Kathryn Beaumont (born 27 June 1938), the actor who voiced both Alice in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Disney’s Peter Pan, also modeled for the animators. These photos show how much work was put into classical animation at the Disney studio.
Walt Disney chose Beaumont to be the voice of Alice when she was just ten years old. He chose her for the model of Alice. She was named a “Disney Legend” by the Walt Disney Company in 1998.
Made under the supervision of Walt Disney himself (1951), this film and its animation are often regarded as some of the finest work in Disney studio history, despite the lackluster, even hostile, reviews it originally received.
It gained popularity in the 1970's due to the "drug" culture fandom at the time, it was released in 1974, and then again in 1981.
One of my favorite movies. It’s so lush looking & entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThe animation may have been cutting edge, but Walt himself admitted the picture was a flop and the story sucked, because it was an incoherent hash.
ReplyDeleteWow what a pretty girl. Should have made a movie with her starring in it.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite actors, John Dehner, was an animator for Walt back before he started his acting career. He was a very talented man.
ReplyDeleteHe was in what I think were the two funniest episodes of 'Maverick', 'Shady Deal at Sunny Acres' and 'Greenbacks, Unlimited'. In both episodes he gets outsmarted by James Garner, but John was hilarious in both.
BTW, he always did a great death scene. He'd always give kicking the bucket a little extra panache.
Kathryn is alive and kicking and is currently 86 years old. Please ignore rumors and hoaxes.
ReplyDeleteActRESS, not ActOR. Dammit.
ReplyDeleteRight! When did the change that? It's idiotic.
DeleteFWIW Way back in 1973? I worked for a cabinet shop in Orlando. We made a set of display cabinets for 'The Center' at Disney World. This was the Business office, HR etc. and was only open to employees, well off the beaten track of the visitors. I recall the monorail passed through the building. Anyway, these cabinets housed the clay models that were used for reference in creating the 'Alice' animations. There were maybe eight or ten and were in hallways and other common areas. Seems like something visitors would want to see. Wow, what a flashback.
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