The studio vowed “Dumbo” would be made for less than $1 million, with the consolidation at the new Burbank studios said to be a factor. While “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was a huge profit-maker in 1937 - despite its then-high cost of $1.6 million - “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” (both 1940) were not big hits, and cost a huge $2.4 million each. The amount covered bonus deals with individuals, but “the question of severance pay and vacations is now being debated.”ĭisney wasn’t having an easy time financially. 3, 1941, three weeks before “Dumbo” opened, Variety said Disney distributed $25,000 in wage adjustments to members of the Screen Cartoonists Guild. Dewey, ace conciliator of the Labor Department.” ![]() … However, the union claimed the move was a direct violation of the arbitration award laid down by James F. Company executives insisted it was a question of either dropping that number or else closing the studio. 12 that Disney had laid off 207 employees, “who recently returned to their jobs after being on strike, while 49 non-strikers would be dropped. The latter was obviously aimed at Herbert Sorrell, business representative of Moving Picture Painters Local 644 and strike leader, who had been charged with being a communist.”Īfter the strike was settled, Variety reported on Aug. ![]() ![]() Workers staged a walkout, and on July 9, 1941, Variety reported, “There was the added charge that subversive and communistic elements were active in the controversy. The animators wanted to join the Screen Cartoonists Guild, a move Walt Disney resisted.
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