Fred Quimby - Page 2
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The astonishing thing about it is, Quimby knew the recipe for quality entertainment, but he did not put that recipe to use because at the end of the day, business logistics won out. It would become financially unfeasible to churn out one animated production after another. He was the polar opposite of another producer, Leon Schlesinger, who gave his crew unparalleled creative freedom to do whatever the hell they wanted to do. Usually the result was that HIS “Termite Terrace”, as the staff of artists came to be called, made some real masterpieces. MGM began to produce lackluster crap, and after this was proven to them in the form of poor box-office performances, they shut their animated division down. Luckily, Quimby bailed out of the kitchen (or, to put it less succinctly, “retired”) before the heat got too intense. And besides, he was old (72 at the time). He didn’t too many good years left. He died in 1965, leaving behind a fine legacy that actually belonged to the animators he hired.
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