Original production drawing of Maleficent and Diablo from "Sleeping Beauty," 1959
If you ask people to name their favorite Disney Villain, chances are you will one of three answers; The Evil Queen/Witch from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Cruella DeVil from "101 Dalmatians," or Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty." Two of the three, Cruella and Maleficent, were created/drawn by the great animator Marc Davis. Davis was part of what has been dubbed Disney's Nine Old Men; the core group of animators, some becoming directors, that created the finest animated films ranging from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", 1937 to "The Rescuers", 1977.
The voice of Maleficent was performed by Eleanor Audley. She had worked for Disney prior by also being the voice for the cold and calculating Lady Tremaine (The Stepmother) in "Cinderella." If is known that Frank Thomas for Lady Tremaine and Marc Davis for Maleficent, incorporated facials features of Eleanor into both characters.
The drawing pictured is for sale and is a very rare, eyes and mouth open original production drawing of Maleficent and her pet raven Diablo from the 1959 full length animated feature film "Sleeping Beauty" from Walt Disney Studios. This drawing is from the very famous scene of Maleficent tormenting the captured Prince Phillip and as she leaves she says, "Let us leave our noble prince with these happy thoughts." The drawing is numbered "111" lower right and has the word "WITH" top left with lines connecting the I with the T showing that is current letters she is pronouncing. Maleficent and Diablo measures an incredible 10" x 7 1/4" and is on a 15 1/2" x 12 1/2" sheet of three peg hole paper. If you are interested in purchasing the work, please contact me.
To view the scene which this drawing was used to create, click on the short video below:
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