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The Walt Disney Company has often used the commons as a basis of its own works. This portal collates these stories, and other works relating to the company.

See also List of sources for Disney theatrical animated features

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Origins of Disney Films

Disney Feature Animation films

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), based primarily on Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm's Snow White (1812)
• Pinocchio (1940), based primarily on Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)
• Fantasia (1940): "The Sorceror's Apprentice" segment based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1797)
• Dumbo (1941), based on Helen Aberson's Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939)
• Bambi (1942), based on Felix Salten's Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923)
• Make Mine Music (1946):
  • "Casey at the Bat" segment based on Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem Casey at the Bat (1888)
  • "Peter and the Wolf" segment based on Sergei Prokofiev's composition Peter and the Wolf (1936)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947):
  • "Bongo" segment based on Sinclair Lewis' short story "Little Bear Bongo" (1936)
  • "Mickey and the Beanstalk" segment based primarily on Jack and the Beanstalk
• Melody Time (1948):
  • "Little Toot" segment based on Hardie Gramatky's story "Little Toot" (1939)
  • "Trees" segment based on Joyce Kilmer's poem Trees (1913)
  • "Pecos Bill" segment based on Edward S. O'Reilly's stories of "Pecos Bill" (1917-1923)
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949):
  • "Adventures of Mr. Toad" segment based primarily on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1913)
  • "Ichabod Crane" segment based primarily on Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1919)
• Cinderella (1950), based primarily on Charles Perrault's Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1697)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951), based primarily on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
• Peter Pan (1953), based primarily on J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (1911)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955), based primarily on Ward Greene's Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog (1924)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959), based primarily on Charles Perrault's The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (1697)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), based primarily on Dodie Smith's The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
• The Sword in the Stone (1963), based primarily on T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone (1938)
• The Jungle Book (1967), based primarily on selections from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894)
• Robin Hood (1973), based on legends of Robin Hood
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), based primarily on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
• The Rescuers (1977), based primarily on Margery Sharp's The Rescuers (1959) and Miss Bianca (1962)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981), based primarily on Daniel P. Mannix's The Fox and the Hound (1967)
• The Black Cauldron (1985), loosely based on Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three (1964) and The Black Cauldron (1965)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986), based primarily on Eve Titus's Basil of Baker Street (1958)
• Oliver & Company (1988), based primarily on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838)
• The Little Mermaid (1989), based primarily on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1836)
• Beauty and the Beast, based primarily on Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast (1756)
• Aladdin (1992), based primarily on Antoine Galland's Les Mille et Une Nuits (1704-1717)
• The Lion King (1994), inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1603)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), based primarily on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)
• Mulan (1998), based on the Chinese folksong Ballad of Mulan
• Tarzan (1999), based primarily on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes' (1914)
• Fantasia 2000 (2000): "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" segment based primarily on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (1838)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), inspired by Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1869) and Plato's Timaeus (c. 390 BC)
• Treasure Planet (2002), based primarily on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883)
• Chicken Little (2005), inspired by the fable of Henny Penny
• Meet the Robinsons (2007), based primarily on William Joyce's A Day with Wilbur Robinson (1990)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009), based primarily on E. D. Baker's The Frog Princess (2002), itself inspired by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm's The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (1812)
• Tangled (2010), based on Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm's Rapunzel (1812)
• Winnie the Pooh (2011), based primarily on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
• Frozen (2013), inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" (1845)
• Big Hero 6 (2014), inspired by Marvel Comics' Sunfire & Big Hero 6 (1998)

Other Disney films

• Song of the South (1946), based on Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (1886)
• Treasure Island (1950) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883)
• The Sword and the Rose (1953), based on Charles Major's When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), based on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (1870)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), partly based on Herminie Templeton Kavanagh's Darby O'Gill and the Good People (1903)
• Kidnapped (1960), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (1886)
• Pollyanna (1960) and Polly (1989), based on Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna (1913)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997), based on Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson (1812)
• Toby Tyler (1960), based on James Otis Kaler's Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (1881)
• Babes in Toyland (1961), based on Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough's operetta Babes in Toyland (1903)
• Greyfriars Bobby (1961), based on Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson's Greyfriar's Bobby (1912)
• In Search of the Castaways (1962), based on Jules Verne's In Search of the Castaways; or Captain Grant's Children (1867-68)
• Summer Magic (1963), based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
• Return to Oz (1985), based on L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), Ozma of Oz (1907), and Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
• Shipwrecked (1990), based on Oluf Falck-Ytter's Haakon Haakonsen: En norsk Robinson (1873)
• White Fang (1991), based on Jack London's White Fang (1906)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and A Christmas Carol (2009), based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843)
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
• The Three Musketeers (1993), based on Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers (1844)
• Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994), based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895)
• A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995), based on Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
• Tom and Huck (1995), based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
• Oliver Twist (1997), based on Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004), based on Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010), inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
• Gnomeo and Juliet (2011), based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1643)

Television series

• Zorro (1957-59) and Zorro and Son (1983), based on Johnston McCulley's Zorro stories
• Road to Avonlea (1990-96), based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's The Story Girl (1911), The Golden Road (1913), Chronicles of Avonlea (1912), and Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)

Short films

• The Ugly Duckling (1931) and The Ugly Duckling (1939), based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling (1872)
• Babes in the Woods (1932), based on Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm's Hansel and Gretel (1812)
• Old King Cole (1933), based on Old King Cole and other nursery rhymes
• Three Little Pigs (1933), based on the fairy tale Three Little Pigs
• The Big Bad Wolf (1934), based on the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood
• Gulliver Mickey (1934), based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
• The Wise Little Hen (1934), based on the Russian fairy tale The Little Red Hen
• The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), based on Aesop's The Hare and the Tortoise
• Brave Little Tailor (1938), based on Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm's The Valiant Little Tailor (1812)
• Chicken Little (1943), based on the fable of Henny Penny
• Pigs Is Pigs (1954), based on Ellis Parker Butler's Pigs Is Pigs (1905)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1990), based on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper (1882)
• The Little Matchgirl (2006), based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl (1845)

Presidential Proclamations relating to Disney

• Proclamation 4725 by Jimmy Carter, honoring the memory of Walt Disney (1980)
• Proclamation 5585 by Ronald Reagan, honoring the memory of Walt Disney on the 85th anniversary of his birth (1986)

Lawsuits to which Disney is a party

• Allen v. Walt Disney
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.