Alice Comedies

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Alice Comedies is a pioneering series of 1920s Walt Disney short films that combined live-action and animation, featuring a live girl interacting with cartoon characters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film series
live-action/animated hybrid series
silent short film series
animationDirector Ub Iwerks
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Walt Disney
distributor Margaret J. Winkler
Winkler Pictures
endYear 1927
era silent film era
features live-action girl interacting with animated characters
featuresCharacter Julius the Cat
filmingLocation Hollywood, California
Kansas City, Missouri
firstFilm Alice's Wonderland
firstFilmReleaseYear 1923
followedBy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
format black-and-white
genre animated short film
comedy film
live-action short film
hasLiveActionPerformer Dawn O'Day
Lois Hardwick
Margie Gay
Virginia Davis
hasTypeOfAnimation hand-drawn animation
hasTypeOfProduction independent production
historicalSignificance early foundation of the Disney studio
includesElement fantasy
slapstick comedy
influenced development of Disney animated features
inspiredBy Alice's Wonderland test film
lastFilm Alice in the Big League
lastFilmReleaseYear 1927
mainCharacter Alice
medium 35 mm film
notableFor early combination of live-action and animation
pioneering work of Walt Disney
numberOfFilms 57
originalLanguage Silent film
partOf early Walt Disney filmography
precededBy Laugh-O-Gram fairy tale cartoons
producer Walt Disney
productionCompany Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
Walt Disney Studio
setting cartoon world
startYear 1923
targetAudience family

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Ub Iwerks workedOn Alice Comedies
Alice Solves the Puzzle partOfSeries Alice Comedies