Models for this giant were just 18 inches high…

1940 – Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) premiered on this day at the Central Theatre in New York City. Disney's second animated feature cost a whopping $2.6 million to make. The outbreak of World War II initially caused the film to have a difficult time at the box office, but "Pinocchio" would eventually bring in a domestic lifetime gross of more than $84 million.

1940 – Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) premiered on this day at the Central Theatre in New York City. Disney's second animated feature cost a whopping $2.6 million to make. The outbreak of World War II initially caused the film to have a difficult time at the box office, but "Pinocchio" would eventually bring in a domestic lifetime gross of more than $84 million.