Monthly Archive: February 2024

JIMINY’S NARRATION AND MY DISCLOSURE

Having taken us into his confidence and established the story as a flashback that will corroborate the efficacy of wishing upon a star, Jiminy Cricket now launches into his narration and pries open that big book. When the end paper...

INSPIRATION AND JIMINY SINGS TITLESONG

With these difficulties of design and story finally resolved, full animation on Pinocchio resumed in September of 1938. The film’s marvelous visual intricacy is due in large part to the further inspirational graphic explorations of two veterans of classic European...

MORE PINOCCHIO PROBLEMS

Evolution of the puppet’s personality paralleled the development of his visual design. In Collodi’s book, Pinocchio, which translates as “pine eye”, is an obnoxious devious bratty little troublemaker. At Walt’s own urging, the storymen had already re-conceived him as closer...