Correction: One of the "Nine Old Men" I forget which one designed Elliot. So one of them did work on the production. ---------------------------------------------------------------- For the record, the credits for PETE'S DRAGON state "Elliott created by Ken Anderson." ---------------------------------------------------------------- You answered your own question. Ken Anderson it is. Good job!
According to Wikipedia, the "Nine Old Men" were:
Les Clark (November 17, 1907 – September 12, 1979) Marc Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) Ollie Johnston (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) Milt Kahl (March 22, 1909 – April 19, 1987) Ward Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) Eric Larson (September 3, 1905 – October 25, 1988) John Lounsbery (March 9, 1911 – February 13, 1976) Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985) Frank Thomas (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004)
None of them seem to be named Ken Anderson. Anderson was born in 1909 and worked on SNOW WHITE. Were there perhaps ten old men?
Yeah, that's odd. Ken Anderson was without question one of the "Nine Old Men". At least he was celebrated as one. They were never coined the "Ten Old Men". I didn't realized Wolfgang Retherman went so far back with Disney. I would've otherwise excluded him.
I found this Googling:
"Have Ken, Can Do
Before Disney art director, animator, and writer Ken Anderson's death, historian Paul Anderson spent hours talking to Walt Disney's "tenth old man". Their candid, revelatory conversation, presented here for the first time anywhere, charts the creative life of this multi-talented Disney Legend.
Walt Disney famously called his top nine artists and animators the Nine Old Men. Like the fifth Beatle, there was a tenth old man: Ken Anderson. A jack of all trades, Anderson was equally adept in the studio working on films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and One Hundred and One Dalmatians and as an architect and designer of Disneyland and Epcot Center."
Following SGT. PEPPER, Helen Reddy made a few television guest appearances, but was otherwise off the big screen for nearly a decade. In 1987 she had a cameo role, along with fellow musicians Donnie Simpson, Ray Parker, Jr., Rick Nielsen, and the Beach Boys in DISORDERLIES, a comedy that starred the New York-based rap group The Fat Boys.
The Fat Boys (Mark Morales, Darren Robinson, and Damon Wimbley) play three bumbling orderlies hired to take care of an old rich man (Ralph Bellamy). Reddy played a “Happy Socialite” in this film directed by Michael Schultz.
One of Helen Reddy’s earliest television performances came on a 12 February 1966 episode of “Bandstand”, an Australian pop music show. Here, she sings a song that should resonate well with our group. The film, of course, starred fellow Australian Rod Taylor.
ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR II is a bizarre semi-documentary that sees unpleasant bully Adolf (Adolf Hitler) planning to conquer the world using storm-troopers. Peace-loving chums Frank (Franklin Roosevelt), Winny (Winston Churchill) and Joe (Joseph Stalin) determine to stop him at all costs. This they proceed to do, as depicted by WWII newsreel footage and film clips. The unpleasantness is eased considerably by the music of The Beatles—28 songs performed by a series of the pop stars of 1976, along with the London Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic.
Helen Reddy sings "Fool On The Hill" while Hitler relaxes at Bertchtesgaden.
Susan Winslow directed the film, which also includes archive footage from World War II era films of more than a dozen Hollywood stars such as Henry Fonda and Bob Hope. Helen Reddy’s song was released on a two-LP set from 20th Century Records in the U.S. and Riva Records in the UK. Reportedly, the soundtrack release made more money than the film did at the box office.
On 14 April 1980, at the 52nd Annual Academy Awards, Helen Reddy and a struggling Dudley Moore performed Henry Mancini’s nominated song from 10, “It’s Easy to Say,” with lyrics by Robert Wells. (The winning song that year was David Shire’s "It Goes Like It Goes" from NORMA RAE.)
For the 1981 romantic comedy CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, Helen Reddy sang the film’s theme song. “Never Say Goodbye” written by the film’s composer Michael Small with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. A single was released on MCA Records, but no soundtrack LP was forthcoming.
For the 1983 Burt Reynolds comedy THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN, it was initially announced that singer Rita Coolidge would perform the end title song, “Little Boys.” Two days later, however, it was reported that singer Helen Reddy’s version would be used in the film. The song was written by Henry Mancini, with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Mancini's score and song were released by Varese Sarabande in 2008.
Helen Reddy had three “Billboard Hot 100” Number One songs in her career--the previously mentioned “I Am Woman” and “Angie Baby,” plus this number:
On 23 July 1974, Reddy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the music industry, located at 1750 Vine Street.
At the height of her fame in the mid-1970s, Reddy was a headliner, with a full chorus of backup singers and dancers to standing-room-only crowds on the Las Vegas Strip. Among Reddy's opening acts were Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Bill Cosby, and Barry Manilow.
with George Burns
Helen Reddy may have never looked and sounded so beautiful as when she sang this song on “The Glen Campbell Music Show” on 4 May 1975.
For the 1981 romantic comedy CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, Helen Reddy sang the film’s theme song. “Never Say Goodbye” written by the film’s composer Michael Small with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. A single was released on MCA Records, but no soundtrack LP was forthcoming.
Oh wow, I have no recollection of this and I just watched the film about a year ago. Good one.
Now, "Delta Dawn" I vividly remember playing on the radio, and it was definitely Helen Reddy's version, not the Tanya Tucker one. At the time, I thought "Delta Dawn" and Joan Baez's cover of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" were by the same person. The latter song probably never gets played on any radio these days.
