| Mother Ella | |
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 Illustration from the 1939 roll-a-book. | |
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Real Name |
Ella |
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First Appearance |
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939) |
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Original Publisher |
Roll-A-Book Publishers Inc. |
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Created by |
Helen Aberson-Mayer and Harold Pearl, with illustrations by Helen Durney |
Origin[]
Mother Ella is a circus elephant that is the mother of Dumbo Originally named "Jumbo".
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939)
Notes[]
- Despite being unpublished, On 17 April 1939, Dumbo, the Flying Elephant was registered for copyright (which was another requirement for unpublished works or else 70+) and received registration number AA 296948, as recorded in the copyright office’s catalog. There was no record of renewal for the book.
- Illustrations from the Roll-a-Book has been scarce, with only some other illustrations resurfacing. Subsequent artwork created for the 1941 book and film are NOT in the public domain.
- Joe Grant and Dick Huemer changed Dumbo's mother's name from "Mother Ella" to "Mrs. Jumbo" as a reference to the famed Barnum & Bailey circus pachyderm.