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Alice in Cartoonland The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney (1924-1927)

Contents: Alice Stage Struck (1925), Alice in the Jungle (1925), Alice Rattled by Rats (1925), Alice’s Egg Plant (1925), Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925), Alice the Toreador (1925), Alice Wins the Derby (1925), Alice on the Farm (1926), Alice’s Orphan (1926) and Alice the Whaler (1927).

Shortly after moving his business from Kansas City to Los Angeles, Walt Disney developed the Alice cartoons that combined cel animation with live-action in the same motion picture frame. Often the star of these cartoons was the Julius the cat character, who created his own trouble or went on adventures with Alice.

Alice is portrayed by Virginia Davis (1923-1925), Dawn Evelyn Paris (also known as Dawn O’Day and Anne Shirley — 1925), Margie Gay (1925-1926) and Lois Hardwick (1927) in the films in this collection.

In 1927 the Alice series was discontinued in favor of Disney’s new character, developed for Universal, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

The films are likely accompanied by a soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.

Supplemental material includes a presentation of Disney’s advertising film Tommy Tucker’s Tooth (1922); and an interview with animator Rudolf Ising.

This is our recommended home video edition of some of these films.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .

Other ANIMATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.