(Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Original production drawing of W. C. Fields from the Silly Symphony short Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, which depicts Fields as Humpty Dumpty shaking ash from his cigar. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper marked “23-C” in the lower right corner. Character image measures 6 x 5.25. In fine condition. Featuring appearances by the likes of the Marx Brothers, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Laurel and Hardy, W. C. Fields, and many others, the cartoon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short, but lost to Disney's own Ferdinand the Bull. Due to its stereotypical racial overtones, it is seldom seen in its entirety.
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