Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney was forced to mortgage his house to finance the production of this cartoon, which cost $1,448,422.74. This was a huge amount for a full-length film. feature film in 1937.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is still the highest-grossing film animated film of all times.
Another interesting thing in the cartoon is Snow White's blush. The fact is that back in 1937 there were no technologies that would make the blush so natural and barely noticeable.
It turns out that to make Snow White look more natural, the animators used their own blush. When Disney asked one artist how she managed to get the blush on Snow White just right, she replied, “What do you think girls do all their lives?”
Frozen
The scene in which Elsa walks onto the balcony of her new ice palace consists of 218 frames, including the longest frame, which was very labor-intensive to render. It took more than 132 hours of work (more than 5 days) to fully process just one frame from this scene.
The Princess and the Frog
Prince Naveen was deliberately created without a specific racial identity. In the cartoon, he was from "Maldonia", a fictional country.
Fate
This surreal short film, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is the unique product of the work of two geniuses - Walt Disney and Salvador Dali. Its production initially began in 1945 and ended only 58 years later.
Lion King
In Swahili, "Simba" means "Lion".
Aladdin
The scene at the very beginning of the film, where the street vendor offers the viewer his goods, was created like this: Robin Williams, the voice of the merchant (who also voiced the Genie), was brought into a recording studio in which there was a box with various items, covered with a blanket. Then the microphone was turned on, the blanket was removed, and Williams began to describe these objects, which he had seen for the first time in his life.
Between the merchant and the Genie, some similarities can be seen in the beard, eyebrows and four-fingered hand.
Beauty and the Beast
Glen Keane, an animator with 38 years of experience, worked on creating the image of the Beast. The result was a hybrid animal with the mane of a lion, the skull and beard of a buffalo, the nose and tusks of a wild boar, the forehead of a gorilla, the paws and tail of a wolf, and the bulky body of a bear. Recently, in an interview, Glen Keane admitted that “The Beast had a multi-colored butt, but no one knew about it except Belle.”
At the very beginning of the cartoon, on the first colored stained glass window depicting the prince, a symbolic phrase in Latin is written: “Vincit qui se vincit,” which means “He who conquers himself wins.”
Little Mermaid
The prototype of Ursula was the stage image American singer and transvestite actor Divine.
The cartoon became the last Disney feature animated film, which was drawn by hand and used an analog camera. About 1,000 different colors were used on 1,100 backgrounds. In total, over 1 million drawings were made.
Glen Keane also worked on the image of the Little Mermaid. Thanks to him, they didn’t cut the Little Mermaid’s song “Part of Your World” from the cartoon. Ariel Glen himself drew from his wife Linda. And later his daughter Claire became the prototype of Rapunzel.
The shot where Ariel reaches for the light through the opening of her grotto was last scene, which the animators worked on. It took four tries to get the optical effects just right.
Disney has released many wonderful cartoons, which both children and adults enjoy watching. We present to you the top 7 most interesting facts about popular cartoons Disney studios.
7. Vultures and The Beatles
Few TV viewers do not know about the cartoon “The Jungle Book” and about its main characters - the “frog” Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, the man-eating tiger Shere Khan, the beautiful and cunning panther Bagheera and the wise bear Baloo. In one episode, Mowgli encounters a flock of vultures. Most people don't know that during the making of the cartoon, Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, asked Disney animators to create a neck design based on the legendary Fab Four. According to another version, the Disney studio was the first to begin negotiations with the musicians. The original idea was that The Beatles would voice these characters. However, the idea failed due to John Lennon, who refused to sing for "Mickey Fucking Mouse". And the Vultures' song, which was originally supposed to be a rock number, was remade and performed in an a cappella style.
6. Characters without a mother
Many Disney heroines and heroes, by the will of their creator, lost their mother at a young age. Examples of this are Bambi and Cinderella. In other cases, there is no mention of the mother from the beginning to the end of the film. Examples are The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Belle from Beauty and the Beast. There was a dark circumstance that led Disney to decide to make certain characters solely "daddy's kids." In the early 1940s, Walt Disney and his brother Roy bought the house for their parents. But there was a gas leak and Disney's mother, Flora, died. Producer Don Hahn, who knew his boss well, explained that this incident haunted Walt Disney, which is why he left his princesses without a mother.
