ABSTRACT
The technique to have a live actor appear with animation was already part of the Out of the Inkwell series, with Max Fleischer himself appearing with Ko-Ko the Clown. Walt Disney copied that and extended the concept. Virginia Davis was just 4 years old when she became Disney's Alice in Cartoonland, supposed to act on-screen with animated characters that would be matted in throughout the length of a short film. There is a lot of talent needed to make a little girl see and believe in ferocious jungle animals. Walt and his company would continue to mix live action and 2D animation occasionally but with 3D model animation, it became a regular feature. Harryhausen topped his work in Jason and the Argonauts by animating not one but seven skeletons fighting three Greek warriors. In an interview conducted by Mark Hamill and Anne Wyndham, Kerwin Mathews recalled his work on The 7th Voyage of Sinbad as acting with little reference.
