"Bambi" (1942;1989 ) [8 of 9] - Bambi and Thumper Limited Edition

Not everything in a collection needs to be original... If you have a number of pieces from a film, sometimes you'll see a Sericel or Limited Edition that just looks great and can be part of a wall grouping that helps in the education process as you talk interested folks through the animation or collection process. OR, as it was in our case, you want some color that you can put on the walls in a low humidity environment.

Our Colorado home is at 8,500-feet and the humidity in the house can be as low as 10% during the winter (it would be even lower if we had forced hot air heat instead of out hot water baseboard heat -- since forced hot air heat actually dries out the air even more). For this reason, all of our cels are in the basement were we can keep the humidity to about 30% (which is about as much as our humidifiers can pump out). In the rest of the house we have pencil work. This is great, but you miss the color of the cels. For this reason, we've picked up a few Limited Editions over the years that don't suffer the problems older cels experience -- where the paint separates from the acetate.

Colorful Bambi Limited Edition

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From “Bambi” (1942; 1989). Bambi Flower and Thumper in a Limited Edition cel (#384/500). In the flowers when Flower is first introduced. A very popular image. [Image: 15-5/8"W x 11-5/8"H; Frame: 23-3/4"W x 19-3/4"H] Acquired 1989. SeqID-0028 8/3/2005
Pre-production began in 1936 and was intended to be Disney's second full-length animated film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Disney's perfection and quest for realism delayed the project significantly, so that Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Reluctant Dragon, The (1941) and Dumbo (1941) were released earlier than Bambi.

Some scenes of woodland creatures and the forest fire are unused footage from Pinocchio (1940).
The hunter who shoots Bambi's mother was originally going to be included as a character in the movie. But, for a man to shoot the mother of the hero, he would have to be clearly cruel and villainous for children to accept him. Since Disney didn't want to be seen as maligning hunters as evil, the character was cut and never shown in the final version of the film.

Thumper was created by Marc Davis (1913-2000) was one of the most talented artists at and a main animator for Disney Studios. Some of the animated characters he designed were Thumper from “Bambi” (1942), Cinderella from “Cinderella” (1951), Tinker Bell in “Peter Pan” (1953), Maleficent and Briar Rose in “Sleeping Beauty” (1959) and Cruella De Vil in “101 Dalmatians” (1961). Thumper was created by Marc Davis (1913-2000) was one of the most talented artists at and a main animator for Disney Studios. Some of the animated characters he designed were Thumper from “Bambi” (1942), Cinderella from “Cinderella” (1951), Tinker Bell in “Peter Pan” (1953), Maleficent and Briar Rose in “Sleeping Beauty” (1959) and Cruella De Vil in “101 Dalmatians” (1961).