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Alice's Orphan

"An Alice Cartoon"

Alice's Orphan Release Date January, 1926

Running Time 6:45

Synopsis

Another outing for Julius as he finds an abandoned baby by a pond, adopts it, and goes almost crazy trying to care for it.

Characters

Alice and Julius
Oscar

Credits

Director : Walt Disney
Animation
Ub Iwerks
Rollin "Ham" Hamilton
Thurston Harper
Hugh Harman
Rudolph Ising
Camera : Rudolph Ising
Live Action actors
Margie Gay

Videos

Disney's Beginnings (1920-1927) (Non-Disney video)
Alice in Cartoonland (Non-Disney video - Inkwell Images)

DVD

Alice in Cartoonland (Non-Disney : Inkwell Images)
Disney's Alice Comedies : Volume 3 (Non-Disney : Tom's Vintage Film)
Alice in Cartoonland (Non-Disney : VCI Home Video)

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

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Comments

Also known as "Alice's Ornery Orphan"

From Cristian Redferne : This entry has many more elaborate sets than most previous Alice comedies. It is also my least favourite. I'm a fan of the series and I understand that the Disney humour in those days was very tentative. But it was hard for me to stomach a scene where Julius actually murders a female cat he originally saved from drowning just because, well, once he got a good look at her he saw she was ugly. To me that tainted the cartoon. Outside of that, the animation is good and the sets are elaborate, but once again we're cut off in an abrupt ending.

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