Peter and Wendy kind of "exotic" people. The copyright status of the story of Peter Pan and its characters has been the subject of dispute, particularly as the original version began to enter the public domain in various jurisdictions. In 1929, Barrie gave the copyright to the works featuring Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Britain's leading children's hospital, and requested that the value of the gift should never be disclosed; this gift was confirmed in his will. GOSH has exercised these rights internationally to help support the work of the institution. The UK copyright originally expired at the end of
Ron Ormond Ormond's first credit was 1948's "Dead Man's Gold". Ormond made his directing debut in "King of the Bullwhip" with La Rue in 1950. Ormond also wrote a series of Westerns starring former Hopalong Cassidy sidekicks James Ellison and Russell Hayden and filmed vaudeville acts for a film released by Robert L. Lippert. Western Adventure acquired re-issue rights to a number of Hal Roach's Laurel and Hardy comedies, and distributed them along with their own productions. As the economics of producing B picture Westerns changed in the era of television, Ormond moved into other exploitation genres with films such as "Mesa