Original production animation drawing of Cinderella in red and graphite pencils from "Cinderella," 1950, Walt Disney Studios; Numbered 21 in pencil lower right; Size - Cinderella 8 3/4 x 4", Sheet 12 1/2 x 15 1/2"; Unframed.
The
1950 Walt Disney feature film "Cinderella" was based on the French
version of the tale by Charles Perrault, entitled "Cinderella" and
written in 1698. The film was the second in the series of great Princess
films developed by Disney, the first being Snow White in 1937. The
character of Cinderella is usually front and center in the pantheon of
Disney Princess merchandise, perhaps because she is the only Princess
not to be of a noble blood line who ended up marrying a Prince and
becoming royalty.
Cinderella
was animated by both Marc Davis and Eric Larson, however the two
animators had different perceptions of the character, with Davis
preferring elegance and Larson opting for simplicity. This actually
worked in the film's favor, resulting in Cinderella being a much more
complicated character than her predecessor Snow White. As with other
Disney films, the studio hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the
live-action reference for Cinderella. She would later return to the
studio for the characters of Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty," 1959 and Anita
Radcliffe in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," 1961.
According to Christopher Finch, from his book "The Art of Walt Disney":
"Disney
insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot
first in live-action to determine that they would work before the
expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators
did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their
ability to create character. The animators understood the necessity for
this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled
things with considerable subtlety."
Close up of the Cinderella production drawing.
About
400 women and girls auditioned for the voice role of Cinderella, but
the role ended up going to Ilene Woods. Woods, who at the time worked on
the radio and did not know anything about the audition, was asked one
day by her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston to sing a song
from Cinderella. Without her knowledge, her recording was given by her
friends to Disney Studios. After listening to the material Walt Disney
immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to speak and
sing the character of Cinderella and contacted Ilene.
This
is a wonderful and very delicate production drawing of Cinderella. She
is masterfully rendered in graphite and red pencil. It is from the scene
in the film, when during the stepsisters' music lesson, Cinderella
brings in the invitation to the ball and asserts her eligibility to
attend. As Anastasia and Drizella laugh at her intentions, Cinderella
steps forward and asks: "Well, why not?" The scene was supervised by the
great animation artist Les Clark, one of Walt Disney's master animators
known as his "Nine Old Men." This would be a great addition to any vintage animation art collection!
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