Curio: Introduction to Pinocchio

Alexa here with your weekly film curios. After I read Tim's post celebrating Pinocchio on its 75th anniversary, I wondered how I'd ever missed it, and more importantly, how I'd missed showing it to my 5-year-old, now a budding film buff. After all, we had read the Little Golden Book together many times, and it was even one of her favorite cartridges to watch on our vintage Fisher Price Movie Viewer.  She likes to play the short sequence of Pinocchio coming to life backwards and forwards and study each frame. (If you aren't familiar with this fantastic toy, read more here.  Any toy that involves hand-cranking a small Super 8 film is irresistible to me.)  

 

 Unsurprisingly, since investing in the DVD the film has been in heavy rotation around our house.  After the jump, some Pinocchio curios, vintage and handmade, to continue the film's 75th Anniversary celebration...

Animation cel drawings available on ebay here and here.

Production model sheet for Jiminy Cricket from the original film, available here.

Dickie Jones autographed photo available here. 

Blue Fairy and Pinocchio peg dolls, available here.

 Minimal wall art, available here.

Comments

[NATHANIEL R]

omg viewfinders. always makes me nostalgic for childhood

[Pam]

Ha! Just curious how many of TFE's readers would have the same nostalgia for viewfinders and FP Movie Viewers. I was terrified for many nights after my first viewing of Pinocchio--always thought that if I was naughty, I would grow donkey ears in addition to a big nose. Also, in my first memories of Disneyland (Anaheim) included being petrified at the entrance to Story Book Land, because you had to go through Monstro's mouth in the little boats. Yikes. Nice going, Mr. Disney.