Go Ask Alice I talked to Virginia Davis, the first Disney star, for about 20 minutes before the Annies. I then talked to her on and off throughout the night. As an animation history freak with a real jones for the silent years I was in heaven.

I found out how she got pushed out of the Alice comedies. Charles Mintz cut the budget on the Disney cartoons maybe as part of his campaign to take over the Disney studio.

Then I found out just who owned the car that Ub Iwerks and his mother drove out to Hollywood. Leslie Iwerks tells in her book and documentary that grandfather and great grandmother drove a borrowed car from Kansas City to Hollywood. The car, it turns out, was the property of the father of Virginia Davis.

That makes sense, because Walt had already talked the Davis family into moving to Hollywood. Margaret Winkler wouldn`t buy the Alice comedies without Virginia in the lead roll. Walt`s next goal was to talk Ub into moving to Hollywood because Winkler also wanted the same level of quality as the demo reel, Alice in Wonderland. And without Ub that wasn`t going to happen.

Virginia`s father had to leave a car behind when they drove out to Hollywood and this was the car that Ub and his mother used to made their trip. This may not mean much to you but it means a lot to me. It is another piece of the puzzle that fits nicely into the silent era.
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