November 1, 1924 – The Alice Comedy Alice Gets in Dutch is Released to Theaters
“—-This is what happens when I find balloons in my school room-”
On November 1, 1924, the Alice Comedy Alice Gets in Dutch is released to theaters. It was the eighth Alice Comedy released overall, and the eighth of fourteen that starred Virginia Davis, the original Alice. The short was directed and produced by Walt Disney.
The schoolteacher is teaching her lesson, with the kids loudly (and rather badly) singing. Alice soon gets called to the front of the room with two other students for tuning, and is shown as a good example compared to the other two. A dog sneaks into the classroom and starts to howl along with the students; the teacher believes it to be one of the students at the front. Finally, the students sit down again, and one boy shows Alice a balloon that he fills with ink for a prank. The entire class watches as he blows the balloon up, and he hands it to Alice. The teacher finally notices the commotion, and takes the balloon from her. The students brace themselves, and when the teacher pops the balloon, ink sprays all over the place, covering her. Alice is given the blame for the prank, and is sent to the corner to wear a dunce cap.
Alice dances with Julius after she drifts off to the cartoon world
As Alice pouts in the corner, she falls asleep, and drifts off to the cartoon world. She starts dancing with her friend Julius as other animals play instruments and dance. An evil schoolteacher leaves her schoolhouse and looks to attack Alice and her friends with an army of books called Reading, Writing, and Rithmetic. Everyone flees, and Alice jumps on the back of her donkey friend, who helps carry her to safety. Alice and her friends form an army to get rid of the “old hen,” while the teacher prepares cannons to fire at Alice. A cannon is fired and hits Alice several times. Alice and her friends dodge several cannons, then run to the junk pile to create their own weapons of attack. They create their own cannon, and fire cayenne pepper at the teacher. The pepper causes them to sneeze, with the books destroying themselves with every sneeze. However, the pepper accidentally goes off in front of Alice and her friends, and the group sneezes their arsenal away. The teacher chases Alice to a fence and pokes her with a stick as she tries to get away. Just then, Alice wakes up to see that her teacher is poking her, and Alice falls to the floor in surprise.
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