Original hand painted production animation cel of Pongo from "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," 1961, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; Size - Pongo: 6 x 6 1/2", Image: 8 1/4 x 12"; Unframed.
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"My story begins in London, not so very long ago. And yet so much has happened since then, that it seems more like an eternity." - Pongo
"One Hundred and One Dalmatians" ("101 Dalmatians"), is a 1961 full length animated feature film by Walt Disney Productions. It was adapted from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel of the same name. It stars Rod Taylor as the voice of Pongo and Cate Bauer as the voice of Perdita; with Betty Lou Gerson as the voice of the evil and villainous Cruella de Vil. The animation of all the characters from the film was quite extraordinary.
The
film "Sleeping Beauty," 1959 was very expensive to make and it took a
huge financial loss at the box-office; as a result, the Disney animation
studio was considering closing. During the production of "Sleeping
Beauty," Walt Disney told animator Eric Larson: "I don't think we can
continue, it's too expensive." Because Disney's entire company was based
on animation, he was looking for a way to continue with animation, and
at the same time significantly reduce costs.
Original production animation cel of Pongo without the background.
Original production animation cel of Pongo without the background.
The
animator Ub Iwerks had been experimenting with Xerox photography to aid
in animation process. By 1959 he had modified a Xerox camera to
transfer the drawings by the animators, directly onto animation cels.
The process would preserve the spontaneity of the penciled drawings but
eliminate the inking process, thus saving time and money. However, the
limitation was that the camera was unable to deviate from a black
scratchy outline, and the resulting cels lacked the fine lavish quality
of hand inking.
One
of the enormous benefits of the Xerox was that it was a tremendous help
towards animating the spotted dalmatian dogs. According to famed
animator Chuck Jones, Disney was able to complete the film for about
half of what it would have cost if they had had to animate all the dogs
and spots. To achieve the spotted dalmatians, the Disney animators
envision the spot pattern as a star constellation. Once they had an
"anchor spot," the next spot was placed into the pattern, and so on
until the fully spotted dalmatian was achieved. All totaled, the film
featured 6,469,952 spots, with Pongo having 72 spots, Perdita 68, and
each puppy 32.
Pongo was animated by Ollie Johnston and voiced by Rod Taylor, who was an Australian TV an movie actor who appeared in over 50 films. This is a fantastic original production animation cel of Pongo. He is eyes open, wearing his red collar with golden tag, and looking down. A beautiful image, and a great addition to any animation art collection!
Pongo was animated by Ollie Johnston and voiced by Rod Taylor, who was an Australian TV an movie actor who appeared in over 50 films. This is a fantastic original production animation cel of Pongo. He is eyes open, wearing his red collar with golden tag, and looking down. A beautiful image, and a great addition to any animation art collection!
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