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This question about the caged Witch was asked of Disney Chief Archivist Dave Smith and comes from the Disney Archives and Mysteries blog...
Q: I've seen over the years at Disneyland a cage that held the Hag from Snow White. When the cage was rattled, she would come to life and try to bribe folks to let her out by promising to show how to "turn water to gasoline." Who made this and what was the reason? Reid, Ben Lomond, California
A [Dave Smith]: The Witch in the cage was originally made by the former WED Display and Design Department at Walt Disney World, under Jim McNalis, for use in 1975 Emporium windows in the Magic Kingdom park promoting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. When the Disneyana Shop opened on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland in 1976, the Witch, animated and with added audio, moved west to become a major display piece in that shop. Later on it was used in the Villain's Lair shop in Fantasyland and Le Bat en Rouge in New Orleans Square.
From Snow White/Witch collector Kurt Raymond...
That Old Witch was in the cage at Disneyland's Main Street's Emporuim when I was 11 in 1977. My dad, being that he was not shy, asked a cashier if she was for sale after I BEGGED him to see. The woman brought a manager out who quoted him $5000.00. We passed, obviously.
PS: Rumor has it, that Michael Jackson paid a small fortune for an exact replica in HIS house
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A Witch mural, based on Gustaf Tenggren's original inspiration art, also graced the Villain's Lair shop in Fatasyland...from approximately 1998-2004.
DISNEY VILLAIN'S SHOP WITCH MURAL ABOVE THE ENTRANCE, 1999
Image courtesy of The Raymond Collection. Used with permission.
Image courtesy of The Raymond Collection. Used with permission.
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