The Aristocats (1970) concept art

The film is noted for being the last film project to be approved by Walt Disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was released.

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If I had to be a cat for a day, would totally love to be Duchess.

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Madame Bonfamille & Georges Hautcourt’s Tango

“Because I’m a Lady. That’s why”- Marie

SENIOR TANGO

Here, Milt Kahl portrays a very charming and elegant parisian woman and an old lawyer young at heart.

THE ARISTOCATS KITTENS

To me, this film is very underrated. Many claim this 1970’s classic to be one of their all-time favorites. When released, it was very well received, specially in Europe, and Marie has become a major Merchandise superstar, particularly in Japan.

These are some exploratory sketches by Ken Anderson, and show how early in production they tried to clearly differentiate the look of each of the three kittens through proportions, attitudes and coloring. They ended up with a diva lady, a painter and a musician, with quite the personalities. They went through quite the process too, first with Ken and then going through Milt Kahl’s refinement and Ollie Johnston’s very personal animation.

Back then, haden’t even decided the name of the third kitten. Before Toulouse, they considered naming him Napoleon and also Dopey. Maybe they scrapped that last one out because two Dopeys in Disney would be too much, specially because of how popular Snow White’s lovable dwarfs was.

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Oliver and Marie! That would be a great Disney couple

Art by FluffySora

Madame Adelaide Bonfamille’s way of saying “I know what you did there!”

Summer Marie

Artist: wanna-make-you-smile

Georges Hautecourt

Artist: Bambily