Peter Pan (1953)

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
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Writers:

J.M. Barrie (play)
Ted Sears (story) ...
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Release Date:

5 February 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Music

Tagline:

Walt Disney's Immortal [Peter Pan]

Plot:

Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.

Plot Keywords:

Peter Pan | Children | Boy | Captain Hook | Hero

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Bobby Driscoll	...	Peter Pan (voice)
Kathryn Beaumont	...	Wendy Darling (voice)
Hans Conried	...	Captain Hook / Mr. Darling (voice)
Bill Thompson	...	Mr. Smee / Pirates (voice)
Heather Angel	...	Mrs. Darling (voice)
Paul Collins	...	John Darling (voice)
Tommy Luske	...	Michael Darling (voice)
Candy Candido	...	Indian Chief (voice)
Tom Conway	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Butala	...	Lost Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Carol Coombs	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Robert Ellis	...	Lost Boy (voice) (uncredited)
June Foray	...	Mermaid / Squaw (voice) (uncredited)
Connie Hilton	...	Mermaid (voice) (uncredited)
Margaret Kerry	...	Mermaid (voice) (uncredited)
Karen Kester	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Johnny McGovern	...	Lost Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Norma Jean Nilsson	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Chorus Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
Jeffrey Silver	...	Lost Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Stuffy Singer	...	Lost Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Anne Whitfield	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Jack Kinney		(uncredited)

Writing credits
J.M. Barrie		(play "Peter Pan") (as Sir James M. Barrie)
Ted Sears		(story) &
Erdman Penner		(story) &
Bill Peet		(story) &
Winston Hibler		(story) &
Joe Rinaldi		(story) &
Milt Banta		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story) &
William Cottrell		(story) (as Bill Cottrell)

Produced by
Walt Disney	....	producer

Original Music by
Oliver Wallace

Film Editing by
Donald Halliday

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound recordist
C.O. Slyfield	....	sound director
Harold J. Steck	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Blaine Gibson	....	effects animator
Ub Iwerks	....	special processes
Dan MacManus	....	effects animator
Joshua Meador	....	effects animator
George Rowley	....	effects animator
Aurelio x. Vera Jr.	....	restoration artist (restored version)

Animation Department
Hal Ambro	....	character animator
Ken Anderson	....	layout artist
Dick Anthony	....	background artist
Mary Blair	....	color and styling
Bob Carlson	....	character animator
Les Clark	....	directing animator
Eric Cleworth	....	character animator
Claude Coats	....	color and styling
Tom Codrick	....	layout artist
Don DaGradi	....	color and styling (as Don Da Gradi)
Marc Davis	....	directing animator
Al Dempster	....	background artist
Eyvind Earle	....	background artist
Norman Ferguson	....	directing animator (as Norm Ferguson)
Hugh Fraser	....	character animator
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Jerry Hathcock	....	character animator
John Hench	....	color and styling
Hugh Hennesy	....	layout artist
Ray Huffine	....	background artist
Ralph Hulett	....	background artist
Alex Ignatiev	....	animator
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator
Bill Justice	....	character animator
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator
Ward Kimball	....	directing animator
Hal King	....	character animator
Art Landy	....	background artist
Eric Larson	....	directing animator
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
Don Lusk	....	character animator
Brice Mack	....	background artist
Fred Moore	....	character animator
Lance Nolley	....	layout artist
Cliff Nordberg	....	character animator
Ken O'Brien	....	character animator
Kendall O'Connor	....	layout artist (as A. Kendall O'Connor)
Charles Philippi	....	layout artist
Thor Putnam	....	layout artist
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	directing animator
Art Riley	....	background artist
Art Stevens	....	character animator
McLaren Stewart	....	layout artist
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator
Harvey Toombs	....	character animator
Clair Weeks	....	character animator
Judge Whitaker	....	character animator
Thelma Witmer	....	background artist
Marvin Woodward	....	character animator
Al Zinnen	....	layout artist
Phyllis Craig	....	painter (uncredited)
David Swift	....	animator (uncredited)

Music Department
Jud Conlon	....	vocal arranger
Edward H. Plumb	....	orchestrator (as Edward Plumb)
Al Teeter	....	music editor
Edmundo Santos	....	lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)

Other crew
J.M. Barrie	....	copyright: to which Sir James M. Barrie gave his copyright of Peter Pan. (as Sir James M. Barrie)
Walt Disney	....	presenter
Henry Brandon	....	live action model: Captain Hook (uncredited)
Roland Dupree	....	live action model: Peter Pan (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1953) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (all U.S. releases since 1958)
• Kinosto (1977) (Finland) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Films (1953) (Finland) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (A/SIA) (1953) (Australia) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures Argentina (1953) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1953) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• RKO (1955) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Stockholm Film (1984) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Suomi-Filmi (1969) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Productions (1977) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Warner Bros. Transatlantic (1992) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Abril Vídeo (1993) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Abril Vídeo (1998) (Brazil) (VHS) (Reissue)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2007) (USA) (DVD) (platinum edition)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1998) (Finland) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD) (2-disc edition)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (platinum edition)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1992) (Finland) (video)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (special edition)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)

Other Companies

• Technicolor  color by
• Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital  Walt Disney Productions is grateful to the (as Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street . London)
• RCA Sound System  sound

Also Known As:

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:G (re-rating) (1969) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Finland:S | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (PCA #16065) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG (DVD rating)

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Disney attracted negative comments for their stereotypical depiction of Indians, as indeed did J.M. Barrie with his original play. It's probably for that very reason that the Indians do not appear in the 2002 sequel, Return to Never Land (2002).

Goofs:

Continuity: The pillow on a bench just inside the nursery window is round, save for a later shot, in which case, it is square. Likewise, the chair to the window's right normally has a red seat, but it turns blue temporarily.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it happened in London. It happened on a quiet street in Bloomsbury. That corner house over there is the home of the Darling family. And Peter Pan chose this particular house because there were people here who believed in him.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Our Unsung Villains (#2.20)" (1956)

Soundtrack:

The Elegant Captain Hook

A Classic That Still Soars

"Peter Pan" is without a doubt one of Disney's classics, alongside animated features such as "Snow White" and "Pinocchio." It captures the imagination just as J.M. Barrie's novel and play have. In the movie, the eternally young Peter Pan takes Wendy Darling and her brothers to Neverland, a place of the imagination, populated by Indians, mermaids and pirates. Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conreid, will always be a classic villain, and his henchman, Smee, is a perfect comic relief. There are many funny scenes and good animated sequences. Beneath it all, the story speaks to the kid in all of us. We remember how important it can be to remain young at heart.