"An Alice Cartoon"

Release Date March 1, 1924

Running Time 11:20

Synopsis

Alice is entranced by an old sailor's stories of surviving a shipwreck which inspires a dream of her visiting the denizens of an underwater zoo.

Characters

Alice and Julius

Credits

Director : Walt Disney

Animation : Walt Disney

Live Action Camera : Roy Disney

Live Action Actors

Virginia Davis

Peggy, the Dog

DVD

Disney's Alice Comedies : Volume 1 (Non-Disney : Tom's Vintage Film)

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Combination live-action and standard animation

Sound mix : Silent

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by M. J. Winkler Productions

Gallery

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Comments

In the absence of any animation staff after Disney's move to Hollywood, Disney reportedly animated this short all by himself. Later, parts of the animation were redone by Ub Iwerks, "Ham" Hamilton and Thurston Harper.

From Tadhg Christopher Bird : Thanks to the download, I was able to view this treasure. I'm glad my time living in Amsterdam paid off, as my Dutch was sufficient to read the titles.

A delightful short in the Alice series where Alice goes to the beach with her dog, and asks the old sailor she finds there to tell her a "shipwreck story" (if I read the Dutch right). She then promptly goes sit in a boat and falls asleep where she dreams her Day as Sea, with Walt throwing in many gags about life underwater. I especially liked the underwater zoo.

From Michelle Redman : Positively wonderful! The only part I didn't enjoy was how there was no sound! But that's okay ... it was still amazing and I really enjoyed it.