Little Wooden Wheedlings: Seq. 1.5 ("Blue Fairy Gives Pinocchio Life")

The stars shine bright this Saturday as Wyatt is joined by fashion history writer, Marley Healy (@bastion_of_fashion), to discuss the iconic sequence in 1940's Pinocchio, where Ginger Rogers brings a doll to life and appoints little Fred Astaire as the doll's conscience. Well, that's my head-canon, at least. Check out her numerous fashion history articles at bastionoffashion.com.You can find the show @disreeltoreelpodcast and host Wyatt @goldenafternoon51 on Instagram!Feel free to write in at [email protected]:Allan, Robin. “Characterisation.” Walt Disney and Europe: European Influences on the Animated Feature Films of Walt Disney, John Libbey, London, 1999, pp. 82–88. Book. Formichella, Janice. “Glamour Escapism: 1930s Fashion.” Recollections Blog, 21 Jan. 2023, https://recollections.biz/blog/glamour-escapism-1930s-fashion/. Fortson, Beth, and Kelsey Noel. “Original Costume Sketches for a Production of Pinocchio, 1939.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, 19 Jan. 2016, https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2016/01/19/original-costume-sketches-for-a-production-of-pinocchio-1939/. Kaufman, J. B. “The Blue Fairy.” Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic, The Walt Disney Family Foundation Press, San Francisco, CA, 2015, pp. 76–80. Book.                                 “The Novachord.” Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic, The Walt Disney Family Foundation Press, San Francisco, CA, 2015, p. 135. Book.Mayerson, Mark. "Pinocchio Part 3." Mayerson on Animation, 10 Mar. 2007, http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/03/pinocchio-part-3.html.                                         “Pinocchio Part 3A.” Mayerson on Animation, 11 Mar. 2007, http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/03/pinocchio-part-3a.html. Renaut, Christian. “The Fairy turns around to address Pinocchio.” The Best of Disney’s Animated Features, vol. 1, Theme Park Press, Monee, IL, 2020, pp. 63–67.                                              “The light turns into a Blue Fairy and she first addresses Gepetto and Figaro who are sleeping.” The Best of Disney’s Animated Features, vol. 1, Theme Park Press, Monee, IL, 2020, pp. 61–63. Book. Subtitled Plays. “Pinocchio with Cliff Edwards 📻 Lux Radio Theater.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Sept. 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GILNZUmn-Yc&t=2333s. Send us Fan Mail