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Auction: 24013 - Original Vintage Film Posters
Lot: 82

Pinocchio (1940)
Original US special jumbo lobby card (1955)
Unframed: 13 x 16 in. (33 x 41 cm)
Framed: 18 1/2 x 22 in. (47 x 55.8 cm)

Conservation framed with UV plexiglass

Disney created this special jumbo lobby card to promote their animation films in 1955 and for it to
coincide with the release of Lady and the Tramp the same year.

Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio, the story was initially serialized in the children’s section of a Roman newspaper and, following its popularity, became a book in 1883. When Walt Disney decided to adapt the story to film, Pinocchio had already climbed to widespread fame, but it was not until he was animated that the naughty wooden boy truly became embedded in the popular imagination.

Excellent condition, colours remaining very bright.

Material of piece: Paper
Material of frame: Obeche wood, card mount and UV plexiglass

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Estimate
£700 to £1,000

Starting price
£500