5. Fake lion roar
Everyone knows the famous long roar of the great lion Mufasa from The Lion King. But most viewers have no idea that the sounds emanating from the royal animal’s mouth are not, in fact, a lion’s roar. This is a combination of the roars of a bear and a tiger, as well as the voice of actor Frank Welker, who growled into an iron bucket during the dubbing.
4. Name WALL-E
The name of the cute robot WALL-E from the cartoon of the same name is known as an acronym for the job he does - Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class. Here's an interesting fact about the popular Disney cartoon: the name WALL-E is a hidden reference to the founder of Walt Disney Pictures, Walter Elias Disney. Some readers may argue that the cartoon was released by Pixar. However, it is a subsidiary of Disney.
3. The genie and the merchant
In third place in the ranking of unusual facts related to Disney cartoons is the story of the reincarnation of the Genie. In 1992, Disney released its worldwide famous cartoon"Aladdin". And his fans have gone to great lengths to debate whether the traveling merchant that viewers see at the very beginning of the film is the Genie in disguise. This theory was based solely on the fact that both the merchant and the Genie had 4 fingers on their hands, a black curly goatee, and they were both voiced by famous actor Robin Williams. And two decades after the release of Aladdin, directors Ron Clements and John Musker confirmed that the crazy fan theory was true!
In a promotional interview, Clements revealed that the connection between the two characters was intended from the beginning. According to the plan, at the end of the cartoon there was to be a scene in which the merchant would reveal himself as the Genie. However, due to changes in the plot, this scene was not included in the final version of Aladdin.
2. Looping Animation
Sometimes when watching Disney cartoons you get a feeling of déjà vu. And all because there are many similar scenes in them. Disney animators often redesign older animation. This saves a lot of time and money when working on your next masterpiece. A great example of this is the similarities between scenes ballroom dancing in Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty. Studio employees used this trick for many years before it was noticed.
1. Disclaimer for the words of the hero of “Frozen”
In 2013, the Disney studio released the magnificent cartoon “Frozen” about Queen Elsa, who has ice magic, and her sister Anna.
The authors decided to have a little fun in end credits, as a bonus for those who are persistent enough to watch them to the end. There is a disclaimer in the credits that reads: “The views and opinions expressed in the film by Kristoff on All Men Eating Their Bugs are solely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Walt Disney Company or directors."
Not only do film directors and screenwriters like to leave various Easter eggs and references in their works, animation creators also “sin” with this matter. So well-known cartoons can open up from a completely unexpected side.
We found several interesting stories that will surely inspire you to watch your favorite cartoons: who knows, maybe you yourself will find secret tricks from the creators?
1. What are the chickens hiding from the cartoon “Chicken Run”
In the cartoon “Chicken Run”, each character must have some kind of accessory around his neck - beads, a scarf or a necklace. This was done for a reason: the chickens in this cartoon, or rather their models, were sculpted from plasticine, and besides, they had to turn their heads. To hide the resulting joint, the animators came up with a clever trick with jewelry on the neck.
2. Why did the first curly princess appear so late?
Initially, the creators of the cartoon "The Little Mermaid" wanted to give Ariel beautiful curly hair, but, alas, computer graphics 1989 did not allow this to happen.
Therefore, the first curly-haired Disney princess was Merida from the cartoon “Brave” - and this only happened in 2012. Over the course of 3 years, a special simulator was created that predicted the behavior of 1,500 curls. Just imagine: the scene where Merida takes off her hood and her curls fly away took over 2 months to create!
3. “The Mystery of Coco,” which few people guessed
There are several interesting references in the cartoon "The Secret of Coco". For example, on main street Mexican town where he lives main character, you can see large dolls - these are Buzz Lightyear and Woody the cowboy from the cartoon “Toy Story”.
Another scene in which Miguel passes by a table with toys sends us back to the characters of the cartoon “Finding Dory”: here you can see a whale shark named Destiny and the fish Nemo and Dory.
4. Mufasa and Scar weren't brothers
It turned out that the creators of The Lion King were hiding one curious detail: according to the authors, Mufasa and Scar are not brothers, but rather two lions who live in the same pride. The producers claim that wildlife, when the leader ages, a stronger and younger lion appears, and they wanted to use facts from the lives of animals. At that moment they realized that Mufasa and Scar could not be brothers, but for some reason for many years They didn't tell the audience about it.
