What Disney films are based on public domain stories?

VideoDo you think you know Disney? Many of your favorite classic films were based on public domain stories (works whose copyright has expired). Much of the success of the Disney Corporation is a result of building upon the great works of the past. A movie, song or book enters the public [... read more

A long slog through the list of Disney feature films (IMDb: Most Popular Feature Films from Walt Disney, on IMDB) pulls up the following. Note, there are 802 titles (some by subsidiaries, like Lucasfilm or Miramax) listed for Disney. read more

(When original Oz film was made it was under copyright. Disney purchased rights to all the books. But when Return to Oz was made it had entered the public domain.) 29. Rob Roy the Highland Rogue (1953) based on the Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott (1817) 30. Robin Hood (1973) from the English folk tales. Revenue = $87 million. 31. read more

And if the public domain is such a horrible thing, let's see Disney cough up a percentage of its earnings from every movie it has based on public domain stories and donate that money to the heirs of those authors. read more