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Stalling met and befriended Disney in the early 1920s, when Disney was producing short animated commercials for the Newman Theatre. Disney had moved to California in 1923 to produce animated cartoons, but he stopped in Kansas City in 1928 with finished prints of two Mickey Mouse cartoons, Plane Crazy and Gallopin′ Gaucho , which he left with ...
Jan 17, 2018 · A chance meeting in the early 1920s at a Missouri movie theater led to some of the most beloved cartoons ever created. Carl Stalling was improvising on the organ while accompanying a silent film. A young Walt Disney was in the audience and noticed Stalling’s creative style.
Mar 30, 2018 · Starting out as an organist at the Isis Theater in Kansas City, accompanying and improvising for silent films, Stalling was initially scouted by Walt Disney in the 1920s and began scoring for Mickey Mouse cartoons.
Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films.
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Born on November 10, 1891, in Lexington, MO; died on November 25, 1974, near Los Angeles, CA. Began playing piano, c. 1897; played piano between reels at local movie house, c. 1910; accompanist and orchestra leader for silent films in Kansas City area, c. 1918-28; hired as musical director at Walt Disneystudios, 1928-30; hired away by Aesop's Fable...
The Carl Stalling Project,Volume 1, Warner, 1990. The Carl Stalling Project,Volume 2, Warner, 1995. That's All Folks!—Cartoon Songs from Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes,Rhino, 2001.
For Disney
The Barn Dance,1928. Gallopin' Gaucho,1928. Plane Crazy,1928. The Skeleton Dance,1928. The Merry Dwarfs,1929. The Op'ry House,1929. When the Cat's Away,1929. Springtime,1930. Wild Waves,1930.
For Warner Bros.
Porky's Poultry Plant,1936. The Village Smithy,1936. Picador Porky,1937. Little Red Walking Hood,1937. Sniffles Takes a Trip,1940. Little Blabbermouse,1940. Bedtime for Sniffles,1940. Sniffles Bells the Cat,1941. The Brave Little Bat,1941. Rhapsody in Rivets,1941. Inki and the Minah Bird,1941. Little Red Riding Rabbit,1944. What's Cookin', Doc?,1944. Stage Door Cartoon,1944. Odor-able Kitty,1945. Baseball Bugs,1946. Rhapsody Rabbit,1946. I Taw a Putty Tat,1948. Mouse Wreckers,1949. Mutiny on...
Books
Goldmark, Daniel, and Yuval Taylor, editors, Cartoon Music Book,Da Capo, 2002. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists,St. James, 1996.
Online
"Carl Stalling," All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com(June 3, 2004). "Carl Stalling and Humor in Cartoons," Animation World Magazine,http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/goldmark2.1.html(June 3, 2004). "The Mickey Mouse Genius," Slate,http://slate.msn.com/id/2092021/ (June 3, 2004). —Linda Dailey Paulson
Oct 16, 2023 · Stalling was born on November 10, 1891, in Lexington, Missouri. With an innate musical talent, he began his career as an organ accompanist for silent films at the Isis Movie Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. His virtuosity captivated audiences in the early 1920s.
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Apr 12, 2013 · For twenty-two years, until his retirement in 1958, Stalling was a dissonant jukebox that could play just about every American musical idiom ever invented. Rather than simply raid the classical repertoire, as Disney did to cut costs, Stalling sought out popular songs that Warners could purchase.
