Q: I have an old copy of Bambi that I bought on eBay. It’s stamped “Walt Disney Studio” inside and signed by Harry D. Bailey. Who is he?
Brian Davis, Washington, DC
A: Harry Bailey started at the Disney Studio in 1933 as an animator, working on such films as The Flying Mouse and Servants’ Entrance; he later became a storyman. Bailey left in 1936, but returned from 1938–39, as manager of story training. I do not know why he would have signed the book pocket in the Bambi book from the Studio Library.