Bambi, a Life in the Woods the novel has since been translated and published in over 30 languages around the world. Salten published a sequel, "Bambis Kinder, eine Familie im Walde" ("Bambi's Children"), in 1939. The novel was well received by critics and is considered a classic, as well as one of the first environmental novels. It was adapted into a theatrical animated film, "Bambi", by Walt Disney Productions in 1942, two Russian live-action adaptations in 1985 and 1986, and a stage production in 1998. A ballet adaptation was written by an Oregon troupe, but never premiered. Janet Schulman published a children's picture book adaptation in
I Was a Teenage Werewolf Gen. Kirk on the short-run TV series "The Time Tunnel". Although today the film is largely regarded as a source of "camp" humor, and while at the time of release the idea of an adult human turning into a beast was nothing new, the idea of a "teenager" doing just that in a movie was considered avant-garde—and even shocking—in 1957. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" likely paved the way for Walt Disney to do his version of a Felix Salten shapeshifting novel, "The Hound of Florence". Featuring Disney favorite Tommy Kirk as the hapless teenager, and A-lister Fred MacMurray as