Walt disney studios the robber kitten 1935 antique childrens illustrated book. A variety of birds are brought to the witness stand, but nobody knows a thing. Three orphan kittens is a silly symphony that was released on october 26, 1935. Animation silly symphony,donald duck the wise little hen disney movies movies for ki6 duration.
Gorgeous drawing which offers a fascinating peek at the behindthescenes process of making a silly symphony. The robber kitten dj has scattered margin wear including small tears and a large 2. Ambrose, a kitten, dreams of running away to become a robber. We will still be operating with a small staff to fulfill online orders. The strip featured adaptations of some of the silly symphony cartoons, including birds of a feather, the robber kitten, elmer elephant, farmyard symphony and little hiawatha. Dirty bill asks ambrosebutch if hes pulled off any big jobs, and he tells of the stagecoach robbery we saw him enacting with dolls and toys at the beginning of the movie. This original ink drawing on thin card still bears the publishers pencil marks. Original 1935 disney childrens book the robber kitten with original dust jacket. Hardcover january 1, 1935 by disney author, illustrator.
The animation for the robber kitten was completed by february 19th, 1935. Animation can improve certain actions, can instill life into small characters, but can not create a character wrongly conceived robber kitten wa a wrong conception of character at the start. Sep 19, 2015 animation silly symphony,donald duck the wise little hen disney movies movies for ki6 duration. Ambrose the kitten loves to play the part of a highway robber and not only robs but. A scary encounter with a genuine robber, however, soon sends him flying home to mom. The story the robber kitten was a walt disney silly symphonies cartoon produced by walt disney himself and directed by david hand in 1935. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. A very sweet film version of the childrens book in which a child first sees a cat, followed. Walt disneys silly symphonies compete comics volume 1. The robber kitten is a 1935 walt disney silly symphonies cartoon, directed by david hand. Complete with 8 pages of story, each with color illustration. Shortly thereafter he meets dirty bill, a real bandit who is amiable enough at first. A very sweet film version of the childrens book in which a child first sees a cat, followed by many other. Background painting of the interior of the robber kittens.
Ambrose the kitten loves to play the part of a highway robber and not only robs but shoots his toys. The enchanted book of disney by conthauberger on deviantart. Springtime serenade features oswald and his unnamed girlfriend among some cute furry animals. Apparently wood continued to work until his death in october 1940, but he was joined earlier by other artists in producing disney publicity art in about 1936, by manuel gonzalez, the artist who would take over the mickey mouse sunday pages from floyd gottfredson, and in about 1937. Its a little worse for wear, having been colored in and having loose pages, but i liked the art and its an early walt disney, dating from 1935. But within a few years, the sunday strip took to adapting such cartoons as the robber kitten 1935 and elmer elephant 1936. Childrens books phonics set first little kindergarten grade homeschool lot 60. This is a great production drawing of dirty bill from the robber kitten 1935. They all believe spring has come, even though the old groundhog warns them for. The robber kitten is a us first edition book that comes complete with its original rare dust jacket.
Silly symphonies the robber kitten original original. Other classic adaptations are birds of a feather, penguin isle, the boarding school mystery with the tortoise and the hare, the robber kitten, and cookieland, an alice in wonderland spinoff. The mammoth wonder book for children 1935 illustrated, good 768 pages odhams. The cartoon short was adapted in a silly symphony comic strip sequence by ted osborne and al taliaferro, which ran from february 24 to april 21, 1935. Ambrose the kitten renames himself butch and runs away from home with plans of seeking adventure as a highwayman. J b kaufman after more than 80 years, the complete silly symphony newspaper strips are collected in english for the first time ever. He learns a valuable lesson when he meets a robber dog and eventually returns to his mother. The book contains the robber kitten in which a young kitten takes to the woods armed with pistols and a sword and wreaks havoc with the denizens of the woods. King midas never gets enough of gold and wishes that everything he touched would turn to gold. The robber kitten is a 1935 silly symphonies cartoon. Walt disneys silly symphonies compete comics volume 1 19321935. The book contains the robber kitten in which a young kitten takes to the woods armed with pistols and a sword and wreaks havoc with the denizens of the.
