Note 23: The Danish-born actress Aase Madsen (1916-2006) created a quite nice career in Hollywood under the names Osa Massen and Stefanie Paull. Prior to that, she had appeared in a couple of Danish feature films: Behind the Scenes of Copenhagen and Kidnapped, both from 1935. Her first American film was Fear of Love (1939). - About Mik and his life and career in California, and about his attempt to revive Ferd'nand as a cartoon, you will be able to read in detail in Lars Jakobsen's book "Mik - a biography of the cartoonist Henning Dahl Mikkelsen", pages 139-165, which is even richly illustrated. About Mik's latest Ferd'nand cartoon from the late 1970s, see the same place, pp. 160, 161, 161. - About Mik's arrival in America in 1948 - not in 1946, where in October-November he was only on one three months' visit - will you, among other things. could also read in detail in Anker Roepstorff's biography here on the website. See below especially Mik’s letter of August 28, 1948 to friends Inge and Anker Roepstorff. At that time, Hanna & Barbera continued to produce the world-famous and hugely popular MGM cartoon series Tom & Jerry, which Rudolph Ising had started up as early as 1939 under the title Puss Gets the Boot. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera then took over the series and continued it all the way up to the late 1950s, when Gene Deitch and later Chuck Jones took care of it.

In an excerpt from an undated article entitled "Walt Disney engages Danish Cartoonist", written by "Maurice", but which is probably from B.T. around 1948, it says (in excerpts): that Mik "after the war traveled to America, where he quite naturally sought Hollywood; a short time ago he was at home on a short visit, and has now returned to join a commitment which "Walt Disney employee. It should come as no surprise that Ferdinand will one day appear in a Disney movie!" - But as I said, it has not been possible to confirm or document that Mik ever got to work for Walt Disney. So so far we have to believe that this has not been the case.