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.