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Alice's Day At Sea was the first film Walt Disney made in Hollywood, and the first regular episode of the Alice Comedies series. The release of Alice's Day At Sea pre-dates Disney's Oswald The Lucky Rabbit series by three years and the appearance of Mickey Mouse by four years.
Alice's Day At Sea was written, directed and entirely animated by Walt Disney himself. In addition to the artwork Walt Disney directed the live-action sequences starring Virginia Davis while his brother Roy, the business mangager, doubled as company cameraman, photographing both the animation and live-action. Soon Roy would be replaced because the distributer complained of unsteady camera work. Working out of a small office within walking distance of his lodgings, Walt feverishly animated all the cartoon sequences into which the live footage would be superimposed. This film represented one of the last occasions Walt would ever do his own animation and by the end of 1924 he had hired other animators to do this for him.
The finished film was shipped to distributor Winkler on December 15th, 1923 and released on March 1st 1924. It was the beginning of his first full-fledged series of films which ran for three and half years and marked a major turning point in Disney's career. In that time he graduated from ambitious beginner to experienced producer, with a studio and staff capable of producing animated films that rivalled the best in the business. Speaking of his studio in later years, Disney was fond of saying "it all started with a mouse" but in fact the foundation was laid in 1924 by a little girl..
This poster for Alice's Day At Sea is the only example known in existance. It was loaned to the Walt Disney Company Archives to be photographed and has appeared in the publications listed.
We are extremely grateful to Bison Archives for providing background information on this lot.
Alice's Day At Sea was written, directed and entirely animated by Walt Disney himself. In addition to the artwork Walt Disney directed the live-action sequences starring Virginia Davis while his brother Roy, the business mangager, doubled as company cameraman, photographing both the animation and live-action. Soon Roy would be replaced because the distributer complained of unsteady camera work. Working out of a small office within walking distance of his lodgings, Walt feverishly animated all the cartoon sequences into which the live footage would be superimposed. This film represented one of the last occasions Walt would ever do his own animation and by the end of 1924 he had hired other animators to do this for him.
The finished film was shipped to distributor Winkler on December 15th, 1923 and released on March 1st 1924. It was the beginning of his first full-fledged series of films which ran for three and half years and marked a major turning point in Disney's career. In that time he graduated from ambitious beginner to experienced producer, with a studio and staff capable of producing animated films that rivalled the best in the business. Speaking of his studio in later years, Disney was fond of saying "it all started with a mouse" but in fact the foundation was laid in 1924 by a little girl..
This poster for Alice's Day At Sea is the only example known in existance. It was loaned to the Walt Disney Company Archives to be photographed and has appeared in the publications listed.
We are extremely grateful to Bison Archives for providing background information on this lot.