''Alice's Orphan'' is a 1926 animated short film produced by the Walt Disney Studio and

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, and is part of the ''

Alice Comedies The ''Alice Comedies'' are a series of animated/live-action shorts created by Walt Disney in the 1920s, in which a live action little girl named Alice (originally played by Virginia Davis) and an animated cat named Julius have adventures in an ...

''.

Plot

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

is spending his time at the winter outdoors, ice skating on a frozen lake. Coincidentally, a unnamed female cat places a basket on an edge of the lake, and leaves. Something in the basket made a noise momentarily, and Julius heard it. He then approaches and opens the basket. To his amazement, Julius picks up and finds a lost kitten inside. Without anyone else willing to adopt, the big

cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...

decides to take in the little feline. Julius arrives home with the orphan kitten. Alice, who has been waiting in the living room, was also amazed to see what her friend brought into the house. She then wonders what name the kitten should wear. In no time Julius finds out the kitten is a male and therefore gives the name Oscar. After giving Oscar a bath, Julius takes his little friend to have supper with them. At the table, Oscar is eating in an aggressive way, which Julius sees as inappropriate. Julius attempts to teach the Oscar how to have meals in a more traditional fashion, but the kitten shows no interest to follow. The frustrated Julius starts pounding the table until a bowl of soup jumps straight up and spills on top of him. Oscar finds this comical and therefore hurls a roast chicken at Julius, knocking the big cat off his chair. Then it was bedtime. Julius puts pajamas on Oscar before laying the kitten to bed. To help Oscar sleep, the big cat sings a lullaby and rocks the bed back and forth. When the little cat is seemingly dozing, Julius tries to tiptoe out of the bedroom, only to notice Oscar suddenly wake up and cry. The big

repeats the same method but still gets the same result. As a last resort, Julius grabs a wooden mallet and thumps Oscar in the head but not hard enough cause a lump. With the kitten finally fast asleep, Julius was able to exit the room.

Home media

''Alice in Cartoonland - The Original Alice Comedies'' by

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References

External links

''Alice's Orphan''
at the

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''Alice's Orphan'' in ''Alice in Cartoon Land'' at Google Photos
1926 films 1926 short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walt Disney Alice Comedies 1920s Disney animated short films 1926 animated films American silent short films Animated films about cats 1926 comedy films Animated films without speech Animated films about orphans 1920s American films {{Disney-animation-film-stub