Interviewed by Ross Care
June 18, 1975
Ross Care: Why, if Disney’s interest in the story Alice in Wonderland started way back in the 1930s, didn’t he make that one of his first features?
Ward Kimball: I think that, even though Walt in his simple way realized it was a work of great imagination and fantasy, he wasn’t quite ready to tackle something that he had suspicion as being perhaps a little too sophisticated for the great theater-going mass audience. I think the choice of Snow White, to him, gave him a chance to exercise what he always wanted to do with an animated cartoon— to have comedy, entertainment, a good plot, and a little pathos and warmth. Even though Alice is funny and very imaginative, I don’t think he saw in it a vehicle for his cartoons.
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| Title | |
|---|---|
| Source type | Book Series |
| Volume | 29 Chapter: 17 |
| Published | |
| Subject date | 1976, 1975, |
| Language | en |
| Document type | Interview |
| Media type | text |
| Page count | 50 |
| Pages | pp. 287-336 |
| Id | 7347 |
|---|---|
| Availability | Purchasable |
| Inserted | 2024-10-27 |
