Live action refrences in Disney animation
Feb 19, 2011 12:28:26 GMT -5
Post by phillip on Feb 19, 2011 12:28:26 GMT -5
That's right kids, Disney used to use quite well known actors as references for their animated creations, and not always the voice actors, as they very rarely resembled their animated counterparts.
Here's a nifty Youtube video of the lovely Helene Stanley as Princess Aurora in the forest. She played Davy Crocket's wife:
The above footage is very rare, and one of the only known remaining piece of the live-action reference for Sleeping Beauty. (Another worthy note about Aurora is that Audrey Hepburn was the model for her petite, slight body shape.)
Here is a photograph I've discovered of the handsome Ed Kemmer, who played Commander Buzz Corry on television's "Space Patrol" and was the live action version of Prince Phillip.
Plus this very rare video. (I don't know where the poster got this from, but archivists claimed it was destroyed, so lucky us,) of Ed preforming what would be animated as the Battle against Maleficent (and at the end...I think it's Queen Leah and one of the good fairies,) :
And here are two actors representing King Hubert and King Stephan:
Pieces of animation from live sources from the 90's movies are more readily available, and here's some footage of Sherri Stoner(who voiced Slappy Squirrel on Animaniacs for us oldies,) as Ariel (Glenn Keane also used Alyssa Milano and his own wife as inspiration,):
And a nicely edited film featuring many Disney live-action referees (the list of models and movies are under the video. My favourite parts are the Peter Pan footage and stills, they're really gorgeous. ) :
Marge Champion - Model for Snow White (and a bit of Dopey)
Eddie Collins - Happy's Dance Sequence (also modeled for Dopey)
William Phipps - Model for Prince Charming
Helene Stanley - Model for Cinderella, Anita and Aurora/Sleeping Beauty
Ed Kemmer - Model for Prince Phillip
Eleanor Audley - Voice and Model for Lady Tremaine and Maleficent
Kathryn Beaumont - Voice and Model for Alice and Wendy Darling
Bobby Driscoll - Voice and Model for Peter Pan
Roland Dupree - Flying and Action Model for Peter Pan
Hans Conreid - Voice and Model for George Darling and Captain Hook
Margaret Kerry - Model for Tinkerbell and the red-haired Mermaid
Sherri Stoner - Model for Ariel
Just a quick insight and something rarely known or seen. If anyone has any other footage or photographs to add, I'm sure it would be appreciated.
Here's a nifty Youtube video of the lovely Helene Stanley as Princess Aurora in the forest. She played Davy Crocket's wife:
The above footage is very rare, and one of the only known remaining piece of the live-action reference for Sleeping Beauty. (Another worthy note about Aurora is that Audrey Hepburn was the model for her petite, slight body shape.)
Here is a photograph I've discovered of the handsome Ed Kemmer, who played Commander Buzz Corry on television's "Space Patrol" and was the live action version of Prince Phillip.
Plus this very rare video. (I don't know where the poster got this from, but archivists claimed it was destroyed, so lucky us,) of Ed preforming what would be animated as the Battle against Maleficent (and at the end...I think it's Queen Leah and one of the good fairies,) :
And here are two actors representing King Hubert and King Stephan:
Pieces of animation from live sources from the 90's movies are more readily available, and here's some footage of Sherri Stoner(who voiced Slappy Squirrel on Animaniacs for us oldies,) as Ariel (Glenn Keane also used Alyssa Milano and his own wife as inspiration,):
And a nicely edited film featuring many Disney live-action referees (the list of models and movies are under the video. My favourite parts are the Peter Pan footage and stills, they're really gorgeous. ) :
Marge Champion - Model for Snow White (and a bit of Dopey)
Eddie Collins - Happy's Dance Sequence (also modeled for Dopey)
William Phipps - Model for Prince Charming
Helene Stanley - Model for Cinderella, Anita and Aurora/Sleeping Beauty
Ed Kemmer - Model for Prince Phillip
Eleanor Audley - Voice and Model for Lady Tremaine and Maleficent
Kathryn Beaumont - Voice and Model for Alice and Wendy Darling
Bobby Driscoll - Voice and Model for Peter Pan
Roland Dupree - Flying and Action Model for Peter Pan
Hans Conreid - Voice and Model for George Darling and Captain Hook
Margaret Kerry - Model for Tinkerbell and the red-haired Mermaid
Sherri Stoner - Model for Ariel
Just a quick insight and something rarely known or seen. If anyone has any other footage or photographs to add, I'm sure it would be appreciated.