Tinkerbell Is In The Room

J.M. Barrie produced a play in 1904 and then in 1911 a novel titled Peter and Wendy. Tinkerbell, Peter's helper, was and is one of the appealing characters coming from the book and play. Tinkerbell appeared in the sanctioned sequel that was commissioned by Great Ormone St Hospital which was titled “Peter Pan in Scarlet” and then in a book series called “Peter and the Starcatchers” by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry. After many film and early television shows Tinkerbell's real rise to the apex of fame was Walt Disney's 1953 animated film titled "Peter Pan". She has since turned out to be one of their official mascots.

Tinkerbell was really just a minor character when J.M. Barrie created his original play. He described her in his book as little more than a common fairy. Once Walt Disney created his celebrated animated adaption, she rose to stardom and has since become a very popular Disney character. Since the original Peter Pan motion picture was made, Tinkerbell has gone on to do 3 other movies of her own. (Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is expected to be out September 21, 2010)

Also, fascinating to note, in J.M. Barrie’s novel, the origin of the moniker Tinkerbell arrives from the character's skill to mend pots and cauldrons, a talent that has been foregone in favor of her use of fairy dust. Tinkerbell is suitably spelled as one word or Tinker Bell as two. In the movie, Captain Hook addresses her as Miss Bell at one point, which leaves the notion that it is a first name and a last.

When the play first came out the playbill listed Tinkerbell as being performed by Jane Wren even though Tinkerbell was just a beam of light. The hoax went over so well that it fooled the HM Inspector of Taxes who proceeded to send Miss Wren a tax claim. This further served to showcase the charm that surrounded Tinkerbell.

Often seen as sassy, precocious, vindictive and ill-tempered, Tinkerbell was just simply ahead of her time. Looking at many of the other female characters played when the first movie was being made, most feminine characters were not very emotional and normally did not believe in doing as they pleased like Tinkerbell. When it came time to develop how she would be played for the movie there was a lot of concern and conversation. It was felt that “being independent was not a very good model for little girls”. To resolve this quandary they decided that she'd be half woman and half girl. It was believed then that she would be perceived as a young lady in a middle stage of life and her wild emotional condition would be acceptable.

Each night at Disneyland, Tinkerbell still flies across the skies above. Most interesting is that in 1961 a petite woman named Tiny Kline was the earliest soaring Tinkerbell in the park. At four feet ten inches tall and weighing a meager ninety-eight pounds and sixty-one years old the former circus aerialist flew across the sky every night. At the finish of her flight, she was stopped by running into a mattress. It is known that, like Tinkerbell, Tiny had quite a temper too. In 1964 she retired due to ill health. She was 74.

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Our grand daughter is enthralled with everything about Tinkerbell. So much so that she has a assortmentof Tinkerbell toys, the Tinkerbell movies and even a little Tinkerbell fancy dress. Maybe we've gone overboard but we've even set up a Tinkerbell bedroom for her. Check out what I've found at: TinkerbellBedroom.com

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