Talk:Fred Quimby

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I've put a POV tag on this page, not without a deal of thought. It seems that Quimby was difficult, but before he should be run down in Wikipedia, a few sources and references would be fair. Dave 23:22, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fred quimby

it seems you had difficulty finding infomation on him- i agree, some links would be good-kirsty 15 may 2005

[edit] POV ?

At present the full extent of the biography is:

Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (31 July 1886 - 16 September 1965) was the producer of the MGM animated cartoon division, which most notably included the Tom and Jerry team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. He was a repeated recipient of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the Tom and Jerry films. In their respective autobiographies, former directors stated they found this fact deeply aggravating. Many considered Quimby an obnoxious tyrant who needlessly interfered in their work while taking credit for it. Ironically, it is said that for a cartoon producer, Quimby lacked a sense of humour.

We cannot have such a short bio dominated by unsourced negative statements. It may be that Hanna and Barbera said that sort of thing - then they should be quoted directly.

Oh - and IMDB does not meet our requirements for a verifiable source.

-- Beardo 14:44, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

• The book, Tom and Jerry: 50 Years of Cat and Mouse by T.R. Adams, from which I get much of my information, briefly mentions Quimby lacking, ironically for a cartoon producer, a sense of humour. MartinP1983 11:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)