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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Original production animation cel of Pinocchio from "Pinocchio," 1940


Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cel of Pinocchio from "Pinocchio," 1940, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; Size - Pinocchio: 4 1/2 x 2", Image 5 1/2 x 7"; Unframed.

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"Introducing... the only marionette who can sing and dance absolutely without the aids of strings! The one-and-only Pinocchio!" - Stromboli
"I've got no strings to hold me down." - Pinocchio

"Pinocchio," 1940 was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, and followed on the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." 1937. It was released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on February 23, 1940 and was based on the Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. The general plot of the film involves an old wood-carver named Geppetto, who carves a wooden puppet that he names Pinocchio. One night the puppet is brought to life by the Blue Fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish". Pinocchio's journey to become a real boy is challenged by his encounters with an array of scrupulous characters.

"Pinocchio" became the first animated feature to win an Academy Award; it won for both Best Music - Original Score and for Best Music - Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star." Most critics and audiences agree that "Pinocchio" is among the finest Disney features ever made, and one of the greatest animated films of all time. In 1994, it was added to the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Due to the huge success of "Snow White," Walt Disney wanted more famous voice actors for "Pinocchio." He cast popular singer Cliff Edwards (who had made the first record selling over a million copies) as Jiminy Cricket. Disney also wanted the character of Pinocchio to be voiced by a real child. The role ended up going to twelve year old actor Dickie Jones, who had previously been in Frank Capra's enormous Hollywood hit, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

Animation began in September 1938 and just as in "Snow White," live-action footage was shot for "Pinocchio" with the actors playing the scenes; which was supervised by Hamilton Luske. The animators then used the footage as a guide for their animation drawings by studying the human movement and then incorporating many of those poses and scenes. The title character was animated by Milt Kahl (initial design), Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston. "When I was doing Pinocchio," Johnston said, "I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing."

This is an exception original hand inked and hand painted production animation cel of Pinocchio from the scene when he first appears on the stage of Stromboli's Puppet Show. He is introduced by Stromboli and begins to sing the song "I've Got No Strings." The song's music was written by Leigh Harline and the lyrics were written by Ned Washington. This is a great full figure, eyes, and mouth open image of Pinocchio and a great addition to any animation art collection. The dialog for the scene is below:

"Introducing... the only marionette who can sing and dance absolutely without the aids of strings! The one-and-only Pinocchio!" - Stromboli
"I've got no strings to hold me down." - Pinocchio

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Original Production Animation Cel of Jiminy Cricket set over a Courvoisier Background from "Pinocchio," 1940


Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cel of Jiminy Cricket from "Pinocchio," 1940, Walt Disney Studios; Set over a Courvoisier air brush background; Size - Jiminy Cricket: 6 x 3 1/2", Image 9 1/2 x 8 1/4"; Unframed.

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Pinocchio: "What's a conscience?"
Jiminy Cricket: "What's a conscience! I'll tell ya! A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to. That's just the trouble with the world today..."

"Pinocchio," 1940 was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, and followed on the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." 1937. It was released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on February 23, 1940 and was based on the Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. The general plot of the film involves an old wood-carver named Geppetto, who carves a wooden puppet that he names Pinocchio. One night the puppet is brought to life by the Blue Fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish". Pinocchio's journey to become a real boy is challenged by his encounters with an array of scrupulous characters.

"Pinocchio" became the first animated feature to win an Academy Award; it won for both Best Music - Original Score and for Best Music - Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star." Most critics and audiences agree that "Pinocchio" is among the finest Disney features ever made, and one of the greatest animated films of all time. In 1994, it was added to the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Due to the huge success of "Snow White," Walt Disney wanted more famous voice actors for "Pinocchio." He cast popular singer Cliff Edwards (who had made the first record selling over a million copies) as Jiminy Cricket. Disney also wanted the character of Pinocchio to be voiced by a real child. The role ended up going to twelve year old actor Dickie Jones, who had previously been in Frank Capra's enormous Hollywood hit, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

Animation began in September 1938 and just as in "Snow White," live-action footage was shot for "Pinocchio" with the actors playing the scenes; which was supervised by Hamilton Luske. The animators then used the footage as a guide for their animation drawings by studying the human movement and then incorporating many of those poses and scenes. The title character was animated by Milt Kahl (initial design), Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston. "When I was doing Pinocchio," Johnston said, "I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing."

