Original production animation drawing of Mickey Mouse and Ice from "On Ice," 1935, Walt Disney Studios; Green, blue, red and graphite pencils on peg hole paper; Numbered 143 in pencil lower right; Size - Mickey Mouse, Ice, & Ripple Effects: 4 3/4 x 10", Sheet 9 1/2 x 12"; Unframed.
"On Ice," 1935 is a Walt Disney animated short film directed by Ben Sharpsteen, music by Bert Lewis, written by Webb Smith, and distributed by United Artists. It stared the voice talents of Marcellite
Garner (Minnie Mouse), Pinto Colvig (Goofy), Walt Disney (Mickey
Mouse), and Clarence Nash (Donald Duck). Animation was done by Paul
Allen, Milt Kahl, Fred Spencer, Art Babbitt, Johnny Cannon, Norman
Ferguson, Eric Larson, John McManus, Webb Smith, Don Towsley, and Marvin
Woodward.
Close up of the Mickey Mouse and Ice production drawing.
The
story of "On Ice" revolves around three different storylines that all
take place during the winter on a frozen lake. At the beginning of the
film, Mickey Mouse is helping Minnie Mouse to learn how to skate. The
second storyline has Goofy attempting to catch fish by dropping chewing
tobacco through a hole cut into the ice lake. Once the fish begin
chewing, they are forced to come up to the surface to spit and Goofy
attempts to knock them unconscious. The third storyline involves Donald
Duck pulling a prank on Pluto by putting ice skates on his feet and
luring him out onto the ice. Poor Pluto slips and slides on the ice and
Donald laughs and pokes fun at him. The three story lines merge when
Donald skates around Pluto with a kite on his back. The wind picks up
and sends him flying over a waterfall. Mickey hears his cries for help
and saves him by pulling on the yarns of his sweater. Donald ends up
landing in the ice hole where Goofy is fishing.
This
is a wonderful drawing of Mickey Mouse skating on a round piece of floating ice surrounded by water ripples
and other floating sheets of ice to the left and right. The drawing has a large
centered full figure image of
Mickey ice skating with his scarf billowing in front of him. His left foot, complete with ice skate, is raised in front of him and he has a huge
smile. This is a fantastic very detailed
drawing from a 1930's Walt Disney cartoon short, and would be a standout for any animation art collection!
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