Disney feature film source material - Definition and Overview

This is a list of sources of Disney features:

Adapted from Books or Book Series

• 101 Dalmatians - The One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
• Alice in Wonderland - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
• Bambi - Bambi by Felix Salten
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks - The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks by Mary Norton
• The Black Cauldron - The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
• The Great Mouse Detective - Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories
• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
• The Jungle Book - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• Mary Poppins - Mary Poppins and seven sequels by P.L. Travers
• Oliver and Company - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Peter Pan - Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie
• Pinocchio - Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• The Rescuers - The Rescuers and sequels by Margery Sharp
• Swiss Family Robinson - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
• The Sword in the Stone - The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
• Tarzan - Tarzan and sequels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Treasure Planet - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Adapted from Folk Tales, Fairy Tales or Legends

• Robin Hood - English folk tale about Robin Hood
• Aladdin - Arab folk tale from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
• Beauty and the Beast - French folk tale
• Cinderella - French folk tale
• Hercules - Character in Greek mythology
• The Little Mermaid - Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
• Mulan - Chinese folk tale about Hua Mulan
• Pocahontas - American folk tale (inspired by a real event)
• Snow White - Folk tale collected by Brothers Grimm

Original

• The Lion King – There is controversy about the originality of this film. See the article for information.
• Lilo & Stitch - original idea by Chris Sanders
• The Emperor's New Groove

Combination

• Fantasia

See also

• List of Disney animated features

External link

• Walt Disney and Fairytales (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/6351/disfai.html)

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