Jiminy Cricket was animated by Ward Kimball, with Joe Grant working up early rough model sketches.  Kimball would go on to work on many characters for the Walt Disney studios, including the Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat in "Alice In Wonderland;" however the great Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston thought that Kimball's animation of Jiminy Cricket was "the most sincere he ever did."

From veteran Walt Disney animator Andreas Deja:
"Ward Kimball surely was looking forward to animating Jiminy Cricket, after the bad experience he just had on Snow White. His brilliantly animated "Soup Eating Sequence" had been cut from the film, and now it was time for a fresh start on the next feature film Pinocchio. Even though Walt Disney personally assigned the Cricket to Kimball, the animator didn't seem to be able to please the boss with his initial designs. Not appealing, too grotesque and insect like! After many revised versions in which Ward de-insectified the design, Walt finally approved a design that though very appealing had very little to do with the anatomy of a real cricket."

This is a wonderful original production animation cel of Jiminy Cricket placed on an original airbrushed Courvoisier background. Jiminy is full figure, eyes and mouth open, and he is wearing his top hat, tails, spats, and holding his umbrella. Just a great action pose of one of the greatest Disney characters of all time, and a great addition to any animation collection!

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Original Production Animation Cel of Mad Madam Mim in Cat Form from "The Sword In The Stone," 1963


Original hand painted production animation cel of Mad Madam Mim in Cat form from "The Sword In The Stone," 1963, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; With the original Walt Disney Art Corner label sticker verso; Size - Madam Mim: 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", Image 9 1/4" x 11 3/4"; Unframed.


"So, my boy, I'm afraid I'll have to destroy you... Yeah, I-I'll give you a sporting chance. I'm mad about games you know." - Mad Madam Mim 
Why, boy, I've got more magic
in one little finger.
Now, don't tell me you've never
heard of the marvellous Madam Mim?

Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=sword-in-the-s 
Why, boy, I've got more magic
in one little finger.
Now, don't tell me you've never
heard of the marvellous Madam Mim?

Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=sword-in-the-stone-the

"The Sword in the Stone," 1963 is the 18th full length feature film produced by Walt Disney and it was released on December 25, 1963 by Buena Vista Distribution. The film was based on the novel of the same name, that was first published in 1938. It was later republished in 1958 as the first book of T. H. White's tetralogy "The Once and Future King." It was to be the final Disney animated film released before Walt Disney's death on December 15, 1966. The songs in the film were written and composed by the Sherman Brothers, who would become very famous for their future work on later Disney films including; "Mary Poppins," 1964, "The Jungle Book," 1967, and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," 1971.

Madam Mim was the villain in the film and was voiced by Martha Wentworth, a veteran actress with a long radio history dating back to the 1920's. She was the voice of several Disney characters in "101 Dalmatians" including Nanny; and Mim was her final credited role. Madam Mim was animated by two of Disney's greatest animators Milt Kahl (who also designed the character, refining storyboard sketches from animator Bill Peet), and Frank Thomas. Kahl animated her first appearance in the film, her initial interaction with Arthur; while Frank Thomas oversaw her famous "Wizards' Duel" with Merlin.


Original production animation cel of Mad Madam Mim in Cat form without the background.


Original Walt Disney Art Corner label sticker.

This cel is from the first appearance of Mim and occurs when Wart (soon to be King Arthur, but at the moment having been transformed into a bird by Merlin), accidentally falls down Mim's chimney. When Mim finds out the Wart had been transformed into a bird by Merlin, she transforms into a cat and says "So, my boy, I'm afraid I'll have to destroy you... Yeah, I-I'll give you a sporting chance. I'm mad about games you know." This is a wonderful cel of Mim in Cat form; her green eyes are open and she is beginning to stalk poor Wart in Bird form. A great addition to any animation art collection!

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Original Production Animation Cels of Merlin and Wart from "The Sword In The Stone," 1963


Original hand painted production animation cels of Merlin and Wart from "The Sword In The Stone," 1963, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; With the original Walt Disney Art Corner label sticker verso; Size - Merlin: 6 1/2 x 3", Wart: 3 1/2 x 1 1/2", Image 9 x 12"; Unframed.


"The Sword in the Stone," 1963 is the 18th full length feature film produced by Walt Disney and it was released on December 25, 1963 by Buena Vista Distribution. The film was based on the novel of the same name, that was first published in 1938. It was later republished in 1958 as the first book of T. H. White's tetralogy "The Once and Future King." It was to be the final Disney animated film released before Walt Disney's death on December 15, 1966. The songs in the film were written and composed by the Sherman Brothers, who would become very famous for their future work on later Disney films including; "Mary Poppins," 1964, "The Jungle Book," 1967, and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," 1971.


