CNN — Even taking it as a given that Disney's animated classics will all receive live-action makeovers eventually, "Pinocchio" feels like an unnecessary exercise -- a movie so flat that it never ...

Given how revered Disney's "Pinocchio" is today, it's hard to believe it was a flop when it was first released exactly three quarters of a century ago. Upon its New York City premiere, on February 7, ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on Feb. 8, 1940. This story was written by Kate Cameron.) Walt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi’s world-famous fairy story, “Pinocchio,” and presto!