And now for the 1 million dollar question. As we all know the book released in 1957 and titled The Story of Walt Disney was based on a long series of interviews with Walt conducted by journalist Pete Martin. I was wondering if any of the readers of this blog would have access to copies of the interview recordings and would be willing to send me a copy. Needless to say those would be purely for my personal enjoynment and would not be shared. I also realize that this request is a long shot.
To my knowledge there is only one copy of the interview transcripts in private hands outside of the Disney Archives.
ReplyDeleteI have copies of the several pages that detail Walt's involvement in the war....where Martin asks about the Studio switching to a war production plant and the takeover of the Studio by military personnel, etc...
What I found interesting was Walt's style of speaking in the interview...definitely not the polished professional we have seen in television clips...and I don't mean this in a negative way either.
The transcripts are supposed to be verbatum and they appear to be as Walt was very spontaneous in his answers.