Writing

Larry Clemmons

Born 1906-11-25 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Clemmons graduated with a degree in architecture from University of Michigan but couldn't find work due to the effects of the Great Depression. So, desperate for work in any area he could find it, he accepted a job offer from Walt Disney in 1930 to work at his Hyperion Studios. After several years at Hyperion, he became an assistant animator for the Mickey Mouse film series. When World War II happened, Larry left the studio and decamped to the Midwest, where he wrote technical manuals for wartime manufacturing plants. Clemmons then freelanced in radio, and at the end of the war, landed a job on Bing Crosby’s prime-time network radio shows, where he spent nine years writing weekly scripts for Crosby and assorted guest stars. When the radio gig ended, he returned to Walt Disney Productions as a writer and segment producer on The Mickey Mouse Club. After finishing this assignment, he wrote Disney’s spoken intros for the television show entitled Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. Clemmons retired in 1978. -Wikipedia

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Aristocats poster
7.3

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

The Aristocats

1970

The Reluctant Dragon poster
6.6

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

The Tortoise and the Hare poster
6.6

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

The Tortoise and the Hare

1935

No artwork available
NR

A short where Professor Lightfoot and Doctor Twiddle played by primates as a Sherlock and Watsonian pair are sent by Dinbat Din to India to find a stolen ruby

Inside India

1951

Backstage Party poster
7.0

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

Backstage Party

1961

Disneyland '59 poster
7.3

Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.

Disneyland '59

1959

Disneyland: U.S.A. poster
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A tour of the Disneyland theme park.

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956

Disneyland Around the Seasons poster
7.1

Walt takes viewers on yet another tour of Disneyland to point out some of the newest additions to the park, including New Orleans Square, It's a Small World, and Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.

Disneyland Around the Seasons

1966

The Golden Horseshoe Revue poster
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The 10,000th performance of Disneyland's venerable "Golden Horseshoe Revue," featuring special guest stars.

The Golden Horseshoe Revue

1962

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds poster
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A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago. Then the True Life Adventure Water Birds.

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960

Disneyland After Dark poster
6.8

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

Disneyland After Dark

1962

No artwork available
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Prof. Lightskull and Doc Twiddle are trying to locate the whereabouts of a magician

A Case for Hypnosis

1952

Holiday Time at Disneyland poster
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We see numerous Disneyland attractions over the early years of Disneyland that were opened on, or around, official holidays.

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962