Since we're on this sort of subject, Gustaf Tenggren (most famous as the uncredited inspirational sketch artist for Pinocchio) began work on art for Bambi by going up to Yosemite and doing many sketches there.
However, he was a bit of a womaniser. It's rumoured that Tenggren got rather friendly with Milt Kahl's niece, who had a summer job at the studio, and took her up to Yosemite where he did paintings, photographs, and, according to Frank Thomas, 'you can only imagine what else'. Milt Kahl was said to have 'hit the ceiling'.
Rumors about wild hotel party following Snow White's success
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I have a similar book by Marc Eliot that mentions a story like this. Here's the story:
After the completion of Snow White, Walt offered the animators a free Thank You weekend at Lake Norconian. Every employee who had worked on the film was invited to join Walt, his wife and their two kids for what Walt thought would be a two-day mini-retreat filled with hiking, swimming, barbecues and church services. What actually took place more closely resembled a Roman orgy. After nearly four years of high-pressure performance the mostly single young men and women (who were mostly around the age 26) were ready to release a little steam. Walt's number-one rule that no alcohol be consumed was totally ignored, and under the full moon, passions unbridled as quickly as belts and buckles. By midnight, models, inkers, painters, secretaries, and person assistants eagerly hopped from the tents and cabins of one animator after another, until by dawn most everyone wound up the night with a naked group skinny-dip in the lake. Predictably, Disney was outraged.
That's the entire blurb about what happened, according to the book: Disney Hollywoods Dark Prince by Marc Eliot. There's more later on about what happened afterwards. Apparently all the employees agreed that if one person was fired because of the Lake incident, they would all quit
After the completion of Snow White, Walt offered the animators a free Thank You weekend at Lake Norconian. Every employee who had worked on the film was invited to join Walt, his wife and their two kids for what Walt thought would be a two-day mini-retreat filled with hiking, swimming, barbecues and church services. What actually took place more closely resembled a Roman orgy. After nearly four years of high-pressure performance the mostly single young men and women (who were mostly around the age 26) were ready to release a little steam. Walt's number-one rule that no alcohol be consumed was totally ignored, and under the full moon, passions unbridled as quickly as belts and buckles. By midnight, models, inkers, painters, secretaries, and person assistants eagerly hopped from the tents and cabins of one animator after another, until by dawn most everyone wound up the night with a naked group skinny-dip in the lake. Predictably, Disney was outraged.
That's the entire blurb about what happened, according to the book: Disney Hollywoods Dark Prince by Marc Eliot. There's more later on about what happened afterwards. Apparently all the employees agreed that if one person was fired because of the Lake incident, they would all quit