Original production animation cel of Merlin without the background.


Original production animation cel of Wart without the background.

Wart was animated by both Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston; and the voice was provided by three different actors; Rickie Sorensen, Richard Reitherman and his brother Robert Reitherman. This lead to noticeable changes in the character's voice between scenes. Also, the three voices all have Brooklyn-esque accents, which differed with the English setting for the film and with the accents spoken by all other characters.

Merlin is a very powerful wizard with a pet owl named Archimedes. He befriends and becomes the teacher of a 12-year old orphan named Arthur, who goes by the name of Wart. Merlin is first seen living in a forest cottage, and he believes in the philosophy of "Brain over Brawn." As a wizard, he is very intelligent, has a wide variety of powers, and is considered the most powerful wizard in the world. He has the ability to see into the future, and has the ability to shape-shift. Merlin was animated by Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston; and voiced by Karl Swenson who was an American theater, radio, film, and television actor.


Original Walt Disney Art Corner label.

This is a great two original production animation cel setup of both Merlin and Wart. Both characters are full figure, eyes open, and also still retain their original backing board with the art corner label. An absolutely wonderful piece of original animation artwork perfect for any collection!

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Original Production Animation Drawing of Mulan from "Mulan" 1998


Original production animation drawing of Mulan in red and graphite pencils and used during the production of "Mulan" 1998, Walt Disney Studios; Dialog word 'Polite' upper sheet edge; Numbered 164 in red pencil lower right; Animation ladder upper right; Size - Mulan: 5 1/2 x 6", Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed.

"My duty is to my heart." - Mulan

"Mulan" 1998 is an animated musical action adventure and the 36th full length feature film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was released on June 19, 1998 by Buena Vista Pictures. The film was based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, story by Robert D. San Souci, screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer, and BD Wong are the main voice cast in the English version while Jackie Chan provided the voice of Captain Li Shang for the Chinese dub of the film. "Mulan" was a commercial success, grossed $304 million worldwide, received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, and won several Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature.


Close up of the original production animation drawing of Mulan.

Development for the film began in 1994, when several animation supervisors were sent to China to acquire artistic and cultural inspiration. The story is a combination of a manuscript by Robert D. San Souci based on the Chinese poem "The Song of Fa Mu Lan," other Asian-themed legends and stories, and the integration of a Scottish folk tale character of a dragon or "Mulan." The film takes place in China during the Han dynasty and centers around Fa Mulan, the daughter of the aged warrior Fa Zhou, who disguises as a man in order to take her father's place during the battle against the Hun invasion.

Mark Henn was the supervising animator for the film's main character, Mimi Chan performed the motion capture of her martial arts moves, Ming-Na Wen provided the speaking voice, and Lea Salonga provided the singing. Mulan is the only Disney Princess to be of East Asian descent and not to be born of royalty or marry a prince.

This is a rare and absolutely spectacular original production animation drawing of Mulan from her first appearance in the film. She is eyes open, with a calligraphy brush tucked in her hair just above her left ear. She is holding a pair of chop sticks that are being used to pick up grains of rice. A perfect image and a great addition to any art collection from the Walt Disney Renaissance period of animation!

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Friday, February 15, 2019

Original Production Animation Drawing of Quasimodo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996


Original production animation drawing of Quasimodo in red and graphite pencils and used during the production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996, Walt Disney Studios; Production numbers lower sheet edge; Numbered Q29 in red pencil lower right; Animation ladder upper right; Size - Quasimodo: 7 x 6 3/4", Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed.
"...Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer. Who is this creature? What is he? How did he come to be there?" - Clopin

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996 is an animated musical drama and the 34th full length feature film produced by Walt Disney, and it was released on June 21, 1996 by Buena Vista Pictures. The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Victor Hugo. The story centers around Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame cathedral, and his struggle to gain acceptance into Parisian society. The film was directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, music by Alan Menken, songs by Menken and Stephen Schwartz, and stars Tom Hulce as the voice of Quasimodo and Demi Moore as the voice of Esmeralda. Supporting casts includes Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was a commercial success and grossed over $325 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing release of 1996. The film received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Menken's musical score.


Close up of the original production animation drawing of Quasimodo.