So now that same scene in the gorge no longer seems so tragic, although it is still very painful to watch.
5. There's an interesting reference in Inside OutAnd here is another Pixar cartoon, in which an attentive viewer will find a lot of “hellos” from other works of the studio. One of them appears at the beginning of the cartoon in the scene when Riley and his parents are driving across the country to new house. You can see several round birds on the wires: they look exactly like the characters from the 2000 short film called “About Birds.”
6. What is the real secret to the success of Disney cartoons?
In literally every new cartoon, the Disney studio hides either a Mickey Mouse toy or his outline. So, in “Zootopia” the toy was hidden in a baby stroller, and in “Frozen” it was hidden on a shelf with dishes. They say that this is precisely the secret of the people's love for the studio and the commercial success of their cartoons: who knows, maybe this is true?
7. Announcements of upcoming new products in Zootopia
In one of the scenes in Zootopia, we are shown a real collection of Disney cartoons, the names of which have been slightly changed according to the rules of the animal kingdom. Here you can see the discs “City of Heroes”, “Rapunzel”, “Moana”, “Wreck-It Ralph”, as well as cartoons that have not yet appeared on screens - “Frozen 2” (to be released in 2019) and “Giants” (premiere expected in 2018).
8. Snow White Could Be Blonde
Initially, the creators planned to make Snow White blonde, but in the end they decided to be guided by the source - the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm, according to which the girl’s hair is “pitch black.”
Moreover, everyone’s favorite gnomes could get completely different names: they wanted to call them Shorty, Jumper, Bald, Dirty, Bad, Screamer... The creators did not have enough imagination for the seventh gnome, and they planned to call him simply the Seventh.
By the way, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” contrary to popular belief, is not the first full-length animated film in history, but differs from its predecessors in that it has sound and color.
9. Where did the sculptures in Beauty and the Beast come from?
Surely everyone remembers those creepy figures of monsters that decorate the Beast’s castle. The sculptures look especially creepy and gloomy at the beginning of the cartoon, when Belle is exploring the castle in fear. As it turns out, most of the sculptures are various early versions of the Beast, which were made by artists in the process of creating his image.
10. Shrek has his own real-life prototype
The word "Shrek" is translated from German as "horror", but everyone knows that it is difficult to find a kinder character than this green ogre. It turned out that my favorite hero has a prototype - this is the French wrestler Maurice Tillet.
He had a rare disease that caused his bones to grow and thicken, especially in his face. Tillet achieved great success in sports, spoke 5 languages fluently and learned over the years to treat his specific appearance with humor.
On October 16, 1923, the Walt Disney Company was founded. She has released a whole collection of cartoons that children around the world love. We have collected interesting facts about Disney cartoons and their characters.
It’s always interesting who this or that favorite character was based on. It is known that the image of Aladdin was copied from Tom Cruise and MC Hammer, and the Genie was copied from Robin Williams. Initially, in 1988, when the cartoon was created, they decided to create Aladdin from the then popular actor Michael J. Fox (“Back to the Future”). But the result, it must be said, did not impress the artists. Unfortunately, that image has not been preserved. But the current Aladdin is copied from Tom Cruise - so young man decided to add brutality, and took his famous bloomers from rapper MC Hammer. The genie was based on comic actor Robin Williams. By the way, it was he who voiced the Genie in the cartoon.
The little mermaid Ariel also had her own prototype. She was modeled after 11-year-old Alyssa Milano, who was starring in the TV series “Who’s the Boss?” at the time. In addition to her appearance, they also took some character traits from the actress, as well as her demeanor.
Observant cartoon fans have probably noticed that in the cartoon Mickey Mouse, their favorite character always has round ears, no matter what angle he is filmed from. This is true. The artists endowed Mickey Mouse with this strangeness: no matter where you look at the mouse, his ears remain unchanged - two black circles at the top of his head.
In 2007, the Glasgow City Council added Scrooge McDuck to the list of famous and outstanding people of the city. The thing is that the character in the same year became the first in the list of the 15 richest fictional characters, which was compiled by Forbes. The compilers of this list explained that this was due to rising gold prices (in 2005 and 2002, Scrooge ranked sixth and fourth, respectively).
