animation-appreciation-education: Le avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio) 6 in x of
animation-appreciation-education: Le avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio) 6 in x of animated feature film historyRelease: circa 1936 (never released)Country: ItalyDirector: Raoul Verdini, Umberto Spano (debated) “This film was intended to be the first animated feature film from Italy, but it was never completed; if the film was finished, it also would have been the first animated film adaptation based on the novel of the same name. In January 1935, the politician Alfredo Rocco decided to commission the first Italian animated movie at the newly formed CAIR (Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma). It’s not clear who the directors of the film were. Some sources cite Spano and Verdini, while others say it was Romolo Bacchini and his son Carlo. The production of the film was very troubled due to various technical problems. At the end of the year, CAIR, having exhausted the financing, ceased production. The film included about 150,000 drawings and 2,500 feet of film, which all went unused. Raoul Verdini attempted to finish the film, trying to convert it to color, but he failed. In the same year, Disney bought the rights to Pinocchio to make its second film. The Adventures of Pinocchio is now considered a lost film, with only the original script and a few frames still available.” (see more) -- source link
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