The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be “brave, truthful, and unselfish”.

Pinocchio’s efforts to become a real boy involve encounters with a host of unsavory characters….Pinocchio (1940 film)PinocchioBox office$164 million14 more rows.

In the original, serialized version, Pinocchio dies a gruesome death: hanged for his innumerable faults, at the...