Monday, May 16, 2011

ALICE GETS IN DUTCH review

Last week Cartoon Brew posted that whole volumes of the trade magazine FILM DAILY have been scanned and are viewable online. I couldn't help myself and had a browse and found some interesting material like this review (bottom left) from October 26, 1924 for Alice Gets in Dutch.

I saved loads more which I'll share over the coming week or so. Check out these ads for the
ALICE COMEDIES:
Below is a list from early in the life of the series, I guess this was for would be exhibitors or distributors, remember they were released on a states rights basis and not through a major. Only three shorts are listed as is Walt's name:
It's interesting how Walt is barely mentioned in any Alice material I found, at least not until later. Didier Ghez will be posting some more ads I found in the next day or so.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

DONALD Sunday - July 4, 1937

Sorry I'm late with this again, I've been busy working on storyboards, trying to meet deadlines which is always fun and then I also couldn't sign into the blog for a few days. Anyway, here is this week's Sunday.

Monday, May 9, 2011

DONALD Sunday - June 27, 1937

Sorry for the delay, I have had issues with the blog settings.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Letter from Charles Mintz

The upcoming PROFILES IN HISTORY auction is loaded with great relics, Walt's letter to Ub Iwerks among them. Here's another interesting piece, a letter from Charles Mintz to Virginia Davis' mother. Note the Alice Comedy logo in the top right corner.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Roy's Draft card and Walt's Passport application


 Also on Flickr, Roy's draft card above,  from 1917 and Walt's 1918 passport application below. NOTE: Walt's fake birth date.

Walt's census records



Sometimes it's quite amazing what one stumbles across on the internet. I found these on Flickr. They are the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census records.
I should point out in the 1920 census Edna Francis and her family are listed seven family names above the Disneys.