David Hall Story Drawing - Alice Falls Down the Rabbit Hole

Next up is this cute little drawing of Alice as she tumbles down the rabbit hole.

Again this is on some sort of tissue or velum, and was originally glued down to something as evident from the stained residue on the edges.

This drawing is much smaller than all the previous one, image size being only 3¼  x 2½.  This image also appears in Surprise Package, on page 44.  Interestingly, later editions of Surprise Package do not have this image.  I have a 1948 printing that not only has half the number of illustrations for Alice - 15 vs. 30 in the 1944 first printing - but also has the stories in a different order, and leaves out three entire stories, having only 9 stories as opposed to 12 in the first printing.

David Hall Story Drawing - Alice with the Flamingo

Beginning the final series of David Hall posts, these drawings are slightly different from the others in that they appear to be on some sort of tissue or velum.

First up, Alice holding a flamingo on the croquet grounds.

This drawing has been glued to a sheet of animation paper, and although there has been some damage to the bottom corners, it survives nicely.  This drawing appears in Surprise Package on page 57.

1951 RKO Lobby Cards from Mexico

This just in from the realm of 'Things I Don't Have, Have Never Seen Before, And Want Very Badly'.  Original 1951 lobby cards from Mexico!

The format of these cards is very similar to all the other, later lobby cards we've all seen from Mexico, an art border of some kind with a central image, usually taken from a publicity still.

These are no different, although the B&W central image is odd given that the rest of the card is in full color.  Later cards have a full color image.

I was only able to find images of 4 cards, there might indeed be more, but they must be pretty rare as these are the first I've ever seen.

If anyone out there has them, or images of others, I would love to see them!  And of course buy them :-)

Audio Posts Restored!

I've finally found a solution to my audio hosting/player problems that have plagued me for a couple of years now.  Several posts are already restored, and the rest will follow in a couple of days!

New Alice Listings on eBay - Gotta Pay for that LA Trip ;-)

So now that I'm back in the real world, free from hot babes in superhero costumes, time to pay for the fun trip we all just had.  I'm in the process of posting the remainder of my Alice pin collection, having decided that there is absolutely no way I could ever keep up with it, and relegating last of my non-vintage Alice collection to other, more appreciative collectors.  Get 'em while they're hot!

This is probably going to take a few weeks, so be sure to check back often, you never know what will be up.

Post LA Trip Post

Well, a little late but better late than never.

Disneyland was great as ever, but we really wanted to see The Mad Tea Party, and must say it was pretty cool. 

I must say that I LOVE DJ Rabbit. 

Off to SDCC!  This was pretty amazing, I haven't been in 20 years, and it is nothing like it used to be. ABC had a huge display across the street for the Alice spinoff show this fall.

And inside at the Van Eaton booth LOTS of cool Alice art

And of course a wide variety of cosplay, including some Alice.

Everyone should go at least once, it is an unforgettable experience.

Disneyana Show Finds

Had a great time at the show, got to catch up with lots of old friends and meet some new ones. And I actually found some things!

First, another quest item, what I believe to be a 1958 C ticket, the first ticket with the Alice attraction. 

Second, a cool variation of the Wash Your Hands backstage sign. 

And finally a 1958 Disneyland Motor Coach time table with a paragraph on the new Alice attraction. All in all a successful outing. 

Southern California Visit

We're visiting computer girl in Southern California this week. We will be going the the Disneyana show on Sunday, Disneyland on Tuesday, and San Diego ComicCon Wednesday-Saturday. Whew! If I see any cool stuff, I'll post live. If any of you are going to be at any of these events and want to say Hi, shoot me an email!

1953 Japanese Theater Program - Four Color 331 Cover

Second movie theater program from Japan features a cover based on Four Color 331 - but bright red!  The art has been redrawn completely, who can say why.

Take a look at the FC cover and you'll see what I mean.  The Dormouse looks more like a guinea pig now and the White Rabbit has quite the suntan...

Inside is typical program fare, lots of stills from the film, some advertisements for the theaters.

and even some live action reference shots!

Coolest is this very nice Al Dempster art double page spread.

1953 Japanese Theater Program - Nipper Cover

From a friend in Japan comes this very cool program from the Tokyo Gekijo theater.  We've seen this cover before on a Japanese item, the LGB-sized book posted here.  This art was originally used on the RCA Victor Little Nipper record book, something I've not gotten around to posting about as of yet, but it's coming, I promise

Inside is typical program fare, including some b/w art taken from the FC331 comic book, and used on another Japanese program, which I'll post shortly.

The Tokyo Gekijo theater was original a kabuki theater, having been converted to a movie theater in 1952, one year before Alice was released in 1953 in Japan.

Tokyo Gekijo theater ca. 1947

Happy 4th of July!

Today is Independence Day here in the good ole US of A, and to celebrate our independence from England, what better way than with English characters in cloisonne.  Hope everyone is having a save and happy 4th!

Back from Dayton Disneyana!

The Dayton Disneyana show was a smashing success!  After a bumpy start with lots of travel-related delays and a flooded hotel room (no merchandise was involved), we were ready to go!

I couldn't have fit more into the CR-V if I tried!

I think our both looked pretty good considering we were total n00bs at this solo.

Wendy did a great job making the table displays look nice.

going so far as to give the Fantasia silverware a nice fresh polishing!  And I spent way too much time into the wee hours of the morning making custom table signs

But as these closeups show - even after two days - the display looked decent.

Who knows, maybe we'll do California next year ;-)