Original hand inked and hand painted production animation cel of Jaq Mouse set on a lithographic background from "Cinderella," 1950, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Jaq: 4 1/4 x 3", Image 9 1/2 x 10 1/2"; Unframed.
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"Well, why not? After all, I'm still a member of the family. And it says, "By royal command... every eligible maiden is to attend." - Cinderella
To purchase this cel or to visit the Art Gallery, CLICK HERE!
"Well, why not? After all, I'm still a member of the family. And it says, "By royal command... every eligible maiden is to attend." - Cinderella
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.
Original production animation cel of Jaq Mouse without the background.
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.
Cinderella
had many mice and bird friends in the film and named mice include Mert,
Bert, Luke, Suzie, and of course the two mice stars, Gus and Jaq. Gus
and Jaq were both animated by Fred Moore and Ward Kimball and their
animation sequences in the film many times rival the sequences revolving
around Cinderella. Jaq was thin with a dark red shirt and hat and wore
an orange coat, while Gus was larger, more stout in size with a green
hat and wore a light green shirt that was a bit too small for him. Both
had dark red shoes and both were voiced by veteran Walt Disney sound
engineer and voice actor James MacDonald (who also provided the voice of
Bruno the dog).
James
MacDonald was a British-born voice actor and he was the original head
of the Walt Disney sound effects department. In addition to directing
sounds for the early Disney animated shorts such as "Mickey's Trailer,"
1938, he developed many original inventions and contraptions in order to
achieve unique and expressive sounds for characters like Casey Jr., the
circus train engine from "Dumbo," 1941; Evinrude the dragonfly from
"The Rescuers," 1977; and the bees in "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey
Tree," 1966. He also made the sound effects for Tick Tock the crocodile
from "Peter Pan," 1953 and used castanets for the sound of Maleficent as
the Dragon from "Sleeping Beauty" 1959. His voice acting work for Disney began early and included doing
the yodeling for the Dwarfs in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937
as well as doing some sounds for Dopey such as his hiccuping and
sobbing. By 1947, Walt Disney was getting too busy and too hoarse from
all of his smoking to continue voicing the character of Mickey Mouse.
Disney was replaced by MacDonald, who voiced some parts of Mickey for
"Fun and Fancy Free," 1947. Soon MacDonald completely took over as the
voice of Mickey Mouse until 1977, when he was replaced by another young
Disney sound effects man Wayne Allwine.
This is an absolutely wonderful original production animation cel of Jaq Mouse. He 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? After all, I'm still a member of the family. And it says, "By royal command... every eligible maiden is to attend." Jaq is totally thrilled by the idea of Cinderella attending the Ball and he jumps up into the air waving his cap in his left paw. Jaq is full figure, eyes and mouth open, has a great big smile. He is sporting his red cap and shirt, while wearing his orange overcoat and brown shoes. A large image and a rarely seen character in original production artwork from the film. He would be a great addition to any vintage Walt Disney animation art collection!
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