CHRISTMAS CAROL Disney Production Cel Jiminy Cricket

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Specializing in Animation Art Since 1987 Original One of a Kind Production Art MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL - 1983 Jiminy Cricket as The Ghost of Christmas Past Walt Disney Productions Seal Embossed on Cel 12 Field Cel Image Size: 3.5" x 3" Double Matted Using Acid Free Materials The cel was laminated by the Disney Art Program. Color Reproduction Background Walt Disney Studio Art Program Certificate of Authenticity (COA) Very Hard Character to Find This original production cel (celluloid), when photographed, became an actual frame of the finished feature film, "Mickey's Christmas Carol." This cel was released to our gallery through the Walt Disney Studio Art Program. MICKEY"S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1983): While all of Victorian England is in the merry spirit of Christmas, along with collecting for the poor, all on the mind of Ebenezer Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck, voiced for the first time by Alan Young) is all his money he makes in the town counting house and making more of it for himself (apparently, Scrooge charges people 80% interest, compounded daily). While Scrooge's selfish and greedy thoughts cascade in his head, Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse, voiced for the first time by Wayne Allwine) continues to work long and hard for him, though he is overworked and underpaid (a mere two shillings and a ha' penny a day), and collectors Ratty and Mole (voiced by Hal Smith and Will Ryan respectively, from the "Wind in the Willows" segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), along with other beggars on the streets, are kindly asking of a simple donation to the poor. Scrooge insists however, that he should not make a donation as he tries to convince them that if he does, the poor won't be poor anymore and they will be out of work. Even his cheery nephew Fred (Donald Duck, voiced for the final time by Clarence Nash, making Donald the only character in the film voiced by his original actor) invites him for a wonderful holiday feast(which includes plump goose with chestnut dressing, candied fruits, and cinnamon cake with lemon sauce), but Scrooge rejects the invitation. However, the night before Christmas, the ghost of Jacob Marley (Goofy, voiced by Hal Smith), Scrooge's once-greedy-and-cruel counting house partner, enters Scrooge's home and warns him that if his greedy and selfish behavior continues, he will be forced to carry heavy chains for all eternity when he dies, just as has happened to Jacob himself as punishment for the way he treated people when he was alive. Horror-stricken, Scrooge pleads him for assistance, and he learns from the ghost that three spirits would visit him later that night and he must do everything they say, or his chains would be heavier than Jacob's. At the end, as Marley is still Goofy, he prevents himself from tripping on Scrooge's cane, which is on the floor, but falls down the stairs after going on a busted step. That night, while Scrooge is asleep, the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Eddie Carroll, for the first time) arrives in Scrooge's bedroom and takes him back in time to his early adult years, when he enjoyed Christmas, had many friends and a girlfriend named Isabelle (Daisy Duck, voiced by Patricia Parris for the first time). However, after ten years, Scrooge had become more caring towards his money than Isabelle. When she asks if he was still willing to marry her after waiting for many years in a honeymoon cottage, Scrooge's greed breaks her heart and her relationship with him with, "Your last payment on the honeymoon cottage was an hour late! I'm foreclosing the mortgage!" Shortly after, Jiminy Cricket takes Scrooge home, leaving him feeling dreadful for his actions after saying "Remember, Scrooge, you fashioned these memories yourself". Not long after the first visit, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Willie the Giant, voiced by Will Ryan, for the first time) pulls Scrooge in his hand. He arrives with wonderful things to eat, like Turkey, Mince Pies, and Suckling Pigs, which Willie states is the food of generosity. Willie visits Scrooge to show hi... read more

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