Some particularly diligent and attentive person counted all the spots in the cartoon “101 Dalmatians”. There were 6,469,952 of them. Pongo has 72 spots, Perdita has 68, and each of the puppies has 32!
"101 Dalmatians"
The cartoon "Bambi" contains footage from "Pinocchio", in which they were not used. These are some backgrounds in the forest and in the fire scene.
The works of the Soyuzmultfilm studio can easily be called the best cartoons of Soviet childhood. Over the years of its existence, it has released huge amount cartoons for every taste, which we show to our children and never tire of watching ourselves. In addition, most cartoons contain many secrets and details that are noticeable only to the most attentive.
Let's find out them! :)
Winnie the Pooh
The first film adaptation of the book about Winnie the Pooh belongs to the Walt Disney Studio: in the early 60s, several episodes were released about the funny little bear and his friends. Before starting work on the domestic Winnie the Pooh, Fyodor Khitruk had not seen the Disney version.
However, he wanted to move away from the images that were depicted in the book, to create his own, new and original characters. Of course, he succeeded.
It is curious that initially Winnie the Pooh was very shaggy, his ears looked a little “chewed”, and his eyes were different sizes. At first, the artists turned out Piglet to look like a thick, appetizing sausage. A lot of different bear cubs and piglets were drawn before the characters acquired the appearance we are familiar with.
By the way, in the second and third series, the drawings of the characters were simplified: the black “glasses” on Winnie the Pooh’s face acquired clear outlines, and Piglet’s rosy cheeks began to be indicated by a single red line. While working on the cartoon about Winnie the Pooh, Fyodor Khitruk did not know about the existence of animated films about the funny bear from the Disney studio. Later, according to Khitruk, Disney director Wolfgang Reiterman liked his version. At the same time, since Soviet cartoons were created without taking into account the exclusive film rights owned by the Disney studio, their showing abroad was impossible.
Baby and Carlson
Soviet cartoon "Kid and Carlson" directed by Boris Stepantsev, based on the story Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, which appeared on television in 1968, was enthusiastically received by both young and adult viewers.
In total, two episodes about Carlson were released: “Kid and Carlson” (1968) and “Carlson is back” (1970). Soyuzmultfilm was going to make a third one, but this idea was never realized. The studio archives still contain film that was planned to be used for filming a cartoon based on the third part of the trilogy about the Kid and Carlson - “Carlson Plays Pranks Again.”
If you watch the cartoon about Carlson very carefully, you will notice the following detail: at the beginning of the cartoon, when the Kid is crossing the road, an Air France advertisement is visible on a bus passing by.
The detectives from the cartoon about the adventures of the pig Funtik are very similar to the underwear thieves from the cartoon about Carlson. In addition, the Soviet parents of Uncle Fyodor from Prostokvashino are very similar to the Swedish parents of the Kid.
Carlson, Malysh, Freken Bok and all the other characters were created by artist Anatoly Savchenko. He also suggested inviting Faina Ranevskaya to voice the “housekeeper.” Before her, a huge number of actresses auditioned for this role, and no one was suitable, but Ranevskaya was perfect. She had another “minus” - a difficult character. She called the director “baby” and categorically rejected all his comments. And when I first saw my heroine, I was scared, and then I was very offended by Savchenko. “Am I really that scary?” - the actress constantly asked. The explanation that this was not her portrait, but just an image, did not console Ranevskaya. She remained unconvinced.
Carlson also did not have a “voice” for a long time; Livanov found himself, by accident. The actor visited the creators of the cartoon every day for a game of chess, and one day while playing, director Boris Stepantsev complained to him that he couldn’t find a person to play Carlson. Vasily Livanov immediately went to the studio, tried out, and was approved. Later, the actor admitted that, while working in the image of Carlson, he diligently parodied famous director Grigory Roshal
Leopold the cat
The Soviet animated series about Leopold the cat and the hooligan mice pestering him was filmed at the Ekran Creative Association from 1975 to 1993. At the time of the creation of the animated series there was no art workshop yet. Therefore, the first two episodes (“The Revenge of Leopold the Cat” and “Leopold and Goldfish") were not drawn, but were made using the transfer technique.
Small details of characters and scenery were cut out of paper and placed under glass. After each frame, the details moved a tiny distance, which created the illusion of movement. Further episodes of the cartoon were realized using hand-drawn animation.
