Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan is a 1924 American silent adventure film released by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J. M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell. Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking Chinese-American actress, played the Indian princess Tiger Lily. In the story, Peter Pan, a magical boy who refuses to grow up, brings the Darling children (Wendy, John, and Michael) from London to Neverland, where they have adventures that
Peter Pan (1953 film) order to restore the studio to full financial health, he expressed his desire to return to producing full-length animated films. By then, three animated projects—"Cinderella", "Alice in Wonderland", and "Peter Pan"—were in development. Walt felt the characters in "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan" were too cold while "Cinderella" contained elements similar to "Snow White" and decided to greenlit the project. "Peter Pan" was placed back into production in May 1949. The scene in the nursery went through many alterations. For instance in one version, it was Mrs. Darling who found Peter Pan's shadow and showed it to Mr. Darling