Devon Baxter
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Devon Baxter
@devonbaxter.bsky.social
Film Restoration Artist - Animation Historian - Video Editor.
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Two sequences animated by Dick Huemer, from THE WISE LITTLE HEN ('34) and DON DONALD ('37).

Both Huemer's animation and others are identified in this package of animator breakdown videos on Patreon here, for sale at $5: www.patreon.com/posts/animat...
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
December 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
These final moments have the work of all three animators: Ed Love handles Junior and the wolf at the start; Ray Abrams animates Junior’s parents waking up and rushing downstairs; Preston Blair wraps it up when Junior gives his mother a holiday gift right up to the iris-out.
December 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ray Abrams does most of the footage here, except for Junior heckling the audience, which is animated by Preston Blair. (The latter scene showcases Tex’s intentional means of testing an audience’s patience.)
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
More Ed Love animation, with some of Ray Abrams' work interspersed: Abrams does the knife reacting to Junior's gun, and the following scene where the Wolf gets struck by a vase. Fun fact: Ed cranked out footage so quickly that he kept at least 3 or 4 assistants busy at MGM!
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Now, the animation is split between Preston Blair (Junior leaves and slides down banister; CU of Wolf outside; Wolf as Santa down chimney, whole exchange with Junior) and Ray Abrams (Junior calls to Santa and Wolf appears; Wolf dons Santa disguise). Ed Love's work is at the end ("SUCKER!").
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ed Love animated these opening scenes, with the help of his longtime assistant, “Stod” Herbert. Ed was one of the many artists who were laid off by Walt for participating in the big strike of 1941.
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM