Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)

THE MOTH AND THE FLAME (1938)

In this rather obscure Silly Symphony, moths swarm into "Ye Olde Costume Shop" as a pretty girl moth is entranced by a hypnotic candle flame.

First up, this gorgeous rendering of a leaded glass window, in a digitally restored vertical pan:

The moths gaze upon the costume shop interior:

In their eyes it transforms into a magnificent feast. This elaborate digitally restored background art is Disney at its sumptuous, extravagant best!

after the pan right to left, the "feast" dissolves into the left side of the shop interior:

another pan B/G, final frame of sequence on right with cel overlay:

more art...









A magnificent candelabra, in a vertical pan...

Here's a beautiful pan B/G... followed by left and right side detail enlargements:



This is a partial reconstruction of a very long pan B/G.

The left side is particularly good...

Beatiful composition here:

Finally, a long pan B/G followed by a closer look...

MERBABIES (1938)

I was able to digitally re-assemble all this gorgeous underwater Silly Symphony background art, except for that stubborn cartoon starfish, which was of course a cel overlay. Here's the full pan B/G:

Left side detail:

Middle detail:

Right side detail:

two restored standard frame size B/Gs:


A truly fantastic pan b/g:

Left side "stage" detail:

and some additional digitally re-created pan b/g masterpieces:

WOODLAND CAFE (Disney, 1937)

WOODLAND CAFE (Disney, 1937) is a Silly Symphony released the same year as SNOW WHITE. As you might expect, accordingly, the production values are incredibly high.

First up, a wonderful and elaborate pan B/G of the bug nightclub. This took two days for me to digitally re-assemble! There's such a commotion going on in this sequence - sliding effects in the multiplane camera, characters walking, plus jitterbugging bugs! But, persistence pays off... this is a look at an amazing piece of Disney art.

Lots of detail to see - here's the left side:

And the right side:

Just for fun, here are some additional B/Gs from the film...