Line #3 Creator/GrimNatwick


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3	One of the most influential animators in history, Grim Natwick, born Myron Noidveig on August 16, 1890, had a decades long career that spanned the majority of MediaNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation and the near-entirety of both the MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, having worked at many major cartoon studios across all three periods.
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5	Initially a professional illustrator (a compilation of his sheet music covers from the 1910s can be viewed [[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-sheet-music-art-of-myron-grim-natwick-1914-1927/ here]]), Natwick entered the animation industry in 1919, contributing to the ''Judge Rummy'' shorts for J.R. Bray's studio. Due to his illustrator background, Natwick was frequently assigned to scenes featuring more intricately-designed characters, particularly realistically-drawn women. Following a series of stints across multiple short series (including the mid-1920s animated adaptation of ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat''), Natwick was hired by [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]] at the dawn of the sound era in 1930. Rapidly assuming the role of a pivotal animator on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}}'' series, Natwick would play a significant role in the initial design and characterization of WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, animating her earliest scenes in 1930's ''WesternAnimation/DizzyDishes''. Following this success, Natwick's position as a noteworthy veteran animator was effectively solidified: following his first tenure at Fleischer (with ''WesternAnimation/BimbosInitiation'' featuring his final animation for the studio), he both animated and played a supervisory role at the Creator/UbIwerks studio, animated a third of Snow White herself in Disney's feature length film, became a top animator at Creator/WalterLantz's studio and UPA, and, during the Dark Age of the 1970s, served as a mentor and animator for Creator/RichardWilliams (hence the animation he contributed to Williams' unfinished epic ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' in his early nineties). He would retire during the early 1980s, leaving a uniquely-varied six-decade legacy in his wake.
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7	Natwick died on October 7, 1990, two months after [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome celebrating his 100th birthday]].
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9	He was also lifelong friends with fellow veteran animator [[Creator/ShamusCulhane James "Shamus" Culhane]], as well as industry pioneer and animator Creator/BillNolan.
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11	You can find the whole story of this underrated animation master in this [[MediaNotes/AnimationResources Animation Resources]] [[http://animationresources.org/?p=3569 article.]]
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13	!!Works of his include:
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15	* Fire Bugs (WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}})
16	* Wise Flys
17	* WesternAnimation/DizzyDishes
18	* WesternAnimation/SwingYouSinners
19	* Mariutch
20	* Accordian Joe
21	* Mysterious Mose
22	* Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep (1931)
23	* Teacher's Pest
24	* Tree Saps
25	* WesternAnimation/BimbosInitiation: Final animation contributed during first stint at Fleischer Studios.
26	* The New Car: First stint at the Creator/UbIwerks studio.
27	* Jail Birds
28	* Africa Squeaks
29	* The Milk Man (1932)
30	* The Office Boy
31	* Room Runners
32	* Stormy Seas
33	* The Goal Rush
34	* Phoney Express
35	* The Music Lesson
36	* Soda Squirt (1933)
37	* Jack and the Beanstalk
38	* Robin Hood Jr. (1934)
39	* Insultin' the Sultan
40	* Reducing Creme
41	* Cave Man
42	* WesternAnimation/JungleJitters
43	* Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
44	* Viva Willie
45	* The King's Tailor
46	* Old Mother Hubbard (1935)
47	* Summertime
48	* Sinbad the Sailor
49	* Mickey's Fire Brigade: First stint at Disney.
50	* WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival
51	* The Three Bears
52	* Simple Simon
53	* Broken Toys
54	* Mickey's Polo Team (1936)
55	* Ali Baba
56	* Dick Whittington's Cat
57	* Alpine Climbers
58	* Little Boy Blue: Final Iwerks short to which he contributed.
59	* Three Little Wolves
60	* WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs: Animated a third of Snow White herself in the film.
61	* WesternAnimation/MotherGooseGoesHollywood (1938): Final animation for Disney.
62	* Gulliver's Travels (animation director): Earliest credit for Natwick following his return to Fleischer Studios in 1938.
63	* The Fulla Bluff Man (1940)
64	* Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep (1940)
65	* Take Heed Mr. Tojo (1943): First animation credit for Walter Lantz Productions.
66	* Abou Ben Boogie (1944)
67	* Ski For Two
68	* Enemy Bacteria (1945)
69	* Pied Piper of Basin Street
70	* Chew-Chew Baby
71	* The Dippy Diplomat
72	* Who's Cookin' Who? (1946)
73	* Bathing Buddies
74	* The Reckless Driver
75	* Fair Weather Fiends
76	* The Wacky Weed
77	* Smoked Hams (1947)
78	* The Coo-Coo Bird
79	* Well Oiled
80	* Solid Ivory
81	* The Bandmaster: Final credit at Lantz.
82	* Trouble Indemnity (1950): First credit for UPA.
83	* The Popcorn Story
84	* Bungled Bungalow
85	* WesternAnimation/RootyTootToot (1951): Responsible for the faintly rubberhose-inspired animation of the FemmeFatale Nellie Bly.
86	* Georgie And The Dragon
87	* Spare the Child (1954)
88	* Terror Faces Magoo (1959): Final credit for UPA.
89	* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat (Trans-Lux TV series)
90	* WesternAnimation/TheMightyHercules (TV series) (1963): directing animator - 3 episodes; Double Trouble, Guarding of the Olympic Torch, & Medusa's Sceptre)
91	* WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol1971: First major collaboration with Creator/RichardWilliams.
92	* WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure (1977): Credited with animating "Everything and Everyone Else" (referring, presumably, to several crowd shots during the Loonie Land sequence).
93	* WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler (1993/1995): Grim, working alongside his apprentice Creator/RichardWilliams, animated the Witch in the film in its earlier incarnations; he would ultimately retire during the early '80s aged over 90. Due to extensive revisions in narrative and character design following his departure, only a fragment of his animation (albeit redrawn) remains within the film's 1992 workprint and the later "Recobbled Cut" edits.
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95	!!Tropes:
96	* NonIndicativeName: Despite his nickname, Grim was anything but in personality. He was considered one of the greatest animators to work with, and he inspired a lot of passion and drive into animators who worked under him.
97	* SpeechImpediment: Footage of him shows that he had a serious stuttering issue. This is worked into the character Grim Matchstick in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', who's named after him.

Context Creator / GrimNatwick