Original hand painted production animation cels of Duchess and Thomas O'Malley from "The Aristocats," 1970; Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; Size - Duchess: 5 x 4", Thomas O'Malley: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2", Image: 7 3/4 x 11 3/4"; Unframed.
"Boy! Your eyes ARE like sapphires." - Thomas O'Malley speaking to Duchess
"The Aristocats," 1970 is an animated feature film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions. This was the last film project to be approved by Walt Disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was finally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on December 11, 1970. "The Aristocats" featured the voice talent of Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Phil Harris, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, and Roddy Maude-Roxby.
The film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, and centers
around a family of aristocratic cats. After the mistress's butler
kidnaps them (to gain his mistress' fortune which was intended to go to
the cats) an unlikely alley cat acquaintance helps them escape and be
returned to their home.
Duchess is a long-haired purebred white Turkish Angora cat with blue
eyes (shining like sapphires) and wearing a gold and jeweled collar that
is studded with diamonds. She is the mother of three kittens; Marie,
Berlioz, and Toulouse and her owner is the aristocratic Madame Adelaide
Bonfamille. Duchess was voiced by Eva Gabor who was a Hungarian-born
American socialite and actress. Robie Lester who was an American
Grammy-nominated voice artist and singer, provided the singing voice for
Duchess.
Original production animation cel of Duchess without the background.
Original production animation cel of Thomas O'Malley without the background.
According to veteran Walt Disney animator Andreas Deja:
"Duchess was animated by quite a few artists, I would say that Ollie Johnston did some of the nicest scenes, educating the kittens etc.. Frank Thomas came up with good acting scenes as well, when Duchess meets O'Malley for the first time, and when she says goodbye to him at the end of the movie. Milt Kahl set her basic design based on Ken Anderson's drawings."
Abraham DeLacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley (simply known as Thomas
O'Malley) the alley cat was also animated by Ollie Johnston and Milt
Kahl. O'Malley was marvelously voiced by Phil Harris, who was an
American singer, songwriter, jazz musician, actor, and comedian. Harris
also worked as a voice actor for two other Walt Disney animated feature
films: "The Jungle Book," 1967 as Baloo the Bear and "Robin Hood," 1973
as Little John (another bear).
Thomas O'Malley had referred to Duchess's eyes as sapphires earlier in the film, but at that time he was using it merely as a pickup line. This is a spectacular original production two cel setup of Duchess and Thomas O'Malley. Both cels are great large images; Duchess's sapphire blue eyes are open and she is smiling and Thomas O'Malley is eyes and mouth open. An absolutely beautiful image of the famous cat couple and a great addition to any animation art collection!
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