September 10, 2006
LES PASSAGERS DE LA GRANDE OURSE
Paul Grimault, whose feature LE ROI ET L'OISEAU was the subject of discussion HERE last month, also directed a short film in the late-1930s called LES PASSAGERS DE LA GRANDE OURSE. Michael Sporn has a book about this film and he's posted some beautiful images from it on his BLOG. He writes, "[I]t was important historically because it was the first big French animated production trying to out-Disney Disney." If we can't see the actual film, at least we can enjoy these stills.