Quasimodo supervising animator was James Baxter. Baxter had worked previously on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' and had assisted in animating Ariel for "The Little Mermaid." He became the supervising animator of Rafiki in "The Lion King" and then the youngest (age 23) Disney supervising animator of a major character when he animated Belle in "Beauty and the Beast." Very few people in history have advanced so quickly and Baxter is an expert in both the technical and artistic aspects of animation. By the time he was in charge of Quasimodo, Baxter had become an extremely skilled and master animator, and his abilities really shine through the character.

Tom Hulce (an American actor, singer, and producer most known for his Academy Award nominated portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in "Amadeus," 1984) provided the voice of Quasimodo and it was his final theatrical performance before retiring from acting. The character was the third Disney male protagonist to have a single voice actor for both the speaking and singing voices; the others being Beast from "Beauty and the Beast" and John Smith from "Pocahontas."

This is a rare and absolutely spectacular original production animation drawing of Quasimodo from the end of the "Topsy Turvy" song sequence. The song was led by Clopin, who is the host of the Festival of Fools event, and at the end of the performance Quasimodo is crowned the King of Fools. In this drawing Quasimodo is eyes and mouth open, wearing the crown, king's robe, and holding the royal sceptre in his right hand. A perfect image and a great addition to any animation art collection!

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Original Production Animation Cels of Dr. H. Hoovey and Whos with Musical Instruments from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970


Original hand painted production animation cels of Dr. H. Hoovey, and three cels of Whos with Musical Instruments from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Three Musical Instrument cels are set on their key master production background; Production numbers in ink lower right cel corners and top edge of the background; Size - Dr. H. Hoovey: 4 1/2 x 6 3/4", Image 9 1/4 x 12 1/2", Background 10 1/2 x 15 3/4"; Unframed.

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"Play anything neighbor, just make yourself known!" - Dr. H. Hoovey

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (1912 – 2002) was an American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author, artist, and screenwriter; and is best known for his work on the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Looney Tunes, and Merrie Melodies shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts, that all of us remember, starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, PepĂ© Le Pew, Porky Pig and many other star Warner Bros. characters.


Original production animation cel of Dr. H. Hoovey.

After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, he started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for MGM; including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts. Also at MGM, in collaboration with Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), he created one of his most famous films; the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" Chuck Jones later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises, where he created several one-shot specials and would periodically work on Looney Tunes related projects.


Original production animation cel of Musical Instruments.


Original production animation cel of Whos with Musical Instrument.


Original production animation cel of Musical Instruments.

Chuck Jones was nominated for an Academy Award eight times and won three; receiving awards for the cartoons "For Scent-imental Reasons," "So Much for So Little," and "The Dot and the Line." He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in the animation industry. The famous film historian Leonard Maltin praised Jones' work at Warner Bros., MGM, and at Chuck Jones Enterprises. In Jerry Beck's "The 50 Greatest Cartoons," ten of the entries were directed by Jones, with four out of the five top cartoons being Chuck Jones shorts.

"Horton Hears a Who!" is a television animated special that was originally aired on CBS on March 19, 1970. The film was directed and produced by the legendary animator Chuck Jones. It was based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name and was a follow up to Jones's successful adaptation of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The film contains songs with lyrics by Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who had previously written songs for the Seuss' book "The Cat in the Hat Song Book." "Horton Hears a Who!" stars the voice talents of Hans Conried (Narrator, Horton, and Dr. H. Hoovey), Chuck Jones (Junior Kangaroo, Vlad Vladikoff (renamed Whizzer McKwoff), JoJo, several male Whos), June Foray (Jane Kangaroo, Birds, several female Whos), the musical group The Mellomen as the voices of the Wickersham Brothers, and the MGM Chorus as the Citizens of Whoville.


Original master production background.


Close up of background production numbers.


Close up of background production numbers.

"Horton Hears a Who!" is about an elephant named Horton who discovers a microscopic community of intelligent beings called Whos, who are so small that they live on a speck of dust. Because of Horton's excellent hearing, only he can hear them and decides he will try and keep them safe from all the dangers they may face. However, the other animals around him thinks that he has gone crazy and decide to take actions for his own good. The story revolves around Horton's struggle to save the Whos from impending tragedy and against all odds.

This is a wonderful hand painted production background with it's key original hand painted production cels of Whos playing musical instruments in order to make noise to save their planet. The key setup can be seen when Dr. Hoovy says to the Whos "All noises are needed, refined or absurd." The Dr. Hoovey cel is from the scene when he is running and waving his arms yelling to the Whos "Play anything neighbor, just make yourself known!" An extremely rare original background with multiple cels from the key scene of the film when the Whos are yelling "We're here, we're here!" This would make a great addition to any animation art collection!

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