Eric Gurney Trailers
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He grew up in Toronto, where he began a career as a commercial artist. In 1938 he emigrated to the USA to work with The Walt Disney Company, where he was a story writer and collaborated on several classic Disney films. Turning freelance in 1948, he did cartoon illustrations for magazines and advertising campaigns, notably for the Ethyl Corporation.
Gurney is best known for his humorous illustrations in books for children and adults. He illustrated Punctured Poems (1971) by Richard Armour; How to Live with a Neurotic Dog (1960) (text by Stephen Baker); How to Live with a Calculating Cat (1962) (text by William Nettleton); an edition of Sportsmanlike Driving (1965), a textbook published by the American Automobile Association; and many other titles, whose total sales number in the millions.
He received the National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1961 and 1971 for his work.
His first wife, Nancy Gurney, was his collaborator on several books including The King, the Mice, and the Cheese (1965). He was also the illustrator of other notable Beginner Books including The Digging-est Dog and Hand Hand Fingers Thumb. After her death, Gurney married a second Nancy. They also collaborated on The Return of the Calculating Cat. In later years they resided in Tucson, Arizona.
Most Popular Eric Gurney Trailers
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30 June 1946
In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the Pooh.
28 March 1941
Mickey Mouse lies in bed like a lord, getting served breakfast by man's (and mouse's?) best friend Pluto as gentleman's gentleman.
11 June 1955
Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Oh
11 October 1946
Minnie gives Figaro a bath and ties a ribbon around his neck. Figaro feels like a sissy, and when he mixes it up with some alley cats, they mock him, and the leader attacks.
09 July 1948
Mickey Mouse sends Pluto to buy sausage at the butcher shop, but Butch schemes to steal it.
14 January 1949
Mickey goes into a souvenir shop out west and leaves Pluto with a buffalo bone to chew on. A small dog comes to take it away and runs into a ring of cactus with it; Pluto is too big to enter the same way, so he comes in from above and finds himself stuck inside until the small dog helps.
03 October 1941
Jealous over Mickey's attention to a kitten, Pluto's devil-self argues with his angel-self over whether or not to rescue the kitten when it falls into a well.
16 March 1945
As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape, but it turns out to be a cache of bones.
24 August 1945
Pluto is guarding a flock of sheep in the West; a coyote is sneaking up on that flock. The coyote fakes a bad leg; Pluto chases it away, only to have it run back ahead of him and go after the sheep.
24 June 1949
Pluto is playing with a ball in the park when he mistakes a bubble gum machine for it. He tries briefly to get a gumball from the machine when a bee flies into the machine and carries a gumball off to his hive.
29 April 1949
Minnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto. When she puts it on him, Pluto does whatever he can to try to get it off, eventually shrinking it to the perfect size for Figaro.
23 June 1944
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals.
10 September 1948
A little bird tries to fly too soon and lands in Pluto's water dish. Pluto saves it and returns it to the nest but soon the bird tries again.
24 November 1950
A bootle beetle elder tells the story of Morris, the moose about the size of a rabbit. Thunderclap the moose is taking on all challengers, and Morris decides to try, much to the amusement of Thunderclap.
21 March 1947
The snow covered mountains; but not to worry, rescue dog Pluto is on duty. Actually, given that he barely keeps himself safe, maybe you should worry.
12 February 1947
Pluto has just finished moving his bones into a spiffy new doghouse when a turtle comes along and starts moving them out.
15 August 1946
Disney's animated adaptation of Prokofiev's masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument.
19 May 1950
Pluto's primitive wolf nature emerges and berates him for going soft. But their little hunting trip goes bad when Pluto encounters a rabbit and bear that give him some trouble.
13 August 1948
Morning, and Figaro the kitten wants to play. Pluto, on the other hand, has been out all night and wants to sleep.
30 May 1941
Mickey's going golfing, and Pluto is his caddy. Besides the usual caddy duties, Pluto runs to the ball and points to it.
31 May 1947
Figaro is hungry for a small, yellow canary named Frankie but must pass a barrier; Minnie Mouse.
14 November 1947
When a pilot has to turn back due to a severe storm, he drops the mail at a remote outpost where it can be delivered by dogsled.
04 November 1949
A coyote and his rather dim son stalk the sheep that Pluto is guarding.
07 March 1956
Walt Disney, who is on vacation, gives Jiminy Cricket a phone call to take over hosting duties for one TV episode while he is away.
04 March 1949
Pluto tries to bring in the mail, which gets more difficult when a package sprouts legs and tries to go swimming.
