ARTHUR RANKIN on set

c. 1960 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Arthur Rankin, Jr. working on the last five episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO with a character named Willy Nilly, who was able to go back in time. These episodes lead to the premise of their feature film WILLY McBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE (1965).

DON DUGA

Don has always been a great friend and a great help with my research! He contributed tons to my books and still does some great work at his company POLESTAR ANIMATION. The day my first book came out....ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. and DON DUGA gave a talk at the SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS in New York and did a book signing (I have this on video).....while I was at the NEWBERRY LIBRARY in downtown Chicago, doing the same :)

THANKS Dale!

HAPPY EASTER from THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS!

ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. and JULES BASS on a GOOD FRIDAY!

Arthur Rankin and the gang some years back :)

An early picture of Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass

I spoke with Arthur Rankin a few nights ago....always willing to help a friend. He is back from Tokyo and trying to convince Masaki Iizuka to come to the states for a while with his family. They threw a lovefest party with about 20 of the RANKIN/BASS animators and Arthur enjoyed it until the quake hit.