Printed commemorative program, 5.5 x 8.5, for the September 1, 1994 Tribute to Pioneers of Animation Awards Banquet. This program was obtained from the son of one of the animators featured in the book, and according to him, only 150 of these signature programs were produced. Rare printed program filled with black and white photographs and biographies of 29 pioneer animation artists from the studios of Disney, MGM, Warner Bros., Ub Iwerks, Hanna-Barbera, Walter Lantz, Charles Mintz, etc. The 64-page program contains the autographs of 25 of the 29 featured artists. The artists signed on white labels which were affixed inside printed boxes beneath their individual printed portraits in the program. An incredible and important grouping of animation greats including: Bob Allen, Ed Benedict (Yogi Bear, etc.), Dick Bickenbach (wartime Bugs Bunny, etc.), Preston Blair (Fantasia, Pinnochio), Shamus Culhane (Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker), Marc Davis (Snow White, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, etc.), Ron Dias (Sleeping Beauty, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, etc.), Ollie Johnston (Snow White, Fantasia, Bambi, Mary Poppins, etc.), Paul Julian (Bugs Bunny), Ward Kimball (Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland), Walter Lantz (Andy Gump, Woody Woodpecker), Bill Melendez (Fantasia, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck), Maurice Noble (Snow White, Dumbo), Ken O'Connor (The Old Mill, Snow White, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella), Bill Peet (Dumbo, Song of the South, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmations, etc.), Virgil Ross (Bugs Bunny, The Flintstones, etc.), Irv Spence (Tex Avery unit, Tom and Jerry), Richard Thomas (Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Daffy Duck, etc.), Myron Waldman (Betty Boop, Popeye, Casper the Friendly Ghost), Clair Weeks (Wind in the Willows, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, etc.), Lou Zukor (Gulliver's Travels, Hoppity Goes to Town, etc.), and Morey Zukor (Porky Pig, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Fat Albert, etc.). In fine condition, with light age toning. RRAuction COA.
