{"id":12537,"date":"2024-10-26T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/?page_id=12537"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:53:31","slug":"thor-putnam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/fr\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/thor-putnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor Putnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kt-info-box12537_121cf6-21 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{max-width:unset;}.kt-info-box12537_121cf6-21 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);}.kt-info-box12537_121cf6-21 .kadence-info-box-icon-container .kt-info-svg-icon, .kt-info-box12537_121cf6-21 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, .kt-info-box12537_121cf6-21 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kt-info-icon-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-icon-inner-container\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_clipboard kt-info-svg-icon\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M16 4h2a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v14a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H6a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V6a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h2\"\/><rect x=\"8\" y=\"2\" width=\"8\" height=\"4\" rx=\"1\" ry=\"1\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h2 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">Information<\/h2><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\"><strong>Full name:<\/strong> Thorington Caldwell Putnam<br><strong>Birth:<\/strong> October 14, 1911 in Berkeley, California<br><strong>Death:<\/strong> January 26, 2001<br><br><strong>Worked at the Disney studio between:<\/strong><br>1934 &#8211; March 13, 1959<br><br><strong>Job on <em>Snow White:<\/em><\/strong><br>Assistant layout artist<br>Worked on sequences <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/images\/production-art\/sequence-1b-first-queen-and-mirror-sequence\/\" title=\"Sequence 1B \u2013 First Queen and Mirror Sequence\">1B<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/images\/production-art\/sequence-2a-snow-white-and-the-prince-in-the-garden\/\" title=\"Sequence 2A \u2013 Snow White and the Prince in the Garden\">2A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/images\/production-art\/sequence-3a-snow-white-and-huntsman-snow-white-into-woods\/\" title=\"Sequence 3A \u2013 Snow White and Huntsman \u2013 Snow White into Woods\">3A<\/a>, 16A and probably others<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/\">Back to Main Titles<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12537_b2ae80-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12537_b2ae80-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thor-Putnam-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thor-Putnam-portrait.jpg 674w, https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thor-Putnam-portrait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thor-Putnam-portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thor-Putnam-portrait-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column12537_80c33a-b6 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column12537_80c33a-b6 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column12537_80c33a-b6 > 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Thor started as an assistant layout artist on <em>Snow White<\/em> and <em>Ferdinand the Bull<\/em>. In his interview by David Johnson, he mentions studying European castle to design the Queen&#8217;s castle, most notably <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/the-story\/the-alcazar-of-segovia\/\" title=\"The Alc\u00e1zar of Segovia\">the castle of Segovia<\/a> in Spain. He also remembers working under the supervision of <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/albert-hurter\/\" title=\"Albert Hurter\">Albert Hurter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thor Putnam went on to become head of layout on <em>Pinocchio<\/em> and he worked on many films like <em>Peter Pan<\/em> and <em>Lady and the Tramp<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>With Goddess of Spring in the background, how is this going to come off?<\/p><cite>Thor Putnam<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of four buddies Thor Putnam studied at Stanford University with James Algar, Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, and all four men ended up worjing at the Walt Disney studio. Thor started as an assistant layout artist on Snow White and Ferdinand the Bull. 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