It got me to thinking about the Disney veteran, former child star, actor and artist Bobby Driscoll [1937 - 1968]
I remember when I was young,
my family and I would watch VHS tapes of Disney Sing Along Songs and the Disney classics.
Disney's Sing Along Songs: Zip A Dee Doo Dah (1986) had some clips of the popular songs from the Disney catalogue as well as the title song Zip A Dee Doo Dah from Song of the South (1946).
While Song of the South was (and still is) permanently withheld from circulation,
Bobby's second Disney film So Dear to My Heart (1949) was available at the time, so this was one of the films we watched a lot.
memories aside,
here is a documentary about Bobby.
interesting articles not talked about in the documentary: The Role I Liked Best... (Saturday Evening Post; 1951-01-27) — DIX - Disney Index Project (relaunch β) (dix-project.net)
Driscoll Appeal Against British Court Conviction Is Lost - Disney Cancels Plans to Bring Child to England Next Year (Showmen's Trade Review; 1949-11-05) — DIX - Disney Index Project (relaunch β) (dix-project.net)
some photographs from Early development of Sleeping Beauty (1959) from the early 1950's with Bobby Driscoll and Kathern Beaumount
Milt Kahl one of Walt's top animator's, who animated and designed Peter and Wendy, did character designs for The Black Cauldron (1985).
You can see Milt's drawings as posted by animator Andreas Deja here: https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2013/02/milt-kahls-black-cauldron.html
video with a short history about Bobby Driscoll who was buried on Hart Island. also in the video an interview with Black Cauldron special effects animator and current Disney animation film preservationist Dave Bossert.
you can also check out this Bobby Driscoll tribute blog here: http://rememberingbobby37.blogspot.com/