The robber kitten is one of the more annoying entries in the silly symphony series. The mammoth wonder book for children 1935 illustrated. One day an elf named goldie appears in front of him and offers him the golden touch, and demonstrates its magical power. Ambrose the kitten renames himself butch and runs away from home with plans to become a robber. A few days later, a newsprint adaptation of the film was published on the silly symphonies sunday color pages, written by ted osborne and drawn by al taliaferro. The story centers around ambrose, a kitten who longs for adventure. The tortoise and the hare 1935 the country cousin 1936 babes in the woods 1932 elmer elephant 1936 the flying mouse 1934 the golden touch 1935 the robber kitten 1935 lullaby land 1933 mother goose melodies 1931 the wise little hen 1934 the three little pigs 1933 the big bad wolf 1934 three little wolves 1936. With billy bletcher, pinto colvig, clarence nash, purv pullen. Dirty bill asks ambrosebutch if hes pulled off any big jobs, and he tells of the stagecoach robbery we saw him enacting with dolls and toys at the beginning of the movie, without. The flap to the walt disney silly symphonies the robber kitten dust jacket reads. Same art is repeated on front and back of both dust jackets and book covers. Not wanting to take a bath, he decides to run away and become a robber, first stealing a bag of cookies. They all believe spring has come, even though the old groundhog warns them for six more weeks of cold weather. The robber kitten is a 1935 silly symphonies short.
It was adapted into a book titled three orphan kittens. The artwork for these rare strips has come straight from the disney vaults. Silly symphony is a series of 75 animated musical short films produced by walt disney productions from 1929 to 1939. Drawings such as these were produced until the early 1940s. It was the winner of the 1935 academy award for best short subject. Lillian randolph, marcellite garner, leone ledoux, pinto colvig, billy bletcher, alice ardell. Buy walt disney the robber kitten book 1935 collecting. The golden touch is a silly symphony short that was released on march 22, 1935. Robin is crooning to a mae westlike jenny wren when he is shot with an arrow. The storyline was titled the adventures of ambrose the robber kitten. As their name implies, the silly symphonies were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music.
The book also includes the very first donald duck newspaper strip, an adaptation of the wise little hen. This short was released on april 20, 1935 and was directed by david hand. This original ink drawing on strathmore embossed drawing card still bears the publishers. It was the last short walt disney would direct himself. Its a little worse for wear, having been colored in and. Dirty bill asks ambrosebutch if hes pulled off any big jobs, and he tells of the stagecoach.
A sunday silly symphony comic strip ran in newspapers from january 10, 1932 to july 12, 1942. A kitten named ambrose decides to be a robber and leaves home just before bath time. Disney artists critique their own films october 7th. Details about 1891 antique victorian robber kitten book alphabet violent cat mcloughlin. The robber kitten i found this book at an estate sale last friday. Books feature full page illustrations throughout in both bw and choice full color. Being a silly symphony, its animation is top notch, especially the character animation of the little rascal ambrose or butch as he prefers to be called and the experienced robber dirty bill. Jun 19, 2019 the tortoise and the hare 1935 the country cousin 1936 babes in the woods 1932 elmer elephant 1936 the flying mouse 1934 the golden touch 1935 the robber kitten 1935 lullaby land 1933 mother goose melodies 1931 the wise little hen 1934 the three little pigs 1933 the big bad wolf 1934 three little wolves 1936. Details about the mammoth wonder book for children 1935 illustrated 15 colour plates. Walt disney disneyana collectables for sale that includes walt disney whos afraid of the big bad wolf sheet music 1933, walt disney mickey mouse annual 1934, walt disney mickey mouse and minnie mouse birthday card and envelope 1935, walt disney silly symphony the robber kitten book 1935, walt disney silly symphony three orphan kittens book 1935, walt disney mickey mouse annual 1935. The robber kitten pan layout drawing walt disney, 1935. The comic strip adaptation itself improves the narrative of its screen counterpart in several ways. The world is a wonderful place, which loosely follows the films plot and was also included in the powells book compilation disney animal. Story and illustrations by the staff of the walt disney studios by disney,walt and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
His first intended victim, though, is a real robber. Thomas r wood original artwork for silly symphonies book. Original 1935 ink drawing produced by disney artist thomas r wood for the book of the robber kitten, published by whitman publishing company, wisconsin. As such, the films usually had independent continuity and did not feature continuing characters, unlike the mickey mouse shorts produced by disney at the same. The book also includes the very first donald duck newspaper stripan adaptation of the wise little hen.