Post #697228 by AceExplorer on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 1:13 PM

On 2013-08-26 13:24, Luckydesigns wrote:
The Walt Disney signature on this frame is the one that I keep wondering if it was actually signed by Walt. Kinda doubt it.

I visited Dave Smith in the Disney Archives back in the late 80's when he was the archivist for The Walt Disney Company. Dave handed me one of Walt Disney's personal sketch books where I saw this signature in pencil, and this led to a discussion. Dave told me the sketch I was looking at demonstrated that Walt Disney did, in fact, sign his name in that manner. But he also pointed out to me that the signature was actually designed by another Disney artist as a logo for Walt Disney and the company. So, once again, did Walt Disney personally sign using that design? Dave said that this sketch proved that he definitely did on at least one occasion. Did others also sign with, or otherwise use, that logo design to denote Disney-owned works? Definitely.

I apologize for the non-tiki contribution, but I felt that this was worth sharing.