Peter Pan (1960) (TV)

Director:

Vincent J. Donehue

Writers:

J.M. Barrie (play)
Jerome Robbins (adaptation)

Release Date:

8 December 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical | Fantasy

Plot:

In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Peter Pan | Fairy | Captain Hook | Pirate

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mary Martin	...	Peter Pan
Cyril Ritchard	...	Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
Maureen Bailey	...	Wendy Darling / Jane
Margalo Gillmore	...	Mrs. Darling
Sondra Lee	...	Tiger Lily
Joe E. Marks	...	Smee
Joey Trent	...	John Darling
Kent Fletcher	...	Michael Darling
Jacqueline Mayro	...	Liza
Edmund Gaynes	...	Slightly
Bill Snowden	...	Curly
Carson Woods	...	Nibs
Benedict Herrman	...	First Twin (as Brad Herrman)
Luke Halpin	...	Second Twin
David Komoroff	...	Tootles

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Vitagraph Studios - 15th Street & Locust Avenue, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Trivia:

Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard recreate their Tony Award winning performances in this production.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The wires to aid Michael in flying are clearly visible in the scene in the bedroom when Peter is teaching the children to fly.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Some say that as we grow up, we become different people at different ages, but I don't believe this. I think we remain the same throughout, merely passing in these years from one room, to another, but always in the same house. If we unlock the rooms, we can look in and see ourselves beginning to become you and me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mork & Mindy: Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies (#2.23)" (1980)

Soundtrack:

Hook's Tango

A childhood dream

My earliest recollection of seeing PETER PAN (which, like Marta's, was second only to THE WIZARD OF OZ as the "movie" of my childhood) must have been sometime around 63 or 64 (when I was only 6 or 7)--I'm not even sure of the year, maybe earlier, maybe later, but I remember watching it on my aunt and uncle's TV in their basement family room and clapping for Tinker Bell. Then, many years later, I read that NBC was going to offer us another showing (1988?) and I had my VCR ready. Despite the primitive video tape recording of the picture and sound, this version of PETER PAN still enchants me at age 43 (well, in two weeks, anyway). And how wonderful it is to have Mary Martin's performance recorded for posterity. What is more interesting to me is that when I finally had the opportunity to direct the music for a stage production (in 1994, and with a wonderful actor named Kathy St. George as Peter) it was that the adults in the audience were the ones most caught up in the spell--but the children, too, "believed." I'm watching the video now and Tink's about to die, so I better get ready to show my belief in her.