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An effect projecting moving faces on busts, percieved as the first use of moving mapping
(Created claim: context (P47): Near the end of the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland, there are 5 singing busts, designed by Yale Gracey. These characters (left to right) are Rollo Rumkin, Uncle Theodore, Cousin Algernon, Ned Nub, and Phineas P. Pock. 5 experienced and talented singers were chosen to record Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion theme song, “Grim-Grinning Ghosts” written by Xavier Atencio and composed by Buddy Baker. Initially, these men were chosen simply to rec...) | (Created claim: start time (P38): 1969) | ||||||||||||||
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Revision as of 08:24, 14 February 2025
An effect projecting moving faces on busts, percieved as the first use of moving mapping
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | The Grim Grinning Singing Busts of the Haunted Mansion | An effect projecting moving faces on busts, percieved as the first use of moving mapping |
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1969
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Near the end of the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland, there are 5 singing busts, designed by Yale Gracey. These characters (left to right) are Rollo Rumkin, Uncle Theodore, Cousin Algernon, Ned Nub, and Phineas P. Pock. 5 experienced and talented singers were chosen to record Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion theme song, “Grim-Grinning Ghosts” written by Xavier Atencio and composed by Buddy Baker. Initially, these men were chosen simply to record the song in Burbank on February 14th, 1969, and 5 other actors were meant to be hired to portray the “singing busts” heads. But according to the HauntedMansion.com, the vocal director Allan Davies decided it would be best to have the men who sang the song, also be the faces on the busts. The 5 men shot photos and videos of their faces a week later on February 21st, 1969. The “Phantom Five” are Thurl Ravenscroft, Verne Rowe, Chuck Schroeder, Jay Meyer and Bob Ebright. (English)
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