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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

Origins of Disney Films

Disney Feature Animation films

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), based on the Brothers Grimm's Snow White (1812)
Pinocchio (1940), based 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)
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)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947):
- "Mickey and the Beanstalk" segment based on Jack and the Beanstalk
Melody Time (1948):
- "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 on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1913)
- "Ichabod Crane" segment based on Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819)
Cinderella (1950), based on Charles Perrault's Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1697)
Alice in Wonderland (1951), based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872)
Peter Pan (1953), based on J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (1911)
Sleeping Beauty (1959), based on Charles Perrault's The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (1697)
The Jungle Book (1967), based 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) and Winnie the Pooh (2011), based partially on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
Oliver & Company (1988), based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838)
The Little Mermaid (1989), based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1836)
Beauty and the Beast (1991), based on Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's adaptation of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's Beauty and the Beast (1756)
Aladdin (1992), based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp"
The Lion King (1994), inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1603)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)
Mulan (1998), based on the Chinese folksong "Ballad of Mulan"
Tarzan (1999), based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes' (1914)
Fantasia 2000 (2000):
- "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" segment based 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 on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883)
Chicken Little (2005), inspired by the fable of Henny Penny
The Princess and the Frog (2009), inspired by the Brothers Grimm's The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (1812)
Tangled (2010), based on the Brothers Grimm's Rapunzel (1812)
Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" (1845)

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)
The Shaggy Dog (1959), loosely based on Felix Salten's The Hound of Florence (1923)
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)
The Legend of Lobo (1962), based on Ernest Thompson Seton's "Lobo, the King of Currumpaw" (1898)
Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963), based on Russell Thorndike's A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh (1915)
Summer Magic (1963), based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966), loosely based on Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719)
King of the Grizzlies (1970), loosely based on Ernest Thompson Seton's Biography Of A Grizzly (1900)
The Million Dollar Duck (1971), based on the fable "The Hen and the Golden Eggs"
No Deposit, No Return (1976), inspired by O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1907) and "A Retrieved Reformation" (1903)
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) and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004), 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)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999):
- "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas" segment based on William Dean Howells's "Christmas Every Day" (1892)
- "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi" segment based on O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" (1905)
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)
John Carter (2012), based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars (1917)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (1892)

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 the Brothers Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel" (1812)
The Night Before Christmas (1933), based on Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823)
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"
The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934), based on the fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper"
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 the fable "The Hare and the Tortoise"
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935), based on the nursery rhyme "The Death and Burial of Cock Robin"
Thru the Mirror (1936), based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872)
Little Hiawatha (1937), based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
Brave Little Tailor (1938), based on the Brothers Grimm's "The Valiant Little Tailor" (1812)
Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1938), based on Eugene Field's poem "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (1889)
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)

Hall of Presidents Remarks

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)