Harry Tytle worked in thirty different classifications at the Disney Studio. He even slipped in a little polo when, in 1938, he captained a Disney team that defeated a team representing the Mexican Government in Mexico City. Some say that the reason Harry Tytle got into the motion picture business was because he had done just about everything else.
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Harry joined the Disney Studio on March 4, 1936, in the Traffi c Department. With the help of Bill Garity he moved to the Camera Department, Scene Checking, Film Cutting, and then became an assistant director on the shorts. Around the end of 1941 he became Production Manager of the Studio, then in the ’50s served as producer on numerous TV live-action productions.
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This interview took place in Harry Tytle’s office at the Disney Studio in Burbank, California. Disney Archivist Dave Smith was also present and contributed to the interview. After exchanging greetings and introductions, the interview began with Dave Smith asking how Tytle adjusted to the wartime conditions at the Studio and the production of government and military training films. […]
