PINOCCHIO (1940) 21355

Original Walt Disney Productions 1945 Re-Release One Sheet Poster (27x41). Folded. Very Fine Plus.

Original Walt Disney Productions 1945 Re-Release One Sheet Poster (27x41) for the Norman Ferguson and T. Hee animation masterpiece, PINOCCHIO (1940) starring the voices of Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, and Charles Judels. This film is the animated musical version of Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. The lonely carpenter Geppetto carves a wooden boy named Pinocchio who comes to life after his creator "wishes upon a star." The Blue Fairy tells Pinocchio that he can become a real boy if he leads an honest, exemplary life, but Pinocchio's naivete and suggestibility make him an easy target for the criminal element that wishes to exploit him at every turn. PINOCCHIO won two Academy Awards for music, and the Leigh Harline and Ned Washington song "When You Wish Upon a Star" became so iconic that Walt Disney pictures adopted it as its official theme. This is the American one sheet poster for the first re-release of the animation classic - the release of 1945. Interestingly enough, the character Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy are emphasized on this poster. The poster is an offset lithograph in very fine plus condition.

BEN SHARPSTEEN - Director
HAMILTON LUSKE - Director
JIMINY CRICKET -