The 1953 Disney animated film based on J. M. Barrie’s story and featuring Tinker Bell is Peter Pan. The film follows Peter, the boy who refuses to grow up, as he brings Wendy Darling and her brothers from London to Neverland, where they encounter pirates, mermaids, Lost Boys, and Captain Hook.
Disney’s Peter Pan draws primarily from Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, and his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy. Tinker Bell is Peter’s fairy companion, while Hook serves as his principal enemy. The adaptation helped establish the characters as enduring parts of popular culture.
A frequent mix-up is confusing the film with Hook, a later live-action story about Peter as an adult, or with Disney’s later direct-to-video sequels. The 1953 movie was the 14th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Productions. Tinker Bell’s silhouette and pixie-dust imagery later became closely associated with Disney itself.