Peter Pan (1953 movie)

Peter Pan & Wendy, otherwise known as simply Peter Pan, is a 1953 American-British animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It is the 14th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. Started production in 1940 and finished in September 1952, It was first released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures. Peter Pan was re-issued to theaters in 1958, 1969, 1976, 1982 and 1989. Peter Pan is the last Disney animated movie released through RKO. Walt Disney then made his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution.

The movie was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. A sequel called Return to Never Land was released in 2002. A series of direct-to-DVD movies about Tinker Bell began in 2008.

Cast and characters
 Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan
 Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy Darling
 Hans Conried as Captain Hook
 Daws Butler as George Darling
 Bill Thompson as Mr. Smee and Gentleman Starkey
 Ed Wynn, George O'Hanlon, Pat Harrington, Jr. and Stan Freberg as Turk Damien Salt, Black Murphy, Mullins, Bill Jukes, Ship Wibbles, Mr. Tattoo and Skylights
 Heather Angel as Mary Darling
 Paul Collins as John Darling
 Tommy Luske as Michael Darling
 Candy Candido as Great Big Little Panther
 Corinne Orr as Tiger Lily
 Tom Conway as the Narrator
 The Lost Boys:
 Robert Ellis as Cubby
 Jeffrey Silver as Nibs
 Jonny McGovern as the Twins
 Stuffy Singer as Slightly
 Tootles, a silent Lost Boy. Because of that, Tootles remains unvoiced.
 Tony Butala provided nearly all their singing voices.
 June Foray, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Karen Kester and Lucille Bliss as the Mermaids
 Julie Bennett as Squaw Piccaninny
 The Mellomen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Bob Stevens and Max Smith) as the Piccaninny Tribe
 The Disney Studio Chorus as the Pirate Crew

Additionally, Roland Dupree and Don Barclay provided additional voices, as well as both the live-action models for Peter Pan and Mr. Smee respectively.

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