"On whose book did Walt Disney base his 1940 feature film ""Pinocchio""?"
Pinocchio (1940 film) Pinocchio (1940 film) Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, made after the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937). The plot of the film involves an old wood-carver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and
Pinocchio (1940 film) initial release were both below "Snow White's" unprecedented success and below studio expectations. Of the film's $2.289 million negative cost – twice the cost of "Snow White" – Disney only recouped $1 million by late 1940, with studio reports of the film's final original box office take varying between $1.4 million and $1.9 million. Animation historian Michael Barrier notes that "Pinocchio" returned rentals of less than one million by September 1940, and in its first public annual report, Walt Disney Productions charged off a $1 million loss to the film. Barrier relays that a 1947 "Pinocchio" balance sheet listed total