1. Like many Disney movies, this one started as a book. Dumbo the Flying Elephant, written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, started out as a 36-page "Roll-A-Book." The "book" was a series of ...

This is about a flying elephant named Dumbo. We know that 2001 was the 60th anniversary of the release of the Walt Disney film based on the story. And that a sequel is in the works. We might not ...

Specifically in the case of Dumbo, the story of a baby elephant with ears so giant that they allow him to fly. Justin Springer and Ehren Kruger were unable to track down the Roll-a-Book ...

Roll-A-Book Publishers, Inc. of Syracuse, New York, acquired the rights to publish Dumbo from author Helen Aberson and her then-husband, Harold Pearl, who was the illustrator. Two or three ...

“Dumbo” was seen, in many ways, as a course correction; it was based on something inherently populist (a roll-a-book aimed at children) and clocked in at just over an hour (“Fantasia” had ...

You’re thinking, this movie isn’t based on a book – but it IS! The original story first appeared as a Roll-A-book story by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. A Roll-A-Book was a distinctive ...