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Origins of Disney Films

Disney Feature Animation films

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), based on the Brothers Grimm's Snow White (1812)
• Pinocchio (1940), based on Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)
• Fantasia (1940):
  • "The Sorceror's Apprentice" segment based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1797)
• Bambi (1942), based on Felix Salten's Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923)
• Make Mine Music (1946):
  • "Casey at the Bat" segment based on Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" (1888)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947):
  • "Mickey and the Beanstalk" segment based on Jack and the Beanstalk
• Melody Time (1948):
  • "Trees" segment based on Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees" (1913)
  • "Pecos Bill" segment based on Edward S. O'Reilly's stories of "Pecos Bill" (1917-1923)
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949):
  • "Adventures of Mr. Toad" segment based on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1913)
  • "Ichabod Crane" segment based on Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819)
• Cinderella (1950), based on Charles Perrault's Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1697)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951), based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872)
• Peter Pan (1953), based on J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (1911)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959), based on Charles Perrault's The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (1697)
• The Jungle Book (1967), based on selections from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894)
• Robin Hood (1973), based on legends of Robin Hood
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and Winnie the Pooh (2011), based partially on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
• Oliver & Company (1988), based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838)
• The Little Mermaid (1989), based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1836)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991), based on Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's adaptation of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's Beauty and the Beast (1756)
• Aladdin (1992), based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp"
• The Lion King (1994), inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1603)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)
• Mulan (1998), based on the Chinese folksong "Ballad of Mulan"
• Tarzan (1999), based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes' (1914)
• Fantasia 2000 (2000):
  • "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" segment based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (1838)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), inspired by Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1869) and Plato's Timaeus (c. 390 BC)
• Treasure Planet (2002), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883)
• Chicken Little (2005), inspired by the fable of Henny Penny
• The Princess and the Frog (2009), inspired by the Brothers Grimm's The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (1812)
• Tangled (2010), based on the Brothers Grimm's Rapunzel (1812)
• Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" (1845)

Other Disney films

• Song of the South (1946), based on Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (1886)
• Treasure Island (1950) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883)
• The Sword and the Rose (1953), based on Charles Major's When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), based on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (1870)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), partly based on Herminie Templeton Kavanagh's Darby O'Gill and the Good People (1903)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959), loosely based on Felix Salten's The Hound of Florence (1923)
• Kidnapped (1960), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (1886)
• Pollyanna (1960) and Polly (1989), based on Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna (1913)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997), based on Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson (1812)
• Toby Tyler (1960), based on James Otis Kaler's Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (1881)
• Babes in Toyland (1961), based on Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough's operetta Babes in Toyland (1903)
• Greyfriars Bobby (1961), based on Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson's Greyfriar's Bobby (1912)
• In Search of the Castaways (1962), based on Jules Verne's In Search of the Castaways; or Captain Grant's Children (1867-68)
• The Legend of Lobo (1962), based on Ernest Thompson Seton's "Lobo, the King of Currumpaw" (1898)
• Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963), based on Russell Thorndike's A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh (1915)
• Summer Magic (1963), based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
• Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966), loosely based on Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719)
• King of the Grizzlies (1970), loosely based on Ernest Thompson Seton's Biography Of A Grizzly (1900)
• The Million Dollar Duck (1971), based on the fable "The Hen and the Golden Eggs"
• No Deposit, No Return (1976), inspired by O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1907) and "A Retrieved Reformation" (1903)
• Return to Oz (1985), based on L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), Ozma of Oz (1907), and Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
• Shipwrecked (1990), based on Oluf Falck-Ytter's Haakon Haakonsen: En norsk Robinson (1873)
• White Fang (1991), based on Jack London's White Fang (1906)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and A Christmas Carol (2009), based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843)
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
• The Three Musketeers (1993) and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004), based on Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers (1844)
• Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994), based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895)
• A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995), based on Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
• Tom and Huck (1995), based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
• Oliver Twist (1997), based on Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999):
  • "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas" segment based on William Dean Howells's "Christmas Every Day" (1892)
  • "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi" segment based on O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" (1905)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004), based on Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010), inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
• Gnomeo and Juliet (2011), based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1643)
• John Carter (2012), based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars (1917)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (1892)

Television series

• Zorro (1957-59) and Zorro and Son (1983), based on Johnston McCulley's Zorro stories
• Road to Avonlea (1990-96), based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's The Story Girl (1911), The Golden Road (1913), Chronicles of Avonlea (1912), and Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)

Short films

• The Ugly Duckling (1931) and The Ugly Duckling (1939), based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" (1872)
• Babes in the Woods (1932), based on the Brothers Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel" (1812)
• The Night Before Christmas (1933), based on Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823)
• Old King Cole (1933), based on "Old King Cole" and other nursery rhymes
• Three Little Pigs (1933), based on the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs"
• The Big Bad Wolf (1934), based on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"
• The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934), based on the fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper"
• Gulliver Mickey (1934), based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
• The Wise Little Hen (1934), based on the Russian fairy tale "The Little Red Hen"
• The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), based on the fable "The Hare and the Tortoise"
• Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935), based on the nursery rhyme "The Death and Burial of Cock Robin"
• Thru the Mirror (1936), based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872)
• Little Hiawatha (1937), based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
• Brave Little Tailor (1938), based on the Brothers Grimm's "The Valiant Little Tailor" (1812)
• Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1938), based on Eugene Field's poem "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (1889)
• Chicken Little (1943), based on the fable of "Henny Penny"
• Pigs Is Pigs (1954), based on Ellis Parker Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs" (1905)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1990), based on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper (1882)
• The Little Matchgirl (2006), based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" (1845)

Hall of Presidents Remarks

• Remarks recorded by Bill Clinton for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, Florida
• Remarks recorded by George W. Bush for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, Florida
• Remarks recorded by Barack Obama for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, Florida
• Remarks recorded by Donald Trump for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, Florida

Presidential Proclamations relating to Disney

• Proclamation 4725 by Jimmy Carter, honoring the memory of Walt Disney (1980)
• Proclamation 5585 by Ronald Reagan, honoring the memory of Walt Disney on the 85th anniversary of his birth (1986)

Lawsuits to which Disney is a party

• Allen v. Walt Disney
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.