Original production animation drawing of Cinderella holding the invitation to the Ball in red, blue, and graphite pencils from "Cinderella," 1950, Walt Disney Studios; Numbered 19 lower right; Animation ladder center right; Size - Cinderella 6 3/4 x 4 3/4", Sheet 10 x 12"; Unframed.
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The 1950 Walt Disney feature film "Cinderella" was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, entitled "Cinderella" and written in 1698. The film was the second in the series of great Princess films developed by Disney, the first being Snow White in 1937. The character of Cinderella is usually front and center in the pantheon of Disney Princess merchandise, perhaps because she is the only Princess not to be of a noble blood line who ended up marrying a Prince and becoming royalty.
Cinderella
was animated by both Marc Davis and Eric Larson, however the two
animators had different perceptions of the character, with Davis
preferring elegance and Larson opting for simplicity. This actually
worked in the film's favor, resulting in Cinderella being a much more
complicated character than her predecessor Snow White. As with other
Disney films, the studio hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the
live-action reference for Cinderella. She would later return to the
studio for the characters of Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty," 1959 and Anita
Radcliffe in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," 1961.
Close up of the original production animation drawing of Cinderella.
Close up of the original production animation drawing of Cinderella.
According to Christopher Finch, from his book "The Art of Walt Disney":
"Disney
insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot
first in live-action to determine that they would work before the
expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators
did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their
ability to create character. The animators understood the necessity for
this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled
things with considerable subtlety."
Close up of the production number and animation ladder.
Close up of the production number and animation ladder.
About 400 women and girls auditioned for the voice role of Cinderella,
but the role ended up going to Ilene Woods. Woods, who at the time
worked on the radio and did not know anything about the audition, was
asked one day by her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston to sing a
song from Cinderella. Without her knowledge, her recording was given by
her friends to Disney Studios. After listening to the material Walt
Disney immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to
speak and sing the character of Cinderella and contacted Ilene.
This is a wonderful and very delicate production drawing of Cinderella. She is masterfully rendered in graphite, blue, and red pencils. It is from the scene in the film, when the invitation to the King's Ball is delivered to the Tremaine home. A rare and perfect image of Cinderella holding and looking at the invitation. The scene was supervised by the great animation artist Les Clark, one of Walt Disney's master animators known as his "Nine Old Men."
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