Original
hand painted production animation cel of Cruella De Vil from "One
Hundred and One Dalmatians," 1961, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a
lithographic background; Numbered 69 in ink lower right; Size - Cruella
De Vil: 8 1/2" x 4 1/4", Image 11 1/2" x 14 1/2"; Unframed.
"Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, if she doesn't scare you; no evil thing will."- Roger
"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.
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.
Cruella
along with Maleficent are two of the most favorite of all the Disney
villains, and they were both animated by Marc Davis. The character of
Cruella De Vil was created by Dodie Smith for his novel "101 Dalmatians"
in 1956, but it was Davis's visual interpretation that the world
remembers. Although some of Cruella's traits were based in the novel,
Davis along with Bill Peat, morphed the character by making her razor
thin and exaggerating her oversized coat onto her thin frame. The long
cigarette holder was modeled on one Davis used himself. Inspiration was
also drawn from Hollywood legends Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis, and
Rosalind Russell. Movement, according to Davis, was consistent "like
someone you wouldn't like," and another inspiration was based on "one
woman I knew who was just a monster. She was tall and thin and talked
constantly - you never knew what she was saying, but you couldn't get a
word in edgewise."
The
voice of Cruella was provided by Betty Lou Gerson. She had worked for
Disney prior as the narrator for Cinderella, but her voice talent as
Cruella De Vil is her tour de force! The highly pitched phrase "Anita
Darling!" is completely iconic and has become part of Disney pop
culture.
Close up of the Cruella De Vil production animation cel.
This
is wonderful original production animation cel of Cruella De Vil. She is eyes open, with an evil smile, and she is wearing her classic mink coat and carrying
her cigarette with holder. A great addition to any Disney Villain or animation art collection!
#cruella #cruelladevil #101dalmatians #Freckles #Horace #RodTaylor #HoraceBadun #Jasper #JasperBadun #disney #WaltDisney #BettyLouGerson #animationcel #productioncel #productiondrawing #untitledartgallery #cel #marcdavis #animation #animationart #art #animationcollection #untitledartgallery #animationdrawing #JohnLounsbery #FrederickWorlock #JPatOMalley #MiltKahl #Nanny #Pongo #Perdita #MarthaWentworth #OllieJohnston #Patch #dalmatian #dalmatianpuppy #MickeyMaga #CateBauer #LisaDavis
No comments:
Post a Comment