tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post3128258973109342108..comments2023-11-03T09:20:52.837-04:00Comments on Disney Film Project: Alice and the Dog CatcherRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-52681571694757470092009-01-21T21:36:00.000-05:002009-01-21T21:36:00.000-05:00Yes, it is painful watching some of these Alice sh...Yes, it is painful watching some of these Alice shorts, but also illuminating. I mean, as a fan of some of the Mickey/Donald shorts, I can see where they took things from these stories. And that's what I'm trying to accomplish here, is to see what the growth of the studio was. I'll be interested to see what the changes are once Ubbe Iwerks joins the studio in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-81105441964658382322009-01-21T17:21:00.000-05:002009-01-21T17:21:00.000-05:00I was waiting for this one and this one truly is a...I was waiting for this one and this one truly is a wonderful <I>live-action</I> short. I think at this point, Walt was still getting his studio going, trying to get new artists and animators in and feeling things out. So the animated sequences suffer from that. Unfortunately for your project, it can be wearying slogging through the "Alice" shorts because most of them just aren't very good in themselves, but were a time of learning for the Disney crew. But the live-action sequences are completely hilarious, especially the car chase at the end (filmed, I believe, at Los Angeles' Telegraph Hill.) In some ways, it's rather a shame that, not too long after this, the live-action eventually got shelved in favor of animation.<BR/><BR/>I also once had a chapter of California's ASPCA ask for a copy of this short for use in their training and publicity.Patrick Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781179028678966600noreply@blogger.com