Thanks for posting this!  I had never heard of Peter Pan until I was five or six and received a Liddle Kiddle, probably for Christmas, called Peter Paniddle.  Mom explained there was a book and film character named Peter Pan.  (I have posted elsewhere about my dad seeing the first film version as a child.)  All Kiddles came with their own liddle books so there was some form of Peter Pan story with it if you can ever come across a copy.  It is a valuable collector's item and maybe you could get a collector to photocopy theirs for you.  I can ask on my Kiddle group if anyone is interested.  Too bad I don't see a way to share pictures on this board.  The doll was beautiful and came with Tinker Bell (like a winged miniature Barbie), a crocodile with a plastic plug in its stomach Mom said was an alarm clock, a foam shadow (really rare now as they disintegrate), and the book.  He even had his own liddle dagger.  Since Peter Pan was still in copyright then I wonder what sort of permission Mattel had to have for this if any.

That first Peter was rather trashed because I was still quite young and drew red ink socks on him so he would match Liddle Red Riding Hiddle, but later I got one I kept fairly nicely which was my favorite Kiddle and we often explored around the neighborhood.  Since this was 1970 I made him his own space capsule out of a paper cup (these were very small dolls).  In third grade I wore him around my neck on St. Patrick's Day as a leprechaun and wouldn't leave for school till he was fixed just right--late that day.  Once I removed his tunic at my friend's house and when I went over to get it the next day my friend's mother had already thrown it away so Peter had to wear other clothes after that.  Later poor Peter met the same fate as his tunic at the hands of some unmentionable people, and I have had to buy replacements.

I didn't read the full book till I was an adult some years after seeing the Disney movie at the theater in college.  I probably saw at least one TV version before then.  The only thing I remember about that is being terribly scared as a child by the scene where the pirates went into the cabin one by one and Peter stabbed them.  For the record I have seen one professional and one local small town production both of which were great.  Still working on seeing many of the movies.

Thanks for your enlightening answers.  I am sorry Barrie felt the special effects weren't good.  I liked the outdoor scenes and thought the fairies were especially well done.  I loved Tinker Bell trying to open the dresser drawer and Peter Pan sweeping up the fairies.  I posted my dad's anecdote here https://moviechat.org for future preservation.  It is profoundly to be hoped that anyone with anything to say on films, TV, or those connected with them support this wonderful site.  Here is Barrie's page, with no posts yet:  https://moviechat.org/nm0057381/JM-Barrie-I-Writer-Peter-Pan-1953

Just saw this film and have some questions.

What did Barrie think of the film overall?

Did any of the proceeds benefit Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital or was that only after Barrie's death?

What did he think of all the instances of transferring from British to American references?

Did Alan Hale Sr. possibly play one of the pirates?  He'd been around for years at that point, and one of the pirates looked a lot like him, but it's not in his credits if so.

Thanks for any insights.

I also have a little anecdote about this film.  My dad saw it in first run when he was six years old.  During the scene where Peter Pan asked children to clap to save Tinker Bell, the first time Dad and his little friend clapped like mad.  The second time, Dad told his friend, "Let's not clap this time and see if that fairy gets well anyway."  Clever and heartless indeed.

Two copies are on YouTube.  One with music, but very poor quality picture.  One with good quality picture, but no music.

CORRECTION:  At least three copies.  There seems to be a good copy with music I didn't notice at first.

That's really interesting.  I guess you know about Harry Potter ripoffs in Russia and China.

This is fascinating to learn!  I wonder whether it was really lost and turned up or whether it was hidden for a time?

I spent years trying to locate the photo album of a local family because they lived in a historic home which fascinated me.  I now have some hope that their album, said to have gone to a family member who did not know where it was, may also turn up!

There are only 4 photos extant of Michael dressed as P P, taken at Rustington in 1906. Two of them were in Peter's wife Pee's album (the one that mysteriously went missing after I returned it to Peter's son Rivvy in 1976, but which I had already rephotographed in 35mm), the 3rd was in Nico's album called "Sunny Memories" (the superb one on the cover of my book), and the 4th - of Michael and Barrie together (the photo on this website's homepage) was loose in a box. There may of course have been others, but to the best of my knowledge none have ever surfaced in the 30+ years I've been on the case.

Was the missing album the same one which went up for auction in 2012?  This absolutely must be it, but oddly I can't find any mention of this momentous auction in the forum or elsewhere on this site.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2164380/Meet-real-Peter-Pan-Long-lost-photo-album-shows-snaps-author-J-M-Barrie-boys-inspired-classic-novel.html

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/english-literature-history-childrens-books-and-illustrations/lot.121.html

Does anyone know the story behind this?