The creators of the cartoon spent a long time racking their brains over the name of the main character. The authors really didn’t want to call him too simply – “ordinary” Barsik or Murzik. According to their plans, the name had to sound beautiful and at the same time be easy to pronounce.
There is a version according to which the good-natured and charming cat was named by the son of the scriptwriter Arkady Khait. While working on the plot of the cartoon, the boy tried to do two things at once: follow the adults and watch “The Elusive Avengers” on TV. The name of White Guard Colonel Leopold Kudasov, one of the heroes of The Elusive Ones, gave rise to the idea of naming the cat the same.
Hooligan mice are also not nameless, as many people think. The plump gray rodent is called Motey, and the thin white animal is called Mitya. However, in the cartoon the mice are never called by name.
Cheburashka
The Soviet cartoon about Cheburashka was filmed by director Roman Kochanov based on the book by Eduard Uspensky, or rather, according to their joint script. And although Uspensky wrote 8 stories about Crocodile Gena, Cheburashka and their friends, a total of 4 episodes were made.
The “cartoon” image of Cheburashka, known today - a cute creature with huge ears, large trusting eyes and soft brown fur - was invented by cartoonist Leonid Shvartsman. This is exactly how he first appeared in Roman Kachanov’s cartoon “Crocodile Gena” (1969) and won the hearts of children and adults.
According to the preface to the book by Eduard Uspensky “Crocodile Gena and His Friends,” Cheburashka was the name given to the defective toy that the author of the book had in childhood, depicting an unprecedented animal: either a bear cub or a bunny with big ears.
According to the book, the author’s parents claimed that Cheburashka is an animal unknown to science that lives in the hot tropical jungle. Therefore, in the text of the book, the heroes of which, as the writer claims, are Uspensky’s own children’s toys, Cheburashka really appears to readers as an unknown tropical animal.
In one of his interviews, Eduard Uspensky said that he once came to visit a friend who had a little daughter. At the time of the writer’s visit, the girl was trying on a fur coat, which was dragging along the floor. “The girl kept falling, tripping over her fur coat. And her father, after another fall, exclaimed: “Oh, I screwed up again!” This word stuck in my memory and I asked what it meant. It turned out that “cheburahnutsya” means “to fall.” That’s how the name of my hero appeared,” the author admitted.
For a long time, artist Leonid Shvartsman could not figure out what the old woman Shapoklyak looks like. The word "shapoklyak" is French for "folding cylinder". That’s where it all came from: the top hat is from the 19th century, the old lady in dark, mischievous, sneaky, which means with a long nose. Shvartsman's mother-in-law was also from the 19th century, and she had gray hair, tied in a bun. He drew his old woman's mother-in-law's cheeks and surprised eyes. I added a crumpled top hat, lace, frill, cuffs...
After the release of the cartoon, an article appeared in one of the newspapers with the headline “Who will adopt Cheburashka?” It said that Cheburashka is a homeless child who has no homeland! Yes, and the crocodile Gena is also good, looking for friends through advertisements, but you need to look for them in a team!
Thank God, they managed to recapture Cheburashka, and now it is known and loved not only here, but also in Japan. Of course, he looks like an ideal positive Japanese hero: big eyes, small mouth. The Japanese call it the “Russian miracle” Chebi
Three from Prostokvashino
The animated series “Three from Prostokvashino” based on the story by Eduard Uspensky “Uncle Fyodor, the Dog and the Cat” was directed by Vladimir Popov. A total of three episodes were released. Much of what is in literary source, was not included in the cartoon, but the popularity of the film adaptation was several times greater than the popularity of Uspensky’s story.
The work on creating the screen images of the cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino” was divided between production designers at the request of director Vladimir Popov. The image of Galchonok did not work out for a very long time. Therefore, everyone who entered the artist’s room at Soyuzmultfilm was asked to draw this character. The artist Leonid Shvartsman, who came up with the “cartoon” Cheburashka, even had a hand in its creation.
Uncle Fyodor is the only type for which the team that worked on the creation of the cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino” never came to a common decision. Therefore, his on-screen image changes greatly from episode to episode. Thus, a move that was unacceptable from the point of view of Western animation was accepted in our country completely calmly.
