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Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book"). [4][5]
Apr 2, 2019 · But the real-life elephant the beloved big-eared mammal was based on wasn’t so fortunate. After watching his mother killed in front of his eyes, years of being drugged with alcohol and subjected to stress, Jumbo the Elephant was killed by a train at just 24 years old.
May 21, 2022 · Disney’s classic movie Dumbo is based on a real elephant, and incorporates elements of the true history of circus elephants to make the movie darker.
Mar 31, 2019 · Based on a then-unpublished children’s book by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, which Disney acquired the rights to in the late 1930s, “Dumbo” was initially conceived as a short. But its simple,...
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Mar 28, 2019 · In case you don't remember from the first 20 minutes of the film, Dumbo's real name is Jumbo, just like the African elephant who came to the London zoo in 1865.
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May 23, 2019 · It is believed that the story of Dumbo is loosely based on the real life elephant Jumbo, a male African Bush elephant born in Sudan in 1860. After his mother was killed by poachers he was captured and sold to Lorenzo Casanova, an Italian animal dealer and explorer.
Mar 26, 2019 · Dumbo has a human family now. Former horse trainer Holt Ferrier (Colin Farrell) and his two children are the main focus of this modern story to help drive the plot.
