Editing Dumbo (section)

==Release==
[[File:Dumbo (Original Theatrical Trailer) 1941.ogv|thumb|The original 1941 theatrical trailer of ''Dumbo'']]
''Dumbo'' was completed and delivered to Disney's distributor, [[RKO Radio Pictures]], on September 11, 1941.<ref>{{cite report |title=1941 Annual Report |publisher=[[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] |year=1941}}</ref> RKO initially balked at the film's 64-minute length and asked Disney to add another ten minutes. Disney refused, "No, that's as far as I can stretch it. You can stretch a thing so far and then it won't hold. The picture is right as it is. And another ten minutes is liable to cost five hundred thousand dollars. I can't afford it."<ref name=Thomas>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Bob |title=Walt Disney: An American Original |edition=2nd |chapter=Toward A New Art |page=163 |orig-year=1976 |year=1994 |publisher=Disney Editions |isbn=978-0-786-86027-2}}</ref> The film was re-released in theaters in 1949, 1959, 1972, and 1976.<ref name="DumboD23"/>

===Television broadcast===
''Dumbo'' had its television premiere on September 14, 1955,<ref>{{cite episode|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0561037|last=Disney|first=Walt (host)|title=Dumbo|series=Disneyland|season=2|number=1|network=ABC|date=September 14, 1955|access-date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220161350/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0561037/|url-status=live}}</ref> albeit severely edited, as an installment of the ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Disneyland]]'' television show. The film was shown unaltered on September 17, 1978, as part of a two-night salute to the program's 25th anniversary.

===Home media===
Along with ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''Dumbo'' was the first of Disney's canon of animated films to be released on [[home video]]. The film was originally released on June 26, 1981, on VHS, [[Laserdisc]] and Betamax as a rental only before becoming available for sale in early 1982.<ref name="DUMBOVHS">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=dumbo+videocassette+billboard&pg=PA1937 |title=New on the Charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=94 |issue=43 |page=33 |date=October 30, 1982 |access-date=September 25, 2019 |via=[[Google Books]] |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408155819/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=dumbo+videocassette+billboard&pg=PA1937 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sales were also extended to [[Capacitance Electronic Disc|CED]] in October 1982.<ref name="DUMBOVHS"/> It was again re-released on VHS and Betamax as part of the [[Walt Disney Classics]] series on November 6, 1985.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uypCAAAAIBAJ&q=pinocchio+video+%2429.95&pg=PA7 |title=Disney on Parade |last=Levine |first=Martin |work=Daily News |date=September 7, 1985 |access-date=September 25, 2019 |via=Google Books |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408155814/https://books.google.com/books?id=uypCAAAAIBAJ&q=pinocchio+video+%2429.95&pg=PA7 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was re-released on VHS and Laserdisc on July 12, 1991.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-18.pdf |title='Robin' To Perk Up Midsummer Nights |last=McCullagh |first=Jim |date=May 18, 1991 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 27, 2019 |page=78 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408155630/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-18.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> It was followed by another re-issue on VHS and Laserdisc on October 28, 1994, as a part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://disney.go.com/DisneyVideos/masterpiece/shelves/dumbo/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009100210/http://disney.go.com/DisneyVideos/masterpiece/shelves/dumbo/index.html |title=Dumbo |website=Walt Disney Video |archive-date=October 9, 1999 |access-date=September 25, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 23, 2001, a 60th Anniversary Edition was released in VHS and DVD formats.<ref name="DVD Empire">{{cite web |title=Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition |url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=29828 |work=DVD Empire |access-date=May 5, 2011 |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211918/http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=29828 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Animated Views">{{cite web |last=Ben |first=Simon |title=Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition |url=http://animatedviews.com/2003/dumbo-60th-anniversary-edition/ |access-date=May 11, 2011 |website=Animated Views |date=July 13, 2003 |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508211931/http://animatedviews.com/2003/dumbo-60th-anniversary-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DVD Town">{{cite web |last=Puccio |first=John |title=Dumbo (DVD) |url=http://www.dvdtown.com/review/dumbo/dvd/918 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121194002/http://www.dvdtown.com/review/dumbo/dvd/918 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=May 11, 2011 |website=DVD Town |date=December 11, 2001 }}</ref>

In 2006, a "Big Top Edition" of the film was released on DVD.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly">{{cite news|last=Willman|first=Chris|title=Dumbo: Big Top Edition|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/09/dumbo-big-top-edition/|access-date=June 19, 2020|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 9, 2006|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132527/https://ew.com/article/2006/06/09/dumbo-big-top-edition/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Slant>{{cite news|last=Henderson |first=Eric |title=Dumbo: Big Top Edition |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/dumbo-big-top-edition/939 |access-date=May 11, 2011 |work=Slant Magazine |date=June 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415122758/http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/dumbo-big-top-edition/939 |archive-date=April 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Monsters and Critics">{{cite news|last=Swindoll |first=Jeff |title=DVD Review: Dumbo (Big Top Edition) |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1168836.php/DVD_Review_Dumbo_Big_Top_Edition |access-date=May 11, 2011 |website=Monsters and Critics |date=June 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014063827/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1168836.php/DVD_Review_Dumbo_Big_Top_Edition |archive-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref> A 70th Anniversary Edition of the film was released in the United States on September 20, 2011.<ref name=Engadget>{{cite news |last=Lawler |first=Richard |title=Dumbo 70th Anniversary Blu-ray has a trailer and a release date: September 20th |url=http://hd.engadget.com/2011/04/29/dumbo-70th-anniversay-blu-ray-has-a-trailer-and-a-release-date/ |access-date=May 11, 2011 |website=Engadget |date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505201804/http://hd.engadget.com/2011/04/29/dumbo-70th-anniversay-blu-ray-has-a-trailer-and-a-release-date|archive-date=May 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HD Room">{{cite news |title=Dumbo Blu-ray Release Date and Details |url=http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Dumbo-Blu-ray-Release-Date-and-Details/8893 |access-date=May 5, 2011 |website=The HD Room |date=April 30, 2011 |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504010844/http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Dumbo-Blu-ray-Release-Date-and-Details/8893 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Cinema Blend">{{cite news |last=Wharton |first=David |title=Disney Opens The Vault And Brings Dumbo To Blu-Ray |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/Disney-Opens-Vault-Brings-Dumbo-Blu-Ray-31673.html |access-date=May 5, 2011 |website=Cinema Blend |date=April 4, 2011 |archive-date=May 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502175527/https://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/Disney-Opens-Vault-Brings-Dumbo-Blu-Ray-31673.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 70th Anniversary Edition was produced in two packages: a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo and a one-disc DVD.<ref name="Cinema Blend" /><ref name=IGN>{{cite news |last=McCutcheon |first=David |title=Dumbo Takes Flight |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/29/dumbo-takes-flight |access-date=June 19, 2020 |work=IGN |date=April 29, 2011 |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807050310/https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/29/dumbo-takes-flight |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also released as a movie download.<ref name="Cinema Blend"/> All versions of the 70th Anniversary Edition contain deleted scenes and several bonus features, including "Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo" and "The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage", while the two-disc Blu-ray version includes games, animated shorts, and several exclusive features.<ref name="Cinema Blend" /><ref name="Buzz Focus">{{cite news|title=Disney Opens the Vault for 'Dumbo' 70th Anniversary DVD and Blu-ray |url=http://www.buzzfocus.com/2011/04/29/disney-opens-the-vault-for-dumbo-70th-anniversary-dvd-and-blu-ray/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502043306/http://www.buzzfocus.com/2011/04/29/disney-opens-the-vault-for-dumbo-70th-anniversary-dvd-and-blu-ray/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=May 5, 2011 |website=Buzz Focus |date=April 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="High Def Disc News">{{cite news |last=Sluss |first=Justin |title=Disney's 1941 Classic "Dumbo" Finally Coming to Blu-ray in September |url=http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=60861 |access-date=May 5, 2011 |website=High Def Disc News |date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007212121/http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=60861 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 26, 2016, to celebrate its 75th anniversary.