Le pestacle de Far West

Original title: Alice's Wild West Show

1924
10m

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Alice and her friends put on a show. After a brief overture, act one: A saloon; Alice enters, and shoots down two bad guys. Tubby O'Brien and his gang then enter the audience; Alice's cast l... Read allAlice and her friends put on a show. After a brief overture, act one: A saloon; Alice enters, and shoots down two bad guys. Tubby O'Brien and his gang then enter the audience; Alice's cast leaves out of fear. Alice decides to tell stories of her wild west adventures, and we final... Read allAlice and her friends put on a show. After a brief overture, act one: A saloon; Alice enters, and shoots down two bad guys. Tubby O'Brien and his gang then enter the audience; Alice's cast leaves out of fear. Alice decides to tell stories of her wild west adventures, and we finally get two brief animated sequences: Alice riding atop a stagecoach, shooting at Indians, ... Read all

Director
- Walt Disney
Stars
- Virginia Davis
- Tommy Hicks

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5.8/10

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Director
- Walt Disney
Stars
- Virginia Davis
- Tommy Hicks

See production info at IMDbPro

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Michael_Elliott

2 Alice shorts

Alice's Wild West Show (1924)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Wonderful Disney short has Alice (Virginia Davis from their Alice's Wonderland) putting on a Wild West show only to have the neighborhood bully show up and try to wreck it. The mix of live action and animation here is very well done and highly entertaining especially one scene where Alice's coach is being chased by Indians. A lot of laughs and some nice suspense as well.

Alice Gets in Dutch (1924)

*** (out of 4)

Alice finds herself in another adventure after the teacher sits her in the corner where she dreams out a little revenge. Once again the mixture of live action and animation work wonderfully well together in this cute short.

7planktonrules

Much of it is more like an Our Gang comedy than an Alice cartoon.

Normally, an Alice cartoon from Walt Disney would consist of Alice (usually Virginia Davis) interacting in a cartoon world. However, this film finds Alice mostly in the real world--with only a few animated sequences. The overall effect is much more like an Our Gang comedy from Hal Roach than an Alice comedy--but the film is still quite watchable.

The film begins with Alice and her friends putting on a Wild West show--much like a show the Our Gang kids would do. However, the she is interrupted by some tough kids and all the kids in the show (except Alice) run away in fear. To try to salvage the show, Alice regales the audience with tales of her insane adventures in the West. These adventures of all animated and are pretty silly. One, oddly, is amazingly bloody--with Sheriff Alice accidentally shooting a huge number of innocent bystanders! She also smokes--making it an unusual picture considering modern sensibilities. Still, it is rather charming and fun.

6Mary-18

not much animation, but cute overall

It's pretty clear that live action was much easier for Walt to film than animation. It's used very sparingly, albeit effectively. Alice and her friends are putting on a wild west show. Alice recounts stories of her cowboy exploits, and it's only these adventures that are briefly animated. But the animation quality is excellent, the story is clever, and Alice is, as always, just too adorable.