Walt Disney's The Emperor's New Clothes (1957)

A bright, crisp, well-tailored Disney animated dramatization of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. The Emperor's New Clothes was Walt Disney's animated featurette filmed in the CinemaScope Widescreen film process. it was released to theaters on November 15, 1957.
== Plot ==
Snip and Tuck, two swindlers posing as tailors, weave a jolly trick on Emperor Velvet, who is willing to sacrifice his castle, friends—even his Empress Velveteen and their children, Prince Terry, Prince Cloth and Princess Polly Ester—to buy the most luxurious new clothes available. The "tailors" pull the wool over everybody's eyes until a homespun boy has the courage to speak the unadorned truth, and all the fools are uncovered at last—and the swindlers are turned over to Shroud, keeper of the dungeon.
== Production Company ==
Walt Disney Productions
== Distributed by ==
Buena Vista Film Distribution Co. Inc.
== Produced by ==
Walt Disney
== Color process ==
CinemaScope
Technicolor
== Voices & Live Action Models ==
Voice of Snip - Eleanor Audley
Voice of Tuck - Hans Conried
Voice of Lieutenant Rags - Jim Backus
Voice of Patches - Barbara Jo Allen
Voice of Shroud - Thurl Ravenscroft
Voice of Sir Yessir - Ray Bolger
Voice of Lady Yesmum - Verna Felton
Voices of The Townspeople - Paul Frees, June Foray, Cecil Roy, Billy Bletcher, Dallas McKennon, Pinto Colvig, Mel Blanc and Hal Smith
Voice of Empress Velveteen - Barbara Luddy
Voice of Prince Terry - Walter Tetley
Voice of Prince Cloth - Dick Beals
Voice of Princess Polly Ester - Joyce Terry
Voice of Emperor Velvet - Bill Thompson
Voice of Lord Trevor - Jackson Beck
Voice of Lord Daniel - Jack Mercer
Live Action Model for Emperor Velvet - Don Barclay
Live Action Model for Tuck - Gene Sheldon
Live Action Model for Snip - Henry Brandon
Live Action Model for Empress Velveteen - Helene Stanley
Narrator - Winston Hibler
== Production Supervisor ==
Ken Peterson
== Sound Supervisor ==
Robert O. Cook
== Film Editors ==
Roy M. Brewer Jr.
Donald Halliday
== Music Editor ==
Evelyn Kennedy
== Special Processes ==
Ub Iwerks
Eustace Lycett
== Music ==
George Bruns
== Songs ==
Sonny Burke
Paul Webster
Jack Lawrence
Paul J. Smith
== Orchestration ==
Joseph S. Dubin
== Choral Arrangements ==
John Rarig
== Story Adaptation ==
Erdman Penner
From the story by Hans Christian Andersen
== Additional Story & Character Designs ==
Joe Rinaldi
Winston Hibler
Ted Sears
Bill Peet
Ralph Wright
Milt Banta
Bill Berg
Dick Huemer
Joe Grant
Fred Hellmich
== Art Direction & Production Design ==
Don DaGradi
Ken Anderson
== Layout ==
McLaren Stewart
Tom Codrick
Don Griffith
Erni Nordli
Basil Davidovich
Victor Haboush
Dick Ung
Al Zinnen
Ken O'Connor
Herb Ryman
Dick Kelsey
Dale Barnhart
Xavier Atencio
Vance Gerry
Joe Hale
Homer Jonas
Jack Huber
Ray Aragon
== Color Styling ==
Eyvind Earle
== Background ==
Dick Anthony
Claude Coats
Walt Peregoy
Collin Campbell
John Hench
Ray Huffine
Art Riley
Jimi Trout
Bill Layne
Thelma Witmer
Richard H. Thomas
Frank Armitage
Al Dempster
Fil Mottola
Ralph Hulett
Anthony Rizzo
== Character Styling ==
Tom Oreb
== Directing Animators ==
Milt Kahl
Frank Thomas
Marc Davis
Ward Kimball
John Lounsbery
Ollie Johnston
== Character Animators ==
Hal King
Hal Ambro
Don Lusk
Henry Tanous
Harvey Toombs
Bob Carlson
George Nicholas
John Kennedy
Fred Kopietz
Ed Parks
C. August Nichols
Julius Svendsen
Ken Hultgren
John Sibley
Bob Youngquist
Blaine Gibson
Eric Cleworth
Ken O'Brien
Amby Paliwoda
George Kreisl
Art Stevens
Marv Woodward
Jerry Hathcock
Bob McCrea
Bill Keil
Cliff Nordberg
Dick Lucas
== Effects Animators ==
Dan MacManus
Jack Boyd
Josh Meador
Jack Buckley
== Supervising Directors ==
Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske
Chuck Jones
Bill Justice
== Sequence Directors ==
Eric Larson
Wolfgang Reitherman
Les Clark
Wilfred Jackson
Category:Walt Disney Films
Category:Films based on fairy tales
Category:Disney
Category:1957
Category:1957 films