10 interesting facts about the Disney cartoon "Peter Pan" that many people don't know (8 photos)

Nowadays, children know about Peter Pan mostly from the Walt Disney cartoon, which was released in 1953.





1. The cartoon "Peter Pan" is not an independent cartoon. It was based on a book by James Parry published in 1911. Although even before it there was a play that was staged 7 years before the story was published.

2. According to the original script, the dog Nana was supposed to go with Wendy and her brothers to Neverland, but in the end it was decided to abandon this idea.

3. Walt Disney was a fan of the story "Peter Pan and Wendy." That is why he decided that he should definitely make a cartoon on this topic. Moreover, he planned to begin production of the film immediately after finishing work on the cartoon “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs,” but due to copyright problems, this process was greatly delayed. As a result, the film was released only in 1952.



The problem was that the author of the original story, James Barry, bequeathed all rights to his work to a children's hospital in London. As a result, Disney had to negotiate the film adaptation of the book directly with the hospital.

And despite the fact that the cartoon had long passed, and the contract did not provide for deductions for income from the sale of merchandise and video media, the Disney company still continued to support the hospital financially, although it was not obliged to do so.





4. The prototype for the Tinkerbell fairy was actress Margaret Kerry, although for some time there were rumors that the prototype was the famous actress Marilyn Monroe. True, the appearance of the fairy itself was developed over several years, so the final version of Tinkerbell differs sharply from the original idea.



5. Roy Disney (Walt's older brother) was against pumping $3 million into the Peter Pan film adaptation. And when the budget grew to 4 million, Roy became completely furious, justifying this by the fact that this project was a big risk. Because of this, the brothers even quarreled a lot. But in the end, with $4 million spent, the cartoon "Peter Pan" grossed $40 million at the box office, which became a great success.

6. In order to better depict the facial expressions and movements of the characters, the creators involved live actors, who were filmed, and then copied all their movements. It turned out great.



7. In the play "Peter Pan and Wendy" the role of Wendy's father and Captain Hook was played by the same actor. This same tradition was maintained in other theatrical productions. The cartoon "Peter Pan" was also no exception, because Wendy's father and Captain Hook were voiced by the same actor - Hans Conried.



8. In the full-length film “Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers,” it was the grown-up and plump Peter Pan who was made the main antagonist.



9. It was originally planned that the sounds made by the Tinker Bell fairy would be reproduced using small bells. But in practice this sound did not work. As a result, the creators began to experiment and came to the conclusion that the most suitable sound here is from several pieces of aluminum fastened together.



10. Despite the fact that Walt Disney himself was eager to make this cartoon, he was disappointed with the final version. In his opinion, the cartoon turned out to be too cold. But people who were close to the author James Barry argued that if the writer were alive, he would have appreciated this cartoon.