Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cel of Doc set on an airbrushed Courvoisier background from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Doc: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4", Image 8 1/2 x 7 1/2", Frame 20 x 19"; Framed with a gold wood frame, two linen mats, gold wood fillet, and plexiglass.
Development
on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began in early 1934, and by June
Walt Disney announced to The New York Times the production of his first
feature, to be released under Walt Disney Productions. Before Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Disney studio had been primarily
involved in the production of animated short subjects in the Mickey
Mouse and Silly Symphonies series. However, Disney hoped to expand his
studio's prestige and revenues by moving into features, and he estimated
that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could be produced for a budget of
$250,000 (this was ten times the budget of an average Silly Symphony).
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs was to be the first full-length cel animated
feature in motion picture history, and as such Walt Disney had to fight
to get the film produced. Both his brother and business partner Roy
Disney, as well as his wife Lillian attempted to talk him out of it.
The Hollywood movie industry mockingly referred to the film, while is
was in production, as "Disney's Folly." Disney ended up having to
mortgage his house to help finance the film's production, which would
eventually ran up to a total cost of $1,488,422.74; an absolutely
massive sum for a feature film in 1937!
Although the initial concept designing of the dwarfs was relatively easy for the Walt Disney animation department, the actual animating of them proved to be difficult. The animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate dwarfed human figures. The great Disney animator Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that they had to move a little more quickly in order to keep up with the other human characters.
Although the initial concept designing of the dwarfs was relatively easy for the Walt Disney animation department, the actual animating of them proved to be difficult. The animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate dwarfed human figures. The great Disney animator Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that they had to move a little more quickly in order to keep up with the other human characters.
Framed original production animation cel of Doc.
Doc was not present in the original November 1935 story outline of the
film as referenced by Robert D. Field in "The Art of Walt Disney."
However, several months later his role in the film and his relationship
with Grumpy was well established. Walt Disney commented that Doc's
flustered personality should be such that he never knew quite where he
is without one of his fellow dwarfs reminding him. Radio comedian Roy
Atwell, who used stammering and mixed-up language in his act, was chosen
to be the voice of Doc. Various Walt Disney artists were involved in
the animation of Doc throughout the film including: Vladimir Tytl, Fred
Moore, Shamus Culhane, Les Clark, and Ward Kimball.
This
is an absolutely wonderful original hand painted and hand inked
production cel of Doc set on an airbrushed Courvoisier background. The cel is from the scene in the film, when all the Dwarfs perform "The Silly Song." The Dwarfs yodel and are also featured in a instrument septet. Here Doc is holding his double bass-like instrument called a swanette. This is a large image of Doc, eyes open, and strumming his instrument. A beautiful piece of vintage Walt Disney animation artwork, perfect for any collection!
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