Rising outcast: how "Dumbo" saved Disney
On October 23, 1941, a 64-minute film was shown at the Broadway Theatre in New York, the fourth full-length animated film by Walt Disney Studios. Dumbo was conceived as a modest and inexpensive project designed to compensate for financial losses after Pinocchio and Fantasia, but eventually turned into a touching hit. A few weeks after the premiere, Time magazine seriously considered putting the little elephant on the cover.
On October 23, 1941, a 64-minute film was shown at the Broadway Theatre in New York, the fourth full-length animated film by Walt Disney Studios. Dumbo was conceived as a modest and inexpensive project designed to compensate for financial losses after Pinocchio and Fantasia, but eventually turned into a touching hit. A few weeks after the premiere, Time magazine seriously considered putting the little elephant on the cover.
