Walt Disney released its second full-length animated feature, Pinocchio, on Feb. 23, 1940, based on Carlo Collodi’s 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. Following the monumental success of ...
In the first version, Pinocchio actually kills Jiminy Cricket, then just called “the Talking Cricket,” by throwing a hammer at him. The puppet is selfish, lazy, and cruel. He gets hanged. He nearly ...