Peter Pan

Director: Jerome Robbins

Overview

Bid your cares goodbye as Wendy and her brothers embark on fantastic adventures with the hero of their bedtime stories Peter Pan! With faith, trust and Tinker Bells pixie dust, Peter teaches them how to fly and leads them to the second star to the right and beyond to Never Land!

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2015
UPC:	0089948459293
Original Release:	1956
Source:	VAI DISTRIBUTION
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	17,959

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mary Martin	Peter Pan
Cyril Ritchard	Mr. Darling and Captain Hook
Kathleen Nolan	Wendy
Sondra Lee	Tiger Lily
Margalo Gillmore	Mrs. Darling
Heller Halliday	Liza
Joe Marks	Smee
Peter Howard	Tinkerbell
Norman Shelly	Nana and Crocodile
Luke Halpin	Second Twin
Peggy Maurer	Wendy Grown-up
John Holland	Black Bill
Diki Lerner	Indian

Technical Credits

Jerome Robbins

Director

Editorial Reviews

An instant classic when first telecast, this Peter Pan may come as a surprise to those raised on Disney's animated version. Sticking rather closer to J.M. Barrie's original conception of Peter Pan and his world, there's a wonderful fragility to the piece, as well as a slightly dark undercurrent to it, as when Wendy is shot down with an arrow by the Lost Boys or the dismissive manner with which Mr. Darling treats his children. All of this meshes with Jerome Robbins' original vision of a fantasy enacted from a child's point of view, and that vision gives the piece a great deal of its life and tone. The greater part of that life and tone, however, comes from the stellar performance of Mary Martin in the title role. Make no mistake about it: Martin is not playing a boy, no matter how much she may proclaim that fact. There is nothing boyish about her -- but she is remarkably childish, and it is her embodiment of the spirit of youth (and all that is both glorious and selfish about it) that is remarkable. No less remarkable is this Broadway legend's handling of her many musical numbers. She's in rare voice and literally glows during each moment of song. Cyril Ritchard does quite well as her co-star, making a deliciously hammy Hook, and the rest of the cast does the little that is required of it quite well. While the flying effects are necessarily less impressive than when seen live in a theater, they still pack a nice punch -- as does this delightful production as a whole.