Fate appears to lecture us on how "fate" isn't to blame for accidents, people are! He uses Donald Duck as an example. Donald is extremely accident prone. He lights his pipe in a room with a gas leak, slips on a throw rug while carrying a fish bowl, overloads electrical outlets, and continually falls down the stairs. Finally, Donald has had enough and fixes his house guaranteeing no more accidents. That's good for Donald but the rest of the accident prone city still has to learn "not to blame fate for your carelessness".
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Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge (which the Coyote falls into while Road Runner passes right through), and a jet motor.
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Baby-Faced Finster robs a bank, but the baby carriage with the money in it goes down Bugs' rabbit hole.
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Donald adopta un bebé de canguro. Pero cuidarlo no será tan fácil como se pensaba.
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El Pato Donald sufre de sonambulismo. En este estado inocente hace una llamada nocturna a Daisy's, como si fuera el momento de su cita romántica; sabiendo que uno no debe despertar o contradecir a un sonámbulo, ella sigue el juego, pero le resulta cada vez más difícil seguir a Donald y evitar que se haga daño.
Background Designer
El Pato Donald sufre de sonambulismo. En este estado inocente hace una llamada nocturna a Daisy's, como si fuera el momento de su cita romántica; sabiendo que uno no debe despertar o contradecir a un sonámbulo, ella sigue el juego, pero le resulta cada vez más difícil seguir a Donald y evitar que se haga daño.
Background Designer
Una escena nevada; A Daisy le gustaría un abrigo de piel, por lo que Donald le arranca un oso bebé a su madre dormida. Pero la madre despierta y rastrea a Donald (y a su bebé). Donald usa su propio abrigo de piel para disfrazarse de cachorro de oso. El cachorro real regresa, y Donald parece que podría estar en problemas, pero un frasco de miel lo convierte en el mejor amigo del oso.
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Una escena nevada; A Daisy le gustaría un abrigo de piel, por lo que Donald le arranca un oso bebé a su madre dormida. Pero la madre despierta y rastrea a Donald (y a su bebé). Donald usa su propio abrigo de piel para disfrazarse de cachorro de oso. El cachorro real regresa, y Donald parece que podría estar en problemas, pero un frasco de miel lo convierte en el mejor amigo del oso.
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Donald vuelve a pintar su auto y un pájaro cae sobre él. En el caos que sigue, el automóvil termina cubierto con huellas de manos, manchado de una docena de colores diferentes, despojado de pintura y cubierto con el relleno de los asientos para que se parezca a un perro pastor.
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Daisy tells Donald he has to improve his English and manners before she'll see him again. Fortunately, an exact double with an English accent, clear speech, and impeccable manners happens by. Donald talks him into posing as Donald, but grows increasingly jealous as Daisy hugs and kisses the stranger.
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Por accidente, Goofy sustituye a su maestro, Sir Loinsteak, antes de una justa contra el rival más duro de todos.
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Donald es un guarda forestal asignado a proteger el árbol gigante "Old Sequoia" de un par de castores que tienen un parecido sorprendente en sus tácticas y discurso a Chip & Chop.
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Donald visita a Daisy. Cuando no puede abrir una ventana, se pone furioso y prácticamente destruye su casa. Ella no lo volverá a verle hasta que modere ese temperamento.
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On the night he promised to take his girl-friend Daisy out, Donald Duck discovers he's skinned. Desperate for spending money, he gets it in the last place he knows: his three nephews' piggy bank. After the wild clubbing night, she thanks the 'rich' big spender, which only makes Donald remember how penniless and guilty he is. Images of merciless pursuit by the police and rotting jail finish him off, so he takes a dish washing job, all night, but will that make everything all-right?
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Donald takes a job as a gift wrapper in a department store.
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Donald is listening to a radio program that tells how to build an airplane from plastic, in a process much like baking a cake, cookies, and making toast. He takes it out for a test flight, still guided by the radio, and it works wonderfully. Until the radio interviewer asks if there's any problems: yes, it melts when it gets wet. Of course, Donald instantly flies into a rain cloud, and has to battle his plane as it disintegrates.
