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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Original Production Animation Cels of Maleficent and Diablo from "Sleeping Beauty," 1959

Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cels of Maleficent and Diablo set on a lithographic background from "Sleeping Beauty," 1959, Walt Disney Studios; With original Art Corner backing board and Certificate sticker; Size - Maleficent & Diablo: 7 1/2 x 8 1/4", Image 9 x 12"; Unframed.


"I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation." - Maleficent
"You weren't wanted" - Merryweather
"Not wa...? Oh dear, what an awkward situation. I had hoped it was merely due to some oversight. Well, in that event I'd best be on my way." - Maleficent 
I really felt quite distressed|at not receiving an invitation.

Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=sleeping-beauty-1959I - Maleficent
 
"Sleeping Beauty" is a Walt Disney animated full length feature film and was based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault and "Little Briar Rose" by The Brothers Grimm. The film was the sixteenth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, and it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959 by Buena Vista Distribution. This was to be the last Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for many years, both because of its initial mixed critical reception, and because of it's under performance at the box office. The Walt Disney studio did not return to the fairy tale genre until 30 years later, with the release of "The Little Mermaid" in 1989.


"Sleeping Beauty" was directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi. The story was written by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta. The film's musical score and songs, featuring the Graunke Symphony Orchestra, was under the direction of George Bruns. Arrangements and/or adaptations were derived from numbers from the 1890 "Sleeping Beauty Ballet" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In addition, Igor Stravinsky's music compositions were also adapted into the film. "Sleeping Beauty" was the first animated film to be photographed in the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process, as well as the second full-length animated feature film to be filmed in anamorphic widescreen; following "Lady and the Tramp" four years earlier. In select first-run engagements, the film was presented in Super Technirama 70 and 6-channel stereophonic sound.


Original production animation cel sof Maleficent and Diablo without the background.

The style for "Sleeping Beauty" was based on the art of Eyvind Earle, who was known for his 'Pre-Renaissance' style; accomplished with strong vertical lines combined with Gothic elegance. Earle was involved with the design of all the characters in the film, and he designed and painted most of the backgrounds. The early sketches for Maleficent depicted a hag-like witch, however it was later decided that her final design should be more elegant; as it better suited Earle's backgrounds. The principal animator for Maleficent, Marc Davis, decided to make Maleficent a powerful fairy rather than an old crone that had been described in the original source material. A contributing factor for this decision may have been influenced by the choice of Eleanor Audley to be the voice of the character. Audley had previously worked for Disney by providing the voice for the cold and calculating Lady Tremaine (The Stepmother) in "Cinderella." It is known that Frank Thomas who animated Lady Tremaine and Marc Davis who animated Maleficent, incorporated the facials features of Eleanor into both characters. Audley was also the live-action model for Maleficent, and Marc Davis claimed that her movements and expressions were ultimately incorporated into the animation.
 

Original Art Corner backing board and Certificate sticker.

Marc Davis's design for Maleficent's costume was inspired by a book on Medieval art. One of the images featured was that of a religious figure with long robes, the ends of which resembled flames. Davis incorporated this into Maleficent's final design, and he based the sides of her headdress on the wings of a bat, and the top of her headdress on the horns of a devil. If you ask people to name their favorite Disney Villain, chances are you will one of three answers; The Evil Queen/Witch from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Cruella DeVil from "One hundred and One Dalmatians," or Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty." Two of the three, Cruella and Maleficent, were created and drawn by the great Walt Disney animator Marc Davis.

This is a two cel setup from the scene when Maleficent appears in King Stefan's castle just as the Three Good Fairies are bestowing spell gifts on the new baby Princess Aurora. A fantastic image of Maleficent, the Mistress of all evil; and her pet raven Diablo. A beautiful piece of vintage Walt Disney history and a centerpiece to any animation art collection! The dialog for the scene is below:
 
"I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation." - Maleficent
"You weren't wanted" - Merryweather
"Not wa...? Oh dear, what an awkward situation. I had hoped it was merely due to some oversight. Well, in that event I'd best be on my way." - Maleficent
 
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Friday, July 12, 2024

Original Production Animation Cel of Cinderella from "Cinderella," 1950

 
Original hand inked and hand painted production animation cel of Cinderella in the Ball Gown from "Cinderella," 1950; With Magic Effects overlay cel, all set on an original hand painted and airbrushed background, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Cinderella: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4", Image 9 1/2 x 12 1/4", Background 10 x 13"; Unframed.

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Cinderella: "Oh, I wasn't... I do so, but... but don't you think my dress..."
Fairy Godmother: "Yes, it's lovely, dear. Love... (sees the ruined dress) Good heavens, child! You can't go in that. Now, uh... let's see, dears. Your size... and the shade of your eyes... Uh-huh. Something simple, but daring too. (Gasping) Just leave it to me! What a gown this will be. Biddidi-bobbidi... bibbidi-bobbidi... Bibbidi-bobbidi... boo!" (Cinderella dress is changed into a silvery-blue dress).
Cinderella: (twirls around) "Oh, it's a beautiful dress! Did you ever see such a beautiful dress? And look, glass slippers. Why, it's a dream, a wonderful dream come true."

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.

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."

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 an extremely rare original production cel of Cinderella with Magic Effects overlay cel, that occurs during the dress transformation scene; when her Fairy Godmother changes her torn and tattered pink dress into the silvery-blue Ball Gown. The magical transformation of Cinderella into a Ball Gown and Lady and Tramp eating spaghetti are perhaps, the most utilized sequences of Walt Disney animation in regards to promotional, merchandising, and advertisement in Disney's history. This is the finest cel I have ever had or seen from Cinderella, and represents the absolute height of animation art collecting. The cel occurs in the film, when the Fairy Godmother realizes that Cinderella's torn pink dress has to be transformed into a dress suitable for a King's Ball. The dialog for the scene is below:

Cinderella: "Oh, I wasn't... I do so, but... but don't you think my dress..."
Fairy Godmother: "Yes, it's lovely, dear. Love... (sees the ruined dress) Good heavens, child! You can't go in that. Now, uh... let's see, dears. Your size... and the shade of your eyes... Uh-huh. Something simple, but daring too. (Gasping) Just leave it to me! What a gown this will be. Biddidi-bobbidi... bibbidi-bobbidi... Bibbidi-bobbidi... boo!" (Cinderella dress is changed into a silvery-blue dress).
Cinderella: (twirls around) "Oh, it's a beautiful dress! Did you ever see such a beautiful dress? And look, glass slippers. Why, it's a dream, a wonderful dream come true."

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