... more than $117,000,000 to date. The film premiered 7 February 1940 at the Central Theatre in New York. The story for Pinocchio was based off a famous nineteenth century children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi. Originally the story was published in serial form between 1880 and 1883 in the Italian Periodical Giornale dei Bambini. Soon it would be ... that goodness is rewarded. The Blue Fairy that grants Pinocchio the gift of life is seen as a mother figure, not only because she created him, but because she nurtures and guides him to who he eventually becomes. She tel...

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