Perri

Paul Kenworthy, Ralph Wright (director)
Ralph Wright, Winston Hibler, Felix Salten (screenwriters)
Winston Hibler (narrator)

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1957. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Based on Felix Salten's 1938 novel, "Perri: The Youth of a Squirrel." Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of image PERRI- 725, identifying the cinematographer as Joel Colman. Included in the collection is a shot of cinematographer Joel Colman as he takes footage of Perri scurrying atop a tree.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music. A documentary-fiction hybrid, "Perri" stars a female squirrel who explores the forest and finds a partner named Porro. Unlike Salten's original story, which takes place in Europe, the 1957 film is set in Utah's Uinta National Forest and shot on location.
Shot on location in Wyoming and Utah.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with light soiling to the verso.


[Book #140313]