Art of Pinocchio (part 1)

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Pinocchio is an animation movie produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske in 1940. The movie was based on the Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Unlike the movie Snow White, which was based on a short story that the writers could expand and experiment with, Pinocchio’s novel has a very fixed story. Therefore, the script went through drastic changes before reaching its final incarnation. In the original novel, Pinocchio is a cold, rude, ungrateful, inhuman creature that often repels sympathy and only learns his lessons by means of brutal torture. The writers decided to modernize the character and depict him similar to Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy, but equally as rambunctious as the puppet in the book. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this movie.

THE STORY

When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio, could become a real boy. In the night, the Blue Fairy grants Geppetto's wish and asks Jiminy Cricket to serve as the wooden boy's conscience. But the naive and trusting Pinocchio falls into the clutches of the wicked Honest John, who leads him astray to the sinful Pleasure Island…

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