This is a short film that was created as a special feature for the DVD set "Disney Rarities". It makes sense, as the Alice films make up much of the collection--and the film consists of Leonard Maltin interviewing the amazingly youthful Virginia Davis--who played the original Alice from these cartoons. The set is minimal--with a couple Alice movie posters hung about the two. For the most part, this is a short that would probably not interest the average viewer--as the average viewer couldn't care less about silent cartoons. However, give it and the Alice shorts a chance--they are pretty clever and fun--and hearing from Virginia about how they were made and her experiences making them is something film buffs would love. I appreciated it because it finally explains why Davis was eventually replaced by another child.
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Victims of economic exploitation . . .
pixrox13 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
. . . are known to frequently speak kindly of the malingering miscreants short-changing them through their miserly greed. ALICE'S CARTOON WORLD: AN INTERVIEW WITH VIRGINIA DAVIS proves this generality, known in academic circles as The Stockholm Syndrome. Sympathizing with the bank robbers holding you hostage for a week is totally analogous to developing a fondness for the odious Dizzy character your own Mom TWICE tells you is trying to rob you sightless. How sad.
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