Peter Pan (1953)

The Spiro girls unite again for another season of the Magical marathon! Brie had the day off, so she joined us for breakfast and a movie. Brie played Nana (the dog) in Peter Pan production and was delighted through the whole thing.

Moments I enjoyed:

• The lost boys. Someone made the comment that they had forgotten how they dressed in animal costumes-- similar to the Max in Where the wild things are (1963). We wondered if the movie influenced Maurice Sendak's book at all.
• Finn's love of Tink. In case you have forgotten, Finn got to meet Tink (after waiting in line with his mama for like an hour) and see her fly over the castle last October with the family.
• Rewinding and watching Captain Hook Scream like a girl over and over again.

On a side note, I was searching for pictures from Peter Pan and found this little treasure. Whenever I enter comic book stores (okay, the one time I have,) for some reason I'm mostly only drawn to the muppet comics. But just LOOK at that. Animal as a lostboy? Perfect! Miss Piggy as the jealous moody Tinkerbell? Remarkable!

Name that voice...

I learn so much from my sisters. They'll hear a voice and say, "Where have we heard this before?" But they usually can call it before IMDB tells them. A common one is Sterling Holloway, best known for Winnie the Pooh. Here are some other voices he's done:

The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

Kaa in the Jungle Book

Mr. Stork from Dumbo and Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Bridget was able to pinpoint that the mean flowers in Alice in wonderland

are also in Dumbo:

And Lucy knew that the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland...

...is Mr. Smee from Peter Pan. (Aka, Bill Thompson)