History of the creation of Cheburashka and his friend cartoon

• The history of the cartoon about Cheburashka and his friend

Original signed photograph below was the phrase: "Leonid Shvartsman with their heroes in the movie" River crocodile Genes. " Sorry, I thought I knew well the Soviet cartoon, but this cartoon about the crocodile Gena, I have not seen. And not even heard.

This is the photo 1974:

In search of further information I nagrob some interesting facts.

So, in 1966, Roman Kachanov invited me Leonid Shvartsman in stop motion. Their first work - "lost granddaughter," "Mitten" was then. Once Roman Kachanov, decided to enlist the support of in-law of Khrushchev, Alexei Adzhubei. And I asked him to write the script. Adjoubei then worked as chief editor of "Komsomolskaya Pravda", visited many countries in Africa often traveled, and in 1969 wrote, "Rivals" about football players of African and some monsters

Began work on the film, became Adjoubei go to the studio, and the rocking action - to Adzhubei, who had two young sons. And once at a party Kachanov saw that they were keen to read books. This was "Crocodile Gena and his friends" Assumption. The next day he bought in the store the same book, brought it to the "Soyuzmultfilm" and said: "Everything we do for her film."

Here is how the process of creating Leonid Shvartsman: "Crocodile I turned out pretty quickly. The script was written: "The crocodile has worked at the zoo crocodile. And when the workday ended and the bell rang, he put on his jacket, hat, pick up the phone and went home. " It was enough to have me formed the image of a gentleman with a butterfly and a white shirt front. "

, too, all I came to say goodbye to Shapoklyak. Gibus - this is known, the name of the foldable cylinder. This XIX century, and from there went all the rest - black strict dress frill, white lace cuffs, shoes, pumps on heels. Because it is - such unruly grandmother, Schwartzman made her long nose, rosy cheeks and a prominent chin. A bundle of white hair and borrowed from his mother in law.

"Five months - a preparatory period of the film, and half of this time, I fussed with Cheburashka. - continues Leonid Shvartsman. - Eyes him immediately made baby, surprised, human. Though large, but not "like an owl." In the Assumption in the "preface, which is not necessarily read," it is said: "When I was little, my parents gave me a toy: furry, hairy, small. With big eyes, like an owl. With circular cleft head and small tail, like a bear. " All. On large ears of a single word.

"I started to draw Cheburashka's ears: first the top, then they gradually began to crawl and to grow. Me regularly Kachanov came, I showed the sketches, we discussed them, argued, he expressed his wishes, I redraw. Through such joint efforts, and there was a final sketch. It is true, Cheburashka still have a bearish tail, which then greatly reduced. And legs were initially longer, but Norshtein advised to make them small, as they are now. After creating a sketch in color I made a drawing, and the master-puppeteers produced Cheburashka, and he healed their lives. "

Well, what on account of "River crocodile Genes" ... I found another picture that proves the filming of this movie. The director of the film Cheburashka Roman wipes and actors voicing the role of heroes in the movie "River Crocodile Gena" - Clara Rumyanova and Basil "Holmes" Livanov, 1974:

But any more information about him there. But if we draw an analogy with the name and photos of the year, I think that this is just a working title of the cartoon "Shapoklyak" from which came the famous song "Blue Wagon".