Mary Blair art for various Disney films and cartoons. ALICE, SO DEAR TO MY HEART, PETER PAN, again ALICE, SUSIE THE LITTLE DEUCE COUPE, and CINDERELLA. The last two are also from SO DEAR TO MY HEART.
I’ve featured Mary Blair’s work so often it’s hard to keep track of what I’ve posted already, but I’m pretty sure these are new.
Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s CINDERELLA.
Cinderella in animation: Merrie Melodies cartoon, CINDERELLA MEETS FELLA (1938); The Flintstones in CINDERELLASTONE (1964); Betty Boop in the lavish POOR CINDERELLA (1934); cel from Jay Ward’s FRACTURED FAIRY TALES (1960); Mighty Mouse episode, THE MAGIC SLIPPER (1948); Disney’s CINDERELLA (1950); Sabrina the Teenage Witch in A CINDERELLA STORY (1971); Rankin/Bass production, CINDERELLA (1972).
Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s CINDERELLA (1950).
The Fairy Godmother apparently started out as a more witch-like character first (image 5). The design could almost be a very early Maleficent.
PINK-A-RELLA (1969).
Love the design of the female panther. In the 1981 special “Pink at First Sight” they went with a rather generic female panther, which was basically just the Pink Panther in drag. You know, eyelashes and some make-up and there you go.
British illustrators/sisters, Janet Grahame Johnstone (1928–1979) and Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928–1998).
Various fairy tales—I love the evil fairy of SLEEPING BEAUTY (image 6).
A few movie scenes from Disneyland Tokyo. Almost like giant View-Master slides, aren’t they?
Beauty & The Beast though—I thought those animatronics were CGI at first. Pretty incredible.
(A follow-up a bit later.)
CINDERELLA by Oleg Vasiliev and Erik Bulatov. 1971.
