Walt Disney's "PINOCCHIO" Center Theatre / New York 1940 Animated Film Program

Description

This is a rare February 29th, 1940 program
from the screening of Walt Disney's "PINOCCHIO"
at New York's Center Theatre. (The animated film classic premiered at the Center Theatre in New York City on February 7th, 1940.) .....
"PINOCCHIO"
is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film
produced by Walt Disney Productions
and based on the 1883 Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio"
by Carlo Collodi.
It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney,
made after the first animated success "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
(1937).
Although it became the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award — winning two for Best Music, Original Score and for Best Music, Original Song for "When You Wish Upon a Star"
— it was initially a box office bomb,
mainly due to World War II
cutting off the European and Asian markets overseas. It eventually made a profit in it's 1945 reissue, and is considered one of the greatest animated films ever made. The film featured the voices of DICK JONES as "Pinocchio", CLIFF EDWARDS as "Jiminy Cricket", CHRISTIAN RUB as "Geppetto", CLARENCE NASH as "Figaro", WALTER CATLETT as "Honest John Worthington Foulfellow", CHARLES JUDELS as "Stromboli", EVELYN VENABLE as "The Blue Fairy", FRANK DARRO as "Lampwick" and STUART BUCHANAN as the "Carnival Barker"
..... DETAILS: The eight page playbill measures 6 3/4" X 9 1/4" inches and
includes a character list with illustrations, promotional text, photos showing the creation of the film and several related advertisements
..... CONDITION: With the exception of a light fold across the middle, moderate creasing and minor edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any classic film aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.