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Alice Gets In Dutch was the eighth film in the Alice Comedies series - Walt Disney's first successful film series. The release of Alice Gets In Dutch pre-dated Disney's Oswald The Lucky Rabbit series by three years and the appearance of Mickey Mouse by four years.
In 1923, 21 year-old Walt Disney began work on Alice's Wonderland the film which was to become the prototype for his Alice Comedies series. In a reversal of Max Fleischer's Out Of The Inkwell series, in which cartoon characters entered the real world, Disney placed a live actress in a cartoon world. Disney chose four year-old Virginia Davis to play the live character - Alice and filming began at Virginia's home town Kansas City, Missouri. During this time however, Disney had run into financial difficulties and shortly after this film had been completed he decided to move to Hollywood to seek work as a director of live action pictures.
Once in Hollywood, however Disney soon realised that the only way to break into the film industry was to return to animation. Falling back on the sample film Alice's Wonderland Walt's destiny was in the making when he received a contract from distributor M.J.Winkler to produce a series of Alice films. Disney sent to Kansas City for little Virginia and her parents, and eventually brought former partner and animator Ub Iwerks out to California to help with the animation. Walt's brother Roy helped with the live action camera work at first but soon moved in to a role more suited to his talents, running the business affairs of the new Disney Brothers Studio.
Alice Gets In Dutch premiered in New York City at the Piccadilly Theatre on October 20th, 1924. In the film, Alice falls asleep at school and dreams that a mean teacher and her animated school books are attacking her. Alice and her friends the cat, dog and donkey fight back. Much of the film was inked and painted by Lillian Bounds, a young woman who became Mrs Walt Disney the following year.
This poster is the only known surviving copy and was in the personal collection of Alice star Virginia Davis for almost seventy years. It was photographed for reproduction in the reference books listed above.
We are extremely grateful to Bison Archives for providing background information on this lot.
See backcover illustration.
In 1923, 21 year-old Walt Disney began work on Alice's Wonderland the film which was to become the prototype for his Alice Comedies series. In a reversal of Max Fleischer's Out Of The Inkwell series, in which cartoon characters entered the real world, Disney placed a live actress in a cartoon world. Disney chose four year-old Virginia Davis to play the live character - Alice and filming began at Virginia's home town Kansas City, Missouri. During this time however, Disney had run into financial difficulties and shortly after this film had been completed he decided to move to Hollywood to seek work as a director of live action pictures.
Once in Hollywood, however Disney soon realised that the only way to break into the film industry was to return to animation. Falling back on the sample film Alice's Wonderland Walt's destiny was in the making when he received a contract from distributor M.J.Winkler to produce a series of Alice films. Disney sent to Kansas City for little Virginia and her parents, and eventually brought former partner and animator Ub Iwerks out to California to help with the animation. Walt's brother Roy helped with the live action camera work at first but soon moved in to a role more suited to his talents, running the business affairs of the new Disney Brothers Studio.
Alice Gets In Dutch premiered in New York City at the Piccadilly Theatre on October 20th, 1924. In the film, Alice falls asleep at school and dreams that a mean teacher and her animated school books are attacking her. Alice and her friends the cat, dog and donkey fight back. Much of the film was inked and painted by Lillian Bounds, a young woman who became Mrs Walt Disney the following year.
This poster is the only known surviving copy and was in the personal collection of Alice star Virginia Davis for almost seventy years. It was photographed for reproduction in the reference books listed above.
We are extremely grateful to Bison Archives for providing background information on this lot.
See backcover illustration.