FS - Original Pinocchio publicity storyboard (1939)

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While I am not, by any means, either an OA comic dealer (and barely a collector), I am a MAJOR fan of Disney and its animation art. This is the first piece I have ever offered for sale as most items remain in my private collection.

 

Shipping is included in the price.

 

Returns are always accepted, no questions asked, so long as I am notified within 3 days, the OA is sent back within 7 days and it is returned in the same condition. Buyer assumes return postage.

 

Paypal is accepted, money orders and checks are fine also (but personal checks must clear first).

 

First "takes it".

 

Offer expires May 20, 2007, after which time it goes live to the public at a higher price.

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Featured here is an original publicity storyboard from 1939 from the animated classic Pinocchio, which was released in 1940. It prominently features Pinocchio's conscience and guide - Jiminy Cricket.

 

It is beautifully matted and framed along with a classic scene from the movie. Perfect for display at home or the office.

 

Forum Price = $500

 

Text below reprinted from The Walt Disney Family Museum at http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/pinocchio/index.html

 

Walt's Masterworks

Pinocchio

 

Creating Snow White taught Walt and his staff a great deal, and Walt wanted to use those lessons in his second feature cartoon. He had been thinking about "Pinocchio" for some time and commissioned an English translation of the Italian book in 1937. Gustav Tenggren, a Swedish artist who worked for Walt in the late 1930s, prepared some early sketches. While Snow White was endearing, the puppet wasn't a strong-enough character to carry the film. In fact, after six months, Walt halted production, in an effort to work out the problem. The answer: an engaging supporting cast, notably Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio's conscience and adviser. In early sketches Jiminy looked an awful lot like the kind of cricket you'd sooner sweep out the backdoor than take meaningful advice about life from. So Walt asked animator Ward Kimball to make him less buglike and more human. Brilliantly voiced by Cliff Edwards, Jiminy went on to be a star of Walt's television shows, where he was often used to introduce educational cartoons.

 

While "Snow White" was notable for provoking a range of emotions, and "Bambi" stood apart for its realistic depiction of animals, "Pinocchio" is distinguished by being one of the most intricately detailed animated films of all time. Thousands of individual sketches were drawn to give animators background on the shape and look of every clock and teapot in Geppetto's cottage, every fish in Monstro's ocean. Walt focused on every aspect of the production, especially the story. As author Richard Hollis writes, "Walt admitted, on numerous occasions, that his most important task around the studio was to steer his storymen and artists towards a single goal. . . . Thumbnail sketches were pinned to the walls, creating a complete storyboard of the sequence to be discussed. Everyone present was encouraged to toss in ideas regarding the action, gags, and overall appearance of the scene in question."

 

One particularly instructive series of photographs survived from the era, showing Walt engaged in precisely this effort. Walt's perfectionism was expensive. By opening day in 1940, "Pinocchio" had cost so much that the film lost money in its initial release. Today, "Pinocchio" is regarded as one of the most technically perfect of the Disney films; a true masterwork.

 

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