4' x 5'
"Alice in Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass"
Story Board by Richard Bennett
Copyright 1945
Based on this earlier success, Disney thought he might do a full-length live action-animation combo movie. When the movie was in its early stages, Mary Pickford did some color screen tests as Alice. By 1945, Disney thought he might like Ginger Rogers to star as the precocious little girl. This fell through, and by 1946, work had begun on an animated version that would have art design quite similar to the Tenniel illustrations from the original Lewis Carroll book. This version even got as far as storyboards, but Walt ended up hating it and had changed his mind back to a movie that would combine live action and animation. As you might have guessed, this idea also fell through, and by the late ‘40s, animation was started for the movie we know today.
Below is an e-mail from the registrar of The Museum of History & Industry in Seattle, Washington concerning the piece.
From: Kristin Halunen [mailto:kristin.halunen@seattlehistory.org]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:00 AMTo: RDADAM@aol.com
Subject: Richard Bennett print
Donna,
Thank you for contacting the Museum of History & Industry. Yes, your print of Alice in Wonderland illustrations was done by Richard Bennett of Seattle, Washington. We also have a smaller black & white copy of that same print. See image attached. The print you have is quite stunning! If you’d like to know more about Richard Bennett, we published a catalog about this local artist/illustrator, entitled: The Art of Richard Bennett. We sell it in our store and it is being sold on Amazon.com.
kristin halunen
registrar
MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112-2099
P: 206.324.1126 Ext. 16
F: 206.324.1346
kristin.halunen@seattlehistory.org
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
This is a photograph of the black and white rendition of the piece that hangs in the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle, Washington.