By the way, Matroskin’s cat could have been named Taraskin. The fact is that when Eduard Uspensky wrote his story, he wanted to name this character by the name of Anatoly Taraskin, an employee of the film magazine “Fitil,” but he did not allow the use of his name. True, he later regretted it and admitted to the writer: “What a fool I was! I regretted giving my last name!”
In fact, the characters from “Prostokvashino” were created by the artist Nikolai Erykalov, but after the first episode he left the project, and Arkady Sher was invited to continue his work. The new production designer had to “think out” and complete all the characters, although he did not have much sympathy for them. For some reason, Cher didn’t like Matroskin most of all, and when work was underway on the third episode, he drew him fat and wearing a stupid hat with a pompom. True, then he still fell in love with the cat. But the artist’s most favorite characters were Pechkin and Uncle Fyodor’s mother. The explanation for this attachment is very simple: Arkady Sher drew Pechkin from himself, and his mother from his wife
Well, wait a minute!
“Well, wait a minute!” – this is not just a cartoon series, it is a real legend on which more than one generation has grown up. In 1969 “Well, just wait!” was a government order. Officials decided to give our answer to Disney cartoons and allocated a fairly serious budget. The customers' demands were limited to a request to do something funny.
With this request, the management of Soyuzmultfilm turned to famous comedians Alexander Kurlyandsky, Arkady Khait, Felix Kamov and Eduard Uspensky.
The creators of the cartoon had a lot of controversy about the 12th episode of the famous cartoon, when the Wolf finds himself in the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramses. It was even assumed that the Egyptian government might protest in connection with this. But everything worked out.
In the animated series “Well, wait a minute!” amazing music selection, which uses popular recordings of Western and Soviet pop music. But they were never specified in the cartoon's imprint. It was not accepted then.
The music that plays during the credits is the title track “Well, just wait!” – called “Vizisi” (“Water skiing”) and was published on a collection of Hungarian pop music by Melodiya in 1967. Its author is a Hungarian composer named Tomás Deák.
Last year's snow fell
As composer Grigory Gladkov mentioned during his performance in humorous program“Around Laughter,” the cartoon “Last Year’s Snow Was Falling” had the original working title “Fir-trees, sticks, thick forest,” and the main character in it was the janitor from “The Plasticine Crow.” Then the visual appearance of the main character was finalized, as was the title of the film.
The role of the narrator in the cartoon “Last Year's Snow Was Falling” was originally planned to be given to Lia Akhedzhakova. She even voiced the cartoon, but director Alexander Tatarsky didn’t like it. As a result, both roles - the man and the storyteller - were given to Stanislav Sadalsky.
Sadalsky, who voiced the roles of the man and the narrator in the cartoon Last Year's Snow Was Falling, was not listed in the credits. Shortly before the release of the cartoon, the actor was detained in the restaurant of the Cosmos Hotel with a foreign citizen, after which a denunciation followed to the chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company S.G. Lapin. As a punishment for communicating with foreigners, it was decided to remove the actor’s last name from the credits.
The cartoon “Last Year’s Snow Was Falling” could not be avoided close attention censorship. “At the delivery of “Snow,” I was in a pre-heart attack state,” recalled the cartoon director Alexander Tatarsky. “They told me that I was disrespectful to the Russian people: you have only one hero - a Russian man, and he’s an idiot!..”
After the demolition, “Snow” had to be re-edited and re-voiced in some places. High-brow bosses organized a party meeting at which they played through every frame: were there secret messages encrypted there for foreign intelligence services?
Princess in " Bremen Town Musicians"Wears the dress of Yuri Entin's wife
The authors of the fairy tale, Gennady Gladkov, Vasily Livanov and Yuri Entin, brought the lyrics and notes of the songs home to the performer Oleg Anofriev. He listened to them and stated that he wanted to voice all the heroes. He did an excellent job in just one night. True, he was not allowed to sing for the Princess, although he was eager, but her part was given to Elmira Zherzdeva. 
The robbers in this cartoon were copied from characters popular in the seventies - the Coward, the Dunce and the Experienced. But the Princess is from the wife of songwriter Yuri Entin.
“I bought her the same red dress that you see in the cartoon for forty rubles, and she wore it at the wedding,” Yuri said. - And Gladkov and Livanov were our witnesses