PETER PAN
(Walt Disney-R.K.O. Radio) LICE (I thought) was almost-the-end-of-Disney-for-me, but when Peter made his startling and quite wonderful appearance, in silhouette on the rooftree, in this latest piece, I swallowed quickly and began a hasty reconsideration, This mightn’t be Disney-at-his best but it was quite definitely Disney-not-as-bad-as-he-can-be. Captain Hook was the poorest conception here---a waxed-mous-tached, sleek-haired, Continental sort of villain, not a bit like the old cut-throat I'd always imagined. Peter, too, in closeup, was a bit disappointing-a slightly more fiendish-looking little boy than I’d expected; and the crocodile — well, he might have been less of a joke. Still, for most people Disney’s Peter Pan will, I think, be good enough and, even if they know the Barrie story well, close enough to the original to be enjoyed.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 758, 29 January 1954, Page 17
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129PETER PAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 758, 29 January 1954, Page 17
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