RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Alfred Werker, et al
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Disney)
Robert Benchley, a henpecked husband, is convinced by his wife to drive to the Disney Studios and convince Walt himself to make their favorite children's book, The Reluctant Dragon, into a movie. While she goes shopping, he incredibly gets a pass at the gate to do just that. He wanders around the studio escorted by an uptight teenager who tries, unsuccessfully, to keep him in sight. He hides in the storyboard department where a group of storymen pitch their latest to him as the partially animated Baby Weems. Later, he watches Disney animators working on a Goofy short titled How to Ride a Horse. Finally, he meets Walt Disney himself in a screening room, where he is sitting down to watch, what else, The Reluctant Dragon. Interesting for an inside look at the Disney studios, and getting to match faces with names of people like Ward Kimball, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck), and more of you watch closely. The cartoon segments are somewhat disappointing, especially the titular segment, though Baby Weems uses an interesting combination of hand drawings and animation.
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