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Auction History Result 8g0188 FANTASIA 6 8x10 stills 1941-1942 wonderful images from the Walt Disney musical classic! Date Sold 4/15/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 6 Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that six of these stills are from the 1941 limited release of this movie (they have a paragraph in the bottom left corner that describes the new process called "FANTASOUND" - as explained above, this was only used in the 1941 limited release of this movie, so it would seem that this still surely dates from 1941) and one of the stills is from the 1942 general release of this movie. Note also that the still at lower right features an animated character named Sunflower. She originally appeared in The Pastoral Symphony segment of Fantasia but was removed from later re-releases as she was considered to be a racial stereotype. Condition: good to very good. The three stills at left and the still at upper right were used in a newspaper ad (the ad is glued on back) and each has a few creases and/or some areas of touch up paint in some areas (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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