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**The Saucepan Man** · 09-19-2003, 06:45 PM

I remebered seeing this excerpt from Tolkien's Letters on the <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002328&p=" TARGET=_blank>Gems from the Letters</A> thread and thought that it seemed pertinent to the current discussion:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It might be advisable, rather than lose the American interest, to let the Americans do what seems good to them - as long as it was possible (I should like to add) to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios (for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>And by way of explanation from the Squatter of Amon Rûdh, who posted the excerpt:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> From Letter #13, to C.A. Furth at Allan and Unwin, dated 13th May 1937. Tolkien's comments refer to a suggestion from Houghton Mifflin, relayed by Allan and Unwin, that American artists be engaged to produce additional illustrations for the first US edition of The Hobbit. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Quite clearly though, Tolkien was no fan of Mr Disney.

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09-19-2003, 06:45 PM	#1
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I remebered seeing this excerpt from Tolkien's Letters on the <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002328&p=" TARGET=_blank>Gems from the Letters</A> thread and thought that it seemed pertinent to the current discussion:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It might be advisable, rather than lose the American interest, to let the Americans do what seems good to them - as long as it was possible (I should like to add) to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios (for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>And by way of explanation from the Squatter of Amon Rûdh, who posted the excerpt:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> From Letter #13, to C.A. Furth at Allan and Unwin, dated 13th May 1937. Tolkien's comments refer to a suggestion from Houghton Mifflin, relayed by Allan and Unwin, that American artists be engaged to produce additional illustrations for the first US edition of The Hobbit. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Quite clearly though, Tolkien was no fan of Mr Disney. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!