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Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book"). [4] [5]
Harold Pearl. Writer: Dumbo. Harold Pearl was born on 8 June 1914. Harold was a writer, known for Dumbo (1941). Harold was married to Helen Aberson. Harold died on 17 December 1975 in St. Francis Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.
- Writer
- June 8, 1914
- Harold Pearl
- December 17, 1975
Aberson-Mayor met Harold Pearl in October 1937, and they married on February 14, 1938. They co-wrote the Dumbo story and sold it to Roll-a-Book in 1939. No copies of the roll-a-book version have been found, though proofs of the story and examples of earlier versions of the medium indicate it may have existed.
Apr 10, 1999 · An obituary on Saturday about Helen Aberson Mayer, a co-author of ''Dumbo, the Flying Elephant,'' misstated the role of Harold Pearl in creating the book. Mr. Pearl, a journalist who died in...
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...
Oct 25, 2015 · Helen, a Syracusan, wrote the original story of Dumbo with her husband, Harold Pearl. Helen Durney, then working for the Museum of Fine Art, on James Street, did the pre-Disney illustrations.
Mar 18, 2019 · 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 illustrations on a scroll, and readers would turn a little...
