Alice on the Farm
About Alice on the Farm
Julius is milking a cow when Bootleg Pete kidnaps Alice. Julius chases him. The chase ends in a duel.
Cast & crew
More about Alice on the Farm
Margie Gay played Alice, with Julius and Bootleg Pete on the Silent Era cast line, and Rudolf Ising is credited for the camera. Shooting ran from 15 October through 7 November 1925, and M.J. Winkler released it states-rights on 1 January 1926. The listing gives 765 feet and a German title, Alice auf dem Bauernhof.
Themes
Making
The farmyard action is drawn around Gay. Pete takes Alice during the milking, before Julius can leave the cow.
Look
Rudolf Ising shot it between 15 October and 7 November 1925, 35mm spherical 1.33:1.
Technique
Silent Era gives the length as 765 feet and leaves the reel split unresolved.
Music
It opened silent. The series filmography dates a sound reissue 1 October 1930. Silent Era dates a Raytone music-and-effects track to 1 October 1929 and marks that company credit uncertain.
Preservation
Prints exist at the Library of Congress (AFI / Celentano collection, 35mm reference positive FEA 3050) and as 16mm reduction positives in private collections. Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Animation is credited to Ub Iwerks, Rollin Hamilton, Thurston Harper, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising.
- Silent Era cannot decide whether the 765 feet made a split reel or a full reel.
- The Alice Comedies filmography names Margie Gay, not Virginia Davis, as the actress.
- Inkwell Images put it on Alice in Cartoonland – The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney.
Scenes
- Pete grabs Alice while Julius is still at the cow.
- The chase finishes as a duel.
Also available
- Internet Archive (BillSpragueCollection-AliceOnTheFarm-1926-waltDisney-PUBLICDOMAIN)
- Alice in Cartoonland – The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney (DVD)
