George Vernon Stallings - my 157th pick to be named a Disney Legend

Animator, director and writer Vernon Stallings is my 157th choice to be named a Disney Legend. Stallings directed the Silly Symphonies short Merbabies before continuing writing for the Disney studios on feature films such as Fantasia, Dumbo, Victory Through Air Power and Bambi. He is the son of famous baseball manager George Stallings.
In 1946, Stallings worked on the writing for “Song of the South” and then took over the writing for the Disney comics and introduced new characters such as Molly Cottontail who would later become Brer Rabbit’s girlfriend. He worked for Disney Studios from 1935-1946.