Other times, scenes were hilariously stripped down, with an enchanted woodland forest comprised of some discarded bits of lumber with signs reading "owl" and "tree," like a children's playground built by Lars von Trier.
Walt Disney StudiosWorst of all, they then paid her with a bunch of pieces of paper that just had different numbers on them.
How did they nail those flying scenes in Peter Pan? Easy: fairy dust, remembering your happiest thought, and awkwardly straddling a couple of empty liquor crates.
Walt Disney Studios"The real magic was in these boxes all along!"
To approximate the magic of Wonderland, meanwhile, the child actress playing poor Alice had to be shoved into and hung from elaborate contraptions:
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Walt Disney StudiosIf Jigsaw was a cigar-chomping Disney exec in the 1950s, it sure would explain a few things.
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