It stars Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton and Alan Arkin. The new film version, reimagined by director Tim Burton, combines live action with computer-generated imagery to create a whole new look for this delightful tale. Of course, Disney turned Dumbo into a successful animated film in 1941 that has tugged at heartstrings for generations. A first-generation Russian-American, her Jewish family struggled through poverty and bigotry to make its way in a new country.* “At times her life was difficult,” Andrew Mayer says. Her son believed Dumbo was a metaphor for his mother’s own experience. However, before it could go into production, the story idea was sold in 1939 to Disney Productions, which purchased all intellectual property rights, including book publishing.Īberson, who died in 1999, was proud of her story, which was tinged with sadness but demonstrated how perseverance triumphs in the end. Two or three prototypes were created in the scrolling-book format. of Syracuse, New York, acquired the rights to publish Dumbo from author Helen Aberson and her then-husband, Harold Pearl, who was the illustrator.
To follow the story, readers would twist dials on the outside of the box until the next frame with pictures and words came into view. It was intended to be published as a novelty book with illustrations printed on a long scroll contained in a box. The story of the baby elephant with very large ears who must overcome adversity and ridicule to become a circus star was originally planned as a children’s book. As Dumbo soars into theaters this week with a new Disney live-action movie, it is interesting to note that it was a simple twist of fate that brought this beloved classic to the silver screen in the first place.
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