Barrie famously left the rights to Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street Hospital when he died. Disney had to make a deal with a hospital to make the movie.Īuthor J.M. “No actor ever identified himself with the part he was playing more than I,” he said. Perhaps inspired by the performance he saw, Walt went on to play Peter Pan in a school production. Walt later landed the title role himself.

Disney said that to her, “The Peter whom she created was to her real life and blood, while another’s creation of this character would only be a ghost to her,” and surmised that “Miss Adams is simply living in the past.” 2. He remembered the performance fondly and later asked her to look at an early reel of his version of Peter Pan she declined. Walt Disney broke his piggy bank to get the money for tickets to the performance starring actress Maude Adams. As a young boy, Walt Disney saw a touring production of Peter Pan. To celebrate its 63rd birthday, here are a few fun facts about the perpetually pubescent Pan. I’d never take any significant amount it is purely just about the inconvenience of never having cash in my purse and Evie always having it in her moneybox – it’s logical.Īccording to Evie though, her moneybox is also her treasure chest, which not only contains money but the money that was going to buy her an indoor skydiving experience, something she had been saving to buy for months.Īdmittedly, she had been working hard to save and had also been doing a lot more around the house to earn extra money and as a parent, this work ethic was good to see, even if it was the money and the skydiving that inspired it.īut the truth is, it wasn’t enough to make me feel guilty about what I was doing.It may be officially old enough to retire, but Walt Disney’s Peter Pan has never grown up. I also never really take that much, it is just if I need the odd coin for something and it is hard now, in a pretty much cashless society, when you actually need some coins quickly- kid’s moneyboxes are a saviour.Īnd the odd coin here or there, isn’t like I’ve withdrawn her life savings. To me, taking some coins here or there from Evie’s moneybox isn’t really stealing because I usually pay her back, or make up for it somewhere down the track anyway. My daughter said it's the principle of it, not the money

Plus, the truth is, I have been taking money from her moneybox for years now (I’ve just never been caught).

Busted piggy bank