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So here in Ryman’s own words is the story of the day that Walt Disney lost his luck, followed by some additional commentary by Walt’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller:
“Getting a compliment from Walt Disney never was easy. To his way of thinking, a pat on the back for me could lead to pats on the back for all, and he didn’t have time for stuff like that.
This didn’t bother anybody. In fact, we often joked about it. Here’s my favorite story of how far Walt would go to keep from handing out a bouquet.
I was working as an animation director at the studio when Walt took me aside one day and asked for a personal favor. Would I paint a portrait of his daughter Sharon for her 16th birthday? Now you don’t say 'yes' right away to a question like that.
It’s tricky. If the Disney family liked the portrait, fine. But what if they didn’t? So thinking fast, I said, 'Look, Walt, there’s a whole lot of artists that are far more famous and better portrait painters than I am. Norman Rockwell’s a friend of yours. Norm Rockwell has already done a beautiful charcoal sketch of your two daughters together…'
No, Herbie,' Walt said, 'I don’t want Rockwell to do the portrait. I want you to do it.'
So I said I would.
The sittings took a while. Meanwhile Walt was finishing his new home in Holmby Hills. The time finally came when I had to go out to the house and talk to Walt about the portrait, which would soon be completed. Did he like it or not?
Now this was the day that his wife, Lilly, had finally approved their living room carpet, which was about an inch and a half thick, genuine wool, with open fibers. It was like walking on a cloud.
But instead of talking about the portrait, Walt walked over and got something out of a cabinet. It was a tiny red bean, about half the size of a pea.
'There are 49 elephants inside of that,' he said.
I didn’t want to argue with Walt, so I said, 'That’s interesting.'
Walt pried the thing open with his finger nail, disclosing something that looked like grains of salt. 'Those are ivory elephants and every one of them has four legs and a little trunk,” he said. “Get a magnifying glass and you’ll see what I’m talking about. A Chinese gentleman gave them to me after Snow White opened. He told me my lucky number is seven, for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He said, ‘Seven times seven is 49, and 49 is a luckier number than seven. An elephant is the most good luck animal in the world, and ivory is good luck. There are 49 ivory elephants insider here. They will bring you good luck for the rest of your life. Don’t ever lose them, because if you do, you’ll have bad luck.’
So then Walt said to me, 'Now we’re gonna count ‘em, see if they’re still there. Hold out your hand.'
He poured the little elephants into the palm of my right hand, and at the same time gave my elbow a shove. I didn’t expect that. The elephants flew out of my hand and disappeared into the pile of the carpet.
Walt said, 'Look what you did, Herb! Look what you did! You brought me bad luck!'
I said, 'I didn’t do it. You did it. You jiggled my elbow.'
He said, 'I did not.'
Lilly said, 'You did, too. I saw you do it. You jiggled Herb’s elbow.'
Now what do I do? All those elephants are down in the rug. Walt yelled for Sharon to get a magnifying glass and some tweezers. Then we all got on our hands and knees, trying to get the elephants out of the rug.
Well, we couldn’t do it. We got 37 of them or something like that, and I thought, “Oh boy, now I’m in for it, because every time anything happens to Walt, he’s gonna say, ‘Herbie, you’re the guy that did it.’ Here’s the end of any friendship we ever had.
However Walt never mentioned it again. It dawned on me later that Walt needed some reason for not talking about Sharon’s portrait, which was well received by the family. It cost him a few elephants, but once again Walt was able to avoid paying a compliment.
But if you want to go back over the story and think about it. Walt didn’t have any bad luck after that. He built Disneyland, Walt Disney World and he did so many beautiful films. Walt achieved international fame.
But still, I sometimes think of the luck he might have had if I hadn’t lost those elephants.”
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“Getting a compliment from Walt Disney never was easy. To his way of thinking, a pat on the back for me could lead to pats on the back for all, and he didn’t have time for stuff like that.
This didn’t bother anybody. In fact, we often joked about it. Here’s my favorite story of how far Walt would go to keep from handing out a bouquet.
I was working as an animation director at the studio when Walt took me aside one day and asked for a personal favor. Would I paint a portrait of his daughter Sharon for her 16th birthday? Now you don’t say 'yes' right away to a question like that.
It’s tricky. If the Disney family liked the portrait, fine. But what if they didn’t? So thinking fast, I said, 'Look, Walt, there’s a whole lot of artists that are far more famous and better portrait painters than I am. Norman Rockwell’s a friend of yours. Norm Rockwell has already done a beautiful charcoal sketch of your two daughters together…'
No, Herbie,' Walt said, 'I don’t want Rockwell to do the portrait. I want you to do it.'
So I said I would.
The sittings took a while. Meanwhile Walt was finishing his new home in Holmby Hills. The time finally came when I had to go out to the house and talk to Walt about the portrait, which would soon be completed. Did he like it or not?
Now this was the day that his wife, Lilly, had finally approved their living room carpet, which was about an inch and a half thick, genuine wool, with open fibers. It was like walking on a cloud.
But instead of talking about the portrait, Walt walked over and got something out of a cabinet. It was a tiny red bean, about half the size of a pea.
'There are 49 elephants inside of that,' he said.
I didn’t want to argue with Walt, so I said, 'That’s interesting.'
Walt pried the thing open with his finger nail, disclosing something that looked like grains of salt. 'Those are ivory elephants and every one of them has four legs and a little trunk,” he said. “Get a magnifying glass and you’ll see what I’m talking about. A Chinese gentleman gave them to me after Snow White opened. He told me my lucky number is seven, for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He said, ‘Seven times seven is 49, and 49 is a luckier number than seven. An elephant is the most good luck animal in the world, and ivory is good luck. There are 49 ivory elephants insider here. They will bring you good luck for the rest of your life. Don’t ever lose them, because if you do, you’ll have bad luck.’
So then Walt said to me, 'Now we’re gonna count ‘em, see if they’re still there. Hold out your hand.'
He poured the little elephants into the palm of my right hand, and at the same time gave my elbow a shove. I didn’t expect that. The elephants flew out of my hand and disappeared into the pile of the carpet.
Walt said, 'Look what you did, Herb! Look what you did! You brought me bad luck!'
I said, 'I didn’t do it. You did it. You jiggled my elbow.'
He said, 'I did not.'
Lilly said, 'You did, too. I saw you do it. You jiggled Herb’s elbow.'
Now what do I do? All those elephants are down in the rug. Walt yelled for Sharon to get a magnifying glass and some tweezers. Then we all got on our hands and knees, trying to get the elephants out of the rug.
Well, we couldn’t do it. We got 37 of them or something like that, and I thought, “Oh boy, now I’m in for it, because every time anything happens to Walt, he’s gonna say, ‘Herbie, you’re the guy that did it.’ Here’s the end of any friendship we ever had.
However Walt never mentioned it again. It dawned on me later that Walt needed some reason for not talking about Sharon’s portrait, which was well received by the family. It cost him a few elephants, but once again Walt was able to avoid paying a compliment.
But if you want to go back over the story and think about it. Walt didn’t have any bad luck after that. He built Disneyland, Walt Disney World and he did so many beautiful films. Walt achieved international fame.
But still, I sometimes think of the luck he might have had if I hadn’t lost those elephants.”
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05.11.2008 в 22:37Милая история и непростой характер
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05.11.2008 в 23:14А характер... Да, характер у Диснея был не самый лёгкий и сахарный.
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05.11.2008 в 23:23C другой стороны любим то мы его не за характер а за творения его студии
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05.11.2008 в 23:28-
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05.11.2008 в 23:32хотя. конечно, последнее время...
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13.11.2008 в 21:30