Released: August 15, 1946
Hello folks! It has been a busy week, so this weeks' post will be a simple one. I wanted to celebrate the 76th anniversary this past Monday on August 15 of the release of Walt Disney's eighth animated feature film, Make Mine Music. To celebrate, I thought I would repost this wonderful production cel setup with master background commemorating the day!
Original Production Cel Setup on production background, gouache on trimmed celluloid, watercolor on boardArtist: Various Studio, unknownAcquired: June 15, 2007
I have had this production cel setup for many years now and have always enjoyed the fun and happy musicality of the piece. It is comprised of a number of cels trimmed to outline and applied to a screen used production background from the same sequence. It was originally sold through Courvoisier Galleries back in the 1946. The film featured the musical talents of many contemporary Amercian artists popular in the day such as Benny Goodman, the Andrew Sisters and more.
This production setup is from the sequence, "After You've Gone" performed by the Goodman Quartet. The segment features a somewhat psychedelic interpretation of musical instruments coming alive and a pair of two figures dancing on a keyboard. The background can be seen about 44 minutes in the films. Unfortunately, it did not do well at the box office like most features in 1940's post the World War, but over time it has earned back its original cost of $1.35 million.
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