Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cels of Maleficent and Diablo set on a lithographic background from "Sleeping Beauty," 1959, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Maleficent & Diablo: 9 1/2 x 8 1/2", Image 10 1/2 x 9 1/4"; Unframed.
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"Come, my pet. Let us leave our noble prince with these happy thoughts." - Maleficent speaking to her pet raven Diablo
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"Come, my pet. Let us leave our noble prince with these happy thoughts." - Maleficent speaking to her pet raven Diablo
"Sleeping Beauty" is a Walt Disney animated full length feature film
and was based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault and "Little
Briar Rose" by The Brothers Grimm. The film was the sixteenth in the
Walt Disney Animated Classics series, and it was released to theaters on
January 29, 1959 by Buena Vista Distribution. This was to be the last
Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for many years, both because of its
initial mixed critical reception, and because of it's under performance
at the box office. The Walt Disney studio did not return to the fairy
tale genre until 30 years later, with the release of "The Little
Mermaid" in 1989.
Original production animation cel of Maleficent.
"Sleeping Beauty" was directed by Les
Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of
Clyde Geronimi. The story was written by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler,
Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta. The film's musical
score and songs, featuring the Graunke Symphony Orchestra, was under the
direction of George Bruns. Arrangements and/or adaptations were derived
from numbers from the 1890 "Sleeping Beauty Ballet" by Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. In addition, Igor Stravinsky's music compositions were also
adapted into the film. "Sleeping Beauty" was the first animated film to
be photographed in the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process, as well
as the second full-length animated feature film to be filmed in
anamorphic widescreen; following "Lady and the Tramp" four years
earlier. In select first-run engagements, the film was presented in
Super Technirama 70 and 6-channel stereophonic sound.
The
style for "Sleeping Beauty" was based on the art of Eyvind Earle, who
was known for his 'Pre-Renaissance' style; accomplished with strong
vertical lines combined with Gothic elegance. Earle was involved with
the design of all the characters in the film, and he designed and
painted most of the backgrounds. The early sketches for Maleficent
depicted a hag-like witch, however it was later decided that her final
design should be more elegant; as it better suited Earle's backgrounds.
The principal animator for Maleficent, Marc Davis, decided to make
Maleficent a powerful fairy rather than an old crone that had been
described in the original source material. A contributing factor for
this decision may have been influenced by the choice of Eleanor Audley
to be the voice of the character. Audley had previously worked for
Disney by providing the voice for the cold and calculating Lady Tremaine
(The Stepmother) in "Cinderella." It is known that Frank Thomas who
animated Lady Tremaine and Marc Davis who animated Maleficent,
incorporated the facials features of Eleanor into both characters.
Audley was also the live-action model for Maleficent, and Marc Davis
claimed that her movements and expressions were ultimately incorporated
into the animation.
Marc
Davis's design for Maleficent's costume was inspired by a book on
Medieval art. One of the images featured was that of a religious figure
with long robes, the ends of which resembled flames. Davis incorporated
this into Maleficent's final design, and he based the sides of her
headdress on the wings of a bat, and the top of her headdress on the
horns of a devil. 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 "One hundred
and One Dalmatians," or Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty." Two of the
three, Cruella and Maleficent, were created and drawn by the great Walt
Disney animator Marc Davis.
Original production animation cel of Diablo.
This cel is from the scene when Maleficent visits Prince Phillip, who is
her prisoner in her dungeon. She torments him with a story about the
fact that although he will grow old, Princess Aurora will remain in an
ageless slumber. When he is eventually freed from Maleficent's castle,
he will be to old to have any type of life with her. As Maleficent turns
to leave the shackled Prince in his stone dungeon cell, she says to her
pet raven Diablo (now perched on her hand), "Come, my pet. Let us leave
our noble prince with these happy thoughts." This
is a rare two cel setup of Maleficent, the Mistress of all evil; and
her pet raven Diablo. A centerpiece to any animation art collection!
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