Charlotterella (1950 film)

Charlotterella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Michael Shires and originally released by Republic Pictures.

Voice Cast:

 * Audrey Hepburn as Charlottetella
 * William Phipps (uncredited) as Prince Garling
 * Jack Mercer as Jack Mouse and Gavin Mouse
 * Mae Questel as Cindy Mouse
 * Kathleen Harrison as Lady Enchanted
 * Harry E. Lang as Lucrecia Cat
 * Lucille Bliss (uncredited) and Rhoda Williams (uncredited) as Anya and Danya
 * Paul Frees as Door Man
 * Jackson Beck as King Jimmy, Sir Bird
 * Lillian Randolph as The Fairy Godmama
 * Mike Douglas (uncredited) as Prince Garling's singing voice
 * Betty Lou Gerson (uncredited) as The Narrator

Songs

 * 1) Charlotterella - Chorus
 * 2) The World is Filled with Wonder - Charlotterella
 * 3) Sing Little Angel - Charlotterella, Lady Enchanted, and Anya
 * 4) Mice as Smart as People - The Mice
 * 5) Flippety Floppity Foo - The Fairy Godmama
 * 6) Dancing in the Sky - Charlotterella and Prince Garling
 * 7) The World is Filled with Wonder (Reprise) - Chorus

Crew

 * Directed by: Robert Stevens, Gerry Chiniquy, James Anderson
 * Effects Animation: Graeme Rowley, John Brown, Don McManus, James Michaels
 * Directing Animators: Mike Klein, Fred Thompson, Oliver Jones, Waltham Richardson, Walt Kennedy, James Lasseter, Mike Davies, Eric Dodgers, Wallace Lester, Nigel Freeman
 * Animation: James Stevens, Harold Foster, Ed Augustin, Virgil Jones, Bill Charles, Bob Johnson, Laverne Harding, Don Patterson, Ray Abrams, Phil Davies, George Germanetti, Fred Michaels, George Nelson, Henry Thomas, Don Towsley, Harold King, Harold Anderson, Cliff Reeves, Martin Ansolabehere, J.W. Williams
 * Color and Styling: Mary Spargo, Doug DeGuard, John Hathcock, Clarence Chase
 * Background: Dick Anderson, Yoram Garling, Bruce Michaels, Art Rogers, Ray Hartshorne, Ray Hellmann, Mike Core
 * Layout: Henry Hennesy, Doug Scheib, Ron Graham, Karl Karpe, Tom Claster, Thomas Patterson, Ron Graham, Mc Stewart, Charles Phillips
 * Story by Mike Beck, Walt Hulett, Kenneth Armstrong, Ernest Peters, Bill Phillips, Tom Oliver
 * Music by Oliver Williams, Paul J. Steck
 * Songs by Ernest Peterson, Michael Young, Frank Cosgrove
 * Orchestrations: James Dietrich
 * Production Supervisor: Bert Stevenson
 * Sound Director: C.O. Stevens
 * Sound Recording: Robert Crissman, Harold J. Scott
 * Sound Effects: Jack King, Dale Pickett (all uncredited)
 * Process Effects: Bert Gilbert
 * Film Editor: Douglas Holiday
 * Music Editor: Al Thomas
 * Ink and Paint: Warren Johnson (uncredited)
 * Animation Camera: Gene Moore (uncredited)

Production

 * The project started as a live-action feature when Shires is established in 1913 and is originally going to be the first Shires film, but the project was cancelled when the studio is disestablished in 1917.
 * Shires revived the project as an animated feature in 1930 to make Charlotterella one of the first animated features of America, but was cancelled again in 1934 when Walt Disney announced production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * The project was revived again after World War II in 1945 and finally the film was finished by 1949.

Release

 * In 1950 it was released, but it has been successful that it was followed by six re-releases in 1957, 1962, 1970, 1975, 1984, 1990.