Alice Gets in Dutch

1924 Animation 10 minutes Directed by Walt Disney

About Alice Gets in Dutch

Alice misbehaves in school and is sent to the corner. She falls asleep there. In the dream, dogs and donkeys dance until three walking schoolbooks break in and stop it.

Cast & crew

More about Alice Gets in Dutch

Silent Era, from the credits and a viewing, casts Virginia Davis as Alice and Spec O'Donnell as the freckle-faced kid, with Julius in the cartoon and no name given for the teacher. An alternate title is Alice in Dutch at School. Walt Disney directed, and M.J. Winkler distributed it states-rights on 1 November 1924.

Themes

Making

Disney holds the photographed schoolroom until Alice's eyes close, then cuts to the drawn dance.

Music

Silent. No sound-reissue date is on the series filmography.

Preservation

Silent Era: print exists. Public domain in the United States.

Notes

  • Spec O'Donnell is the freckle-faced kid in the classroom, not a cartoon figure.
  • The states-rights release carried both labels An Alice Comedy and Winkler Pictures.
  • The classroom is live action. The dogs, donkeys, and schoolbooks are drawn.
  • Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s–1960s includes it.

Scenes

  • Alice is parked in the corner and nods off.
  • Three schoolbooks walk into the dream and break up the dance.

Also available

  • Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s–1960s