{"id":17340,"date":"2026-03-17T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/?page_id=17340"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:11:29","slug":"webb-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/fr\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/webb-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kt-info-box17340_90a30d-c5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{max-width:unset;}.kt-info-box17340_90a30d-c5 .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-box17340_90a30d-c5 .kadence-info-box-icon-container .kt-info-svg-icon, .kt-info-box17340_90a30d-c5 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, .kt-info-box17340_90a30d-c5 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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> John Webb Smith<br><strong>Birth:<\/strong> January 18, 1887 in West Liberty, Iowa<br><strong>Death:<\/strong> March 16, 1951 in Los Angeles, California<br><br><strong>Worked at the Disney studio between:<\/strong><br>1931 &#8211; 1942<br><br><strong>Job on Snow 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He had a sun-dried face and curly, white hair. He rolled a cigar around in his mouth and grinned at me, crow&#8217;s feet crinkling away in long lines from the corners of his pale blue eyes. Suddenly, I remembered what I had heard about him. He had a slow way of telling a story and was said to drag it out, chuckling all the time. He used to get Walt&#8217;s goat, for Walt was an impatient man. By the time [Smith] had reached the second line of sketches on the first storyboard, Walt would be studying the last sketch on the last board. [Smith] had a funny style of drawing, and his room, it was said, connected to that of [<a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/ted-sears\/\" title=\"Ted Sears\">Ted Sears<\/a>]. All gags submitted (except mine, seemingly) landed on [the latter]&#8217;s desk first. 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