I roto i te Maehe 1940, Walt Disney tūtohu he mahi tahi ki te kaihanga kiriata Samuel Goldwyn, te wahi e kopere i te studio Goldwyn o te raupapa ora-mahi o Andersen o te ora, me te studio Disney o ka whakaoho Andersen o fairy tales. ka kia hāngai i runga i etahi o nga mahi tino mohiotia o Andersen, pērā i te Little Mermaid, te Little Match Girl, te Steadfast Tin Soldier, te Snow Queen, te Snow Queen, te Thumbelina, te hoki hoki te Kuini, te Whero Ducks, me te Emperor o New Clothes. Heoi, i timata te studio ki te whakaputa i te kiriata e hāngai ana i runga i te waiata o te United States i roto i te tau 1942. Ahakoa i muri i te pakanga, ka haere atu a Disney ki te kitea i roto i te whare wānanga o te kiriata e hāngai ana i runga i te waiata o te United States, kihai i taea e te hanga i te reira i runga i te kiriata e hāngai ana i runga i te waiata, me te waiata.
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