Felix Salten, author of BAMBI, did not write PINOCCHIO, which was written by
Collodi. However, Salten (one of the pseudonyms of Siegmund Salzmann) wrote
other things adapted by Disney: DIE JUGEND DES EICHHOERCHENS PERRI (PERRI: THE
YOUTH OF A SQUIRREL) as PERRI (1957) and DER HUND VON FLORENZ (THE HOUND OF
FLORENCE) as THE SHAGGY DOG (1959). Also, according to my source for all this,
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, BAMBI was very popular after its publication in 1926,
although it may have been obscure by the time Disney filmed it in 1942.
Darren Harris